Mood, Emotion, & Development Lab at Vanderbilt

Paper Spotlight - Yinru Long 💡 We found that sexual minority teens report more depression and peer stress than their heterosexual peers; those with blunted emotional brain responses to interpersonal images link to higher depressive symptoms. This could offer new insights into prevention strategies!

✨ Lab Member Spotlight ✨ Meet Ellie, one of our amazing master’s students in the MED Lab! Read to learn more about her research and interests outside of the lab

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Longitudinal associations between prenatal internalizing symptoms and mindfulness with postpartum bonding difficulties

@jgaronb.bsky.social

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39316178/

Come say hi to the MED Lab this weekend at the Kidsville Family Walk! It will be taking place in Centennial Park on February 14th from 10am - 12pm. There will be games, arts and crafts, booths, food trucks, and much more so bring children, friends, and family!

The MED Lab team will be attending the annual meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology in San Diego! Poster information can be found below. #ISDP2025 @isdp.org

Delighted that Emili and Linhao will be sharing their work tomorrow at SPR! #SPR2025

Check out the research the MED Lab team will be presenting at SPR this week! #SPR2025 @therealspr.bsky.social

We’re so proud of the MED Lab team for their excellent posters and presentations at VKC Science Day this week. Congratulations to Yinru @yinrulong.bsky.social , who won best research on underrepresented populations, and Ellie @elliewindham.bsky.social , who won best clinical poster!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our posters at SRP! Excited to share that Yinru, our fourth-year doctoral student, received the Smadar Levin Poster Award! 🥳

Don't miss our wonderful MED Lab members at SRP this week! #SRP2025

Mood, Emotion & Development Laboratory The Mood, Emotion & Development Lab at Vanderbilt University is directed by Dr. Autumn Kujawa. Our research examines social and emotional development and the ways in which alterations in emotion contr...

We are looking for a clinical psych postdoc to join our team in 2025 or 2026 to help with studies of mood disorders and suicidal behavior in youth and families (using EEG 🧠 and EMA 📱 methods).

See www.moodemotionlab.com for more info on the lab and projects.

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Temporal dynamics of positive and negative affect in adolescents: Associations with depressive disorders and risk

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link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper alert!
A pilot randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention targeting positive valence systems function to prevent internalizing symptoms in college students.
Now out in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
@yinrulong.bsky.social
link: psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

We are currently accepting applications for a lab manager position to oversee the administration of multiple grant-funded research projects! More info below: ecsr.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Brain Blast 2025 was a no-brainer! 🧠 Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table to learn about our lab and make pipe cleaner neurons with us. We loved sharing our work with you!

We’re hiring! Seeking a full-time project coordinator to run EEG study sessions with research participants, administer diagnostic interviews, and assist with the organization and analysis of study datasets. More info below:

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The Stand Up for Science rally is now from 1 - 4 pm! www.eventbrite.com/e/1256029932...

Nashville, TN Location: Tennessee State Capitol Capitol Hill Area, Nashville, TN, United States Address: War Memorial Building and Legislative Plaza Time: 12-4 PM

The MED Lab plans to attend the Stand Up for Science rally in Nashville! Those interested in attending can find more info below. standupforscience2025.org/nashville-tn/ #StandUpForScience2025

We are hiring! The MED Lab is looking for a part-time clinical supervisor to train and supervise diagnostic interviews with youth and adults (remote work possible)

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We are officially moving over from X! Please follow us for posts on new lab papers, open positions, and other mental health research we are following 🧠