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Congrats to 4th-year clinical student Sharanya Rao on her 1st-authored publication in the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. This is Sharanya's 3rd first-authored publication since joining the program (4th altogether!) and comes from cross-disciplinary collaboration with Dr. Tamara Taggart from the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health.

Full citation: Rao, S., Albritton, T., Pina, P., Liang, Y., & Taggart, T. (2021). “You don’t want your parents knowing you’re taking PrEP”: PrEP stigma among Black and Latinx adolescents in higher prevalence areas in the United States. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000313

Congratulations to this terrific group of undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (PBS) who won awards at the 2021 GW Research Showcase:

Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience:
Sean Duane (undergraduate PBS major; mentor: Dr. Amy K. Sutton, NIDDK)
Motivational Drive for High-Fat Food Is Predicted by Initial Preference in Mice

Mental Health and Wellness:
Nicole Miller & Tim Scranton (undergraduate PBS majors; funded by a PBS Undergraduate Research and Service Grant; faculty mentor Dr. Michelle Stock)
Can trait self-compassion protect against the harmful effects of perceived weight stigma and COVID-19 related stress on weight-related behavior?

Psychology:
Cameryn Padron (undergraduate PBS major) & Andrew Gepty (Graduate student in Clinical Psychology; faculty mentor: Dr. Sharon Lambert)
Examining The Link Between Discrimination and Prosocial Behavior Among Latinx Adolescents: The Role of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms and Gender

Health Sciences and Public Health:
Eric Owens (GCATS/MATS graduate student, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences) & Jessica Bride (undergraduate PBS major; faculty mentor: Dr. Robert Turner)
Challenges in Resource Utilization for Caregivers of Persons with Dementia: A Qualitative Study

Art Therapy, Psychology, and Wellness:
Samoni Nag (Graduate student in Cognitive Neuroscience; faculty mentor: Dr. Steve Mitroff)
Transitions in Daylight Saving Time Negatively Affect Visual Search Performance

Media, Communications, and Human Behavior:
Myra Zaheer (undergraduate PBS major; faculty mentor: Dr. Sarah Calabrese)
“No risk” vs. “low risk” messaging about HIV transmission risk when undetectable: Reactions and perceived accuracy among US MSM

Congratulations to all on a job well done!

Please join us in congratulating Riko Boone, an Applied Social Psycology doctoral student, and Dr. Lisa Bowleg on a new publication that will appear in American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The team was led by Dr. Devin English a Clinical Ph.D. program alum!

English, D., Carter, J., Boone, C.A., Forbes, N., Bowleg, L., Malebranche, D.J., Talan, A.J., Rendina, H.J. (2021, In press). Intersecting structural oppression and Black sexual minority men’s health. American Journal of Preventive Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.12.022

Congratulations!!