Lab News

Krutika Rathod named 2024-2025 Graduate Communications Fellow for the SSN, Maine Chapter

Congrats Katt on being named the 2024-2025 Graduate Communications Fellow for the Scholars Strategy Network (SSN), Maine Chapter! SSN is a national organization that connects journalists, policymakers, and civic leaders with America’s top researchers to improve policy and strengthen democracy. This competitive position involves helping coordinate chapter activities (e.g., visiting scholars, political engagement) and relationships with […]

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Leah Cingranelli receives Dr. Susan J. Hunter Presidential Research Impact Award

Congratulations to Leah Cingranelli for receiving this year’s Dr. Susan J. Hunter Presidential Graduate Research Impact Award at the UMaine Student Symposium! Thanks for representing HEAL and our program so well! Leah’s project was titled “Lifetime Trauma as a Risk Mechanism for Hazardous Cannabis Use in LGBTQIA+ Young Adults.” Findings revealed that, although LGBTQIA+ and […]

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Krutika Rathod receives 2023 APAGS/Psi Chi Junior Scientist Fellowship

Congratulations to Krutika Rathod on receiving a 2023 APAGS/Psi Chi Junior Scientist Fellowship! This competitive award acknowledges Katt’s commendable research productivity during her first year of training. Reviewers stated, “the applicant produced a clearly organized and advanced-stage proposal. These details together indicate the student’s ability to carry out future research, which appears to be novel […]

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Leah Cingranelli awarded UMaine Flagship Doctoral Research Fellowship

We are thrilled to welcome our newest doctoral trainee to the lab, Leah Cingranelli! Leah is coming to us from Binghamton University, where they majored in Psychology and worked in the Center for Transdisciplinary Research on Intimate Relationships (CTROIR). Leah’s research program aims to clarify internal mechanisms contributing to disparate health risk behaviors impacting gender […]

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Research Society on Marijuana (RSMj) 2023

The lab attended the 7th annual meeting of the Research Society on Marijuana (RSMj) in Long Beach, California in July, 2023. Katt presented her research examining the novel interpersonal determinants of cannabis use in rural communities, specifically belongingness. This project found that 57% of a rural college sample reported using cannabis at 1-5 occasions over […]

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