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BMED Lab

@BMED_Lab

We investigate the biological mechanisms underlying individual differences in health outcomes related to acute & chronic stress. PI: Dr. Christopher Fagundes

 Rice University
bmed.rice.edu
Joined August 2015
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Rice has launched the Institute of Health Resilience and Innovation, led by Chris Fagundes, Tony Brown, and Kristi English, to study health stressors and develop solutions for diverse communities. #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture Read More: news.rice.edu/news/2025/new-…
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Attending SAS? Come see graduate student Beatriz Brandao’s flash talk on the effects of hormonal contraceptives on emotion regulation and emotional reactivity on Sat, March 22 11:15am! Details below 👇🏻
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My lab at UCLA is recruiting a research coordinator, who will be involved in lab & research management and take the lead on an MRI & PET imaging project! Please reach out if interested (& please share widely). Apps due by Feb 16! jobs.ucla.edu/careers-home/j…
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We’re excited to announce The Stress Puzzle podcast, hosted by @RyanLinnBrown, with the first episode out 8/27! The Stress Puzzle promotes high-quality stress science through engaging conversations with experts that don't shy away from discussing the nuances of the research.
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Inflammatory reactivity may drive depression and grief, but only for certain individuals. Come see how attachment might represent vulnerability to inflammatory-related depressive symptoms and grief tomorrow morning at #PNIRS2024! @PNIRS @BMED_Lab
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So excited to present my first oral presentation on depressive symptoms, grief, and burden at the annual PNIRS conference this year! Hope I get to see y’ll there!
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I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to present my research at #APS2024UK @connectAPS last month! This was my very first time traveling internationally and I’m so glad that this experience surrounded me with such amazing colleagues, mentors, and friends! 🥰
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Check out these photos of our @laivincent528, E. Lydia Wu-Chung, @DanielLArgueta, and @JensinePaoletti presenting on their research at #APS2024UK @connectAPS last month! Congrats on your fantastic presentations! 🥳
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It was such a great time walking alongside so many people supporting this great cause! 🙌
BMED Lab (@BMED_Lab) profile pictureBMED Lab@BMED_Lab7 Nov 2023
Check out these pics from this past weekend at the 2023 Walk to End Alzheimer’s! The BMED Lab is proud to support such a wonderful and important cause to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support, and research! 💜
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The Psychological Sciences DEI committee at Rice University is hosting an information session for those interested in applying to the Psychological Sciences graduate program! The virtual session is on October 18 4-5pm CT. Please register at tinyurl.com/ricepsych! Please RT!
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Rice University has 2 tenure-track assistant professor job postings in psychology! applied (broadly construed) - apply.interfolio.com/130689 quantitative methods - apply.interfolio.com/130646 pls apply if you fit pls reach out with any/all questions pls share far and wide :)
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I am so excited to announce that we are publishing the findings from my honors thesis study, which I conducted early on in the pandemic! Thank you so much to @DrAngieLeRoy and @ChrisPFagundes for their constant support and encouragement throughout this process!
Angie S. LeRoy (@DrAngieLeRoy) profile pictureAngie S. LeRoy@DrAngieLeRoy22 Jun 2023
Stay tuned for our new article currently in production and accepted at Social and Personality Psychology Compass! @laivincent528 compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
Fear of missing out and depressive symptoms during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Fear of missing out and depressive symptoms during the COVID‐19 pandemic

During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments issued public health safety measures (e.g., “stay-at-home” ordinances), leaving many people “missing out” on integral social aspects of...

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Just gave my final honors thesis talk on Psychological need fulfillment and depressive symptoms in the ADRD spousal caregiver population. Huge thanks to @JensinePaoletti, @ChrisPFagundes, and @BMED_Lab!
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New paper! We found that widowed employees, compared to widowed retirees, had higher perceived stress and inflammation 3 months after the loss of their spouse. Balancing work and grieving might be especially hard for lower SES people authors.elsevier.com/a/1gTvL…
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I’m happy to announce I received a Ruth L. Kirschstein NIH National Research Service Award (F32) Postdoctoral Fellowship! I will be investigating the health of family members caring for a dementia patient using a work-family perspective - a topic very close to my heart! @BMED_Lab
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Today's "New Faculty Spotlight” features Luz Garcini! Luz Garcini, Ph.D. is an assistant professor for psychological sciences and a faculty scholar at the @BakerInstitute. Welcome to the School of Social Sciences, Dr. Garcini!
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Congrats to Lydia Wu in the @BMED_Lab for her review on spousal caregiving, widowhood, and cognition that was recently published! It was a fun collaborative effort from our Cog/Aff RIG at Rice. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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What started out as a faculty-student mentorship in 2014 has grown into to a partnership between accomplished peers making a difference in their field. Read more about Psychology Prof. @NanciWeinberger and @ryanlinnbrown '17 new project "Sci-Tea." More: news.bryant.edu/faculty-stud…

Faculty-student collaboration leads to “Sci-tea,” a bridge from scholarly research directly to...

Bryant Psychology Professor Nanci Weinberger and Ryan L. Brown ‘17, a Doctoral candidate in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine at Rice University, have teamed up to create Sci-tea, a series of...

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Dementia Map member @BMED_Lab at @RiceUniversity is seeking study participants. "Project CARE: The Impact of Emotions Among Dementia Family Caregivers During COVID-19" examines #COVID impact on #dementia #caregivers. Visit #DementiaMap to learn more: ed.gr/df9bn
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new year, new ~applied physics~ scicomm!! 🤩 🧠 how can we use the concept of modularity to study brain activity?? @meliabonomo gives us an overview + describes reasons to use modularity! preview below & full video here!:youtube.com/watch?v=M-YvtiAK… @OpenAcademics @YTacademics
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🗣 NEW VIDEO! today i’m talking about a recent paper where we examined when Epstein-Barr virus antibody titers are positively associated with somatic symptoms ✨ + space herpes?! 🧑‍🚀 full video: youtu.be/GY3qXVNgKbE @OpenAcademics #scicomm
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Angie S. LeRoy (@DrAngieLeRoy) profile pictureAngie S. LeRoy@DrAngieLeRoy17 Sep 2020
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Among a sample of 99 bereaved spouses, those who were less satisfied with their relationship did not experience the same increase in somatic symptoms associated with reactivation of Epstein Barr Virus, a latent herpesvirus reactivated by stress, as those who were highly satisfied
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