Congratulations to Shayon Tayebi for his two presentations at the 2025 Annual ABCT Conference! His second presentation was entitled: "Examining Hospitalizations and Associations between Pain and Psychopathology in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease".

Congratulations to Shayon Tayebi for his two presentations of research findings at the 2025 Annual ABCT Conference! His first presentation was entitled: "Examining Emotion Regulation in the Relationship between Stress and Quality of Life Among Those with Skin Disorder Symptoms".

Congratulations to Blaine Peters for her presentation of misophonia research findings at the 2025 Annual ABCT Conference! Her presentation was entitled: "Trait Sensitivities and Emotional Facial Reactivity to Misophonia Triggers: A Preliminary Investigation in a Misophonia Sample". 

Congratulations to Carey Sevier for her successful dissertation proposal! Her dissertation is entitled: “I Hate Myself”: The Role of Self-Hatred in Self-Destructive Behaviors in Individuals with Social Anxiety Symptoms.

Dr. Dixon was invited to present her latest research on the prevalence and awareness of misophonia at CARE for Misophonia Day 2025. CARE for Misophonia is an important open-access virtual event that facilitates research dissemination and conversations about research.

Access her presentation through this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iRBFBNLe_I&t=1s

Dr. Sara Witcraft, current assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina and a HART Lab alumna, was awarded a K23 grant funded by NIDA and co-sponsored by the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative. The grant (K23 DA062794) is entitled:  “Implementation of a Digitally Enhanced Intervention to Retain Pregnant and Postpartum People with Opioid Use Disorder in Buprenorphine Treatment”. For additional information see: 

https://reporter.nih.gov/search/UkayVCEreEiLeI2LXLrpog/project-details/11111530#description

Congrats, Dr. Witcraft!

Congratulations to Allie Freshley for successfully proposing her master's thesis! Her thesis is entitled: Misophonia and Emotional Reactivity: Examining the Role of Emotion Dysregulation in Subjective and Psychophysiological Responses to a Misophonia Trigger.

Congratulations to Madeline Mueller for successfully defending her honors thesis! Her thesis was entitled: Examining Differences in Functional Impairment in Individuals With and Without Misophonia.

Blaine Peters and Shayon Tayebi will be joining us as first-year doctoral students in the lab for Fall 2024. Welcome, Blaine and Shayon!

Congratulations to Taylor Strange for successfully proposing her dissertation! Her dissertation is entitled: Examining Stress, Potentially Traumatic Events, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Social Support Among Individuals with Skin Disease Symptoms.