Clinical Science

2024 Feb 01

Visiting Speaker ~ Shauna Bowes, PhD - Vanderbilt University

12:00pm to 1:15pm

Location: 

William James Hall - 1st floor Lecture hall - Room 105

Shauna Bowes, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University

Topic: The Promise of Intellectual Humility

Beliefs have the power to drive human behavior—for better (e.g., social justice) and for worse (e.g., gun violence)—so it is essential to understand when, why, and how people latch on to certain beliefs over others. My research adopts an...

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2023 Nov 29

Visiting Speaker: Karmel Choi ~ 4:30 PM

4:30pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

William James Hall - 1st floor lecture hall, Room 105

Karmel Choi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, HMS/MGH

Topic:  “Risk, Resilience, and Prevention in Mental Health: A Data-Driven Perspective”

“In an increasingly stressful world, how do we promote resilience and prevent psychopathology?” Depression and common stress-related disorders such as PTSD, as well as their consequences, represent a leading cause of disability and suffering across the lifespan. Dr. Choi will summarize insights from an integrative research program...

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2023 Nov 15

Visiting Speaker: Adam Culbreth ~ 4:30 PM

4:30pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

William James Hall - 1st floor lecture hall, Room 105

Dr. Adam Culbreth ~ Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Topic: “Etiology and Assessment of Motivational Impairment in People with Schizophrenia”

Schizophrenia is a neuropsychiatric disorder with profound human and economic costs. Positive symptoms (e.g., hallucinations and delusions) are frequently thought of as the cardinal symptoms of schizophrenia. However, recent work has suggested that understanding the etiology of negative symptoms (including reductions in motivation and...

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2023 Nov 08

Visiting Speaker: Henry Raffles Cowan ~ November 8

4:30pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

William James Hall, 1st floor lecture hall, Room 105

Henry Raffles Cowan

Topic: “Narrative Self-Disturbance in the Development of Psychotic Disorders”

In first-person accounts of mental illness, many individuals report that their sense of self has been “silenced”, “eradicated”, or “replace[d] with a black hole”. These experiences are often reported to be more distressing and impactful than clinical symptoms themselves, and models of recovery typically emphasize the importance of rebuilding a coherent sense of self. This presentation will examine disturbance to the narrative...

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2023 Oct 13

Harvest Day - October 13, 1 - 3 PM

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Location: 

William James Hall - Basement Auditorium- B-1

The Psychology Department's annual Harvest Day is an informative, fun afternoon of presentations by the faculty describing their research. It will be held in William James Hall B-1 (Basement Auditorium) from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M., with a reception following in the lounge.  

Presenters include: Professors Steven Pinker, Sam Gershman, Elizabeth Spelke, Tomer Ullman, Jesse Snedeker, Fiery Cushman (presenting on behalf of the DIB Committee), Randy Buckner, and Matt Nock.

2023 Mar 21

Psychology Dept Colloquium - Vikram Patel, Ph.D., MBBS ~ Harvard Medical School

3:00pm to 4:15pm

Location: 

William James Hall, Basement Auditorium, B-1

Dr. Vikram Patel 

Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Blavatnik Institute's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Co-leads the Department’s Mental Health for All lab and the GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard...
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2021 Apr 27

Psychology Colloquium - Enrique W. Neblett, Jr., Ph.D.

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Location: 

Recording of talk available via link

Psychology Colloquium ~ Recording of talk:

https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/share/dAFkZnG9NJ0lqa9DRzXXp69dN5O6aAvlChM3dKzKuxSXeLaRuu6ClwuHVKaxW80T.Snflx70xeiZJv_kN

Enrique W. Neblett, Jr., Ph.D. Professor | Health Behavior and Health Education

University of Michigan | School of Public Health   ...

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2020 Sep 25

Harvest Day

1:00pm

Location: 

Hosted online via ZOOM video conferencing.

Fun and Informative afternoon of brief presentations by our faculty describing their Research.

Sponsored by the Department of Psychology.

Katie McLaughlin

Katie McLaughlin Awarded Prestigious MERIT Award from NIMH

February 12, 2020
MERIT Awards are nominated and awarded by NIH and “provide long-term, stable support to investigators whose research competence and productivity are distinctly superior and who are likely to continue to perform in an outstanding manner.”

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