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August 22, 2024 – Our Lab attended the Special Needs Resource Fair 2024 at the Briarwood Presbyterian Church.

Caroline G. Richter, Ph.D., and S. Justin Thomas, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of Psychiatry and Behavior Neurobiology, have received the 2024-2025 McNulty Civitan Scientist Award, they will work closely with Sylvie Mrug, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychology.

This award is given on behalf of the McNulty Civitan Scientist Committee and the Civitan International Research Center (CIRC) for neurodevelopment and neurodevelopmental disorders. The purpose of the award is to fund interdisciplinary clinical or fundamental science research aimed at enhancing understanding of typical and atypical brain development, autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, neurodevelopmental disabilities and malformations, impaired cognitive development, or the effects of environmental toxins on brain development. The UAB Civitan International Research Center offers $100,000 through the McNulty Award for interdisciplinary research focused on neurodevelopmental disorders.

This team of investigators is studying sleep disorders in individuals with Down Syndrome (DS) with the intention to improve quality of life for them and for their families.

July 10-13, 2024 – Dr. Richter presented a poster at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR) in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Richter, C. G., Stein, B., Johnson, R. J., Hart, S., & Gallen, C. L. (2024, July). Association between reading achievement, general anxiety, and test anxiety. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Copenhagen, Denmark.

May 23-26, 2024 – Our Lab presented three posters at the Association for Psychological Science (APS) in San Francisco, CA.

Yu, W., Li, C. M., Stein, B., Mercier, A., Chen, J., Hoeft, F., & Richter, C. G. (2024, May). The impact of parenting styles on adolescents’ anxiety and emotional well-being: Parental well-being as mediator. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science (APS), San Francisco, CA. 

Li, C. M., Jones, M., Stein, B., Mercier, A., Berisha, A., Chen, J. M., Hoeft, F., & Richter, C. G. (2024, May). Risk and resilience factors in adolescents with specific learning disabilities: Exploring the relations between internalizing behaviors and emotional well-being. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science (APS), San Francisco, CA. 

Kehl, M., P., Stein, B., Kirshy, S. M., Albright, M.G., Mrug, S., Austin, H. M., Campbell, K., & Richter, C. G. (2024, May). Examining the relationship between anxiety, executive functioning, and reading achievement in adolescents with specific learning disabilities. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science (APS), San Francisco, CA.