Cornell Adolescent Psychology Research Lab
Dr. Jane Mendle
We are so excited to kick off yet another wonderful semester of research and work in the lab, and with the new semester comes new research assistants and a new name! The Adolescent Transitions Lab is formally renaming itself to the Cornell Adolescent Psychology Lab (or CAPR for short). With the assistance of new lab members, Karis Cho and Isa Gonzalez, we hope to continue our projects investigating puberty, menstruation, and mental health in adolescence.
We are thrilled to have two undergraduate research assistants working with us this summer in the lab. Katja and Kiran applied for and were awarded summer funding to continue their work with the lab. Congratulations, Kiran and Katja!
Congratulations to the AT Lab students who presented their research on May 10th! Research assistants presented two posters and one presentation.
We are so proud of our lab seniors, Fiona and Maggie. Fiona received the Henry Ricciuti Award for Outstanding Senior in Human Development, while Maggie received the Ronald D. Mack Memorial Award in psychology. Congrats, Fiona and Maggie!!
Sophie has received summer funding with the Action Research Collaborative (ARC) in New York City. Sophie will be working with ARC to conduct community-engaged research on menstrual pain. Learn more about ARC here.
Current and past members of the Adolescent Transitions Lab presented their research last week at the Society for Research on Child Development Conference in Minneapolis. Highlights include:
-Sophie’s poster “Menstruation and mental health: Examining relationships
between physical menstrual symptoms and psychological
outcomes in adolescents”
-Kathleen’s chaired symposium, “The Peri-Menarcheal Period and Mental Health in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence,” which featured work by former AT Lab graduate student Dr. Mary Kate Koch and AT Lab collaborator Dr. Heidi Vanden Brink. Dr. Mendle served as the symposium’s discussant.
AT Lab alum Mary Kate Koch, PhD, will begin her position at Gonzaga University this fall. Congratulations to her!
https://www.gonzaga.edu/academics/faculty-listing/detail/mary-kate-koch-phd-5aa0ee4f
Congratulations to Adelaide Graham for receiving the Henry Ricciuti Award for Outstanding Seniors in Human Development. Adelaide completed her honors thesis this spring for her project, “Associations of Pubertal Status and Timing with Social Anxiety Symptoms in Early Adolescence.”
Current and past members of the Adolescent Transitions Lab presented their research last week at the Society for Research on Adolescence Conference in Chicago.
Highlights include:
-Adelaide’s poster presentation, “Associations of pubertal status and timing with social anxiety symptoms in early adolescence”
-Kathleen and Sophie’s poster, “Puberty in the Pandemic: Examining Puberty and Depression in Pre and Post Pandemic Youth”
Kathleen presented her archival fellowship research this week on the history of the field of human development. The recording can be found here: https://www.cornell.edu/video/growing-pains-kathleen-mccormick