Pediatric Injury Research Lab

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Congratulations to Tonghui Xu, a recent doctoral graduate in Research & Evaluation in Education, for presenting a poster at the APHA conference titled "Identifying Crucial Predictors for Injury Risk in Children with ASD Using 22 Years of MEPS Data". @JiabinShenPhD @UMLResearch

The Pediatric Injury Research Lab, Health Advancement and Resilience in Pediatrics (HARP) Lab, and Epigenetic and Psychosocial Interventions (EPI) Lab are all accepting applications for PhD students for Fall 2025! @UMassLowellAPPS

Congratulations to Angelina Davis, a Ph.D. student in the APPS program, for presenting a poster at the NEPA conference titled "Activity Level Predicts Injury History in Children". @JiabinShenPhD @UMassLowellAPPS @UML_FAHSS @UMLResearch

Congratulations to Skylar Charles, a recent UML graduate, for presenting a poster at the NEPA conference titled "The Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury in Individual Languages of Multilinguals: A Systematic Review". @JiabinShenPhD @UML_FAHSS @UMLResearch

Elyas's presentation focused on using VR and machine learning to detect TBIs in children earlier. Machine learning allows for more accurate predictions of TBIs, which can significantly improve treatment outcomes and advance the care provided to pediatric patients.

Congratulations to Elyas Irankhah, Ph.D. student in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, for presenting a poster and a talk at the APA conference, titled "Predicting the Presence of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Using VR and ML".

Congratulations to Angelina Davis, a Ph.D. student in the APPS program, for presenting a poster at the APA conference titled "Memory Impairment after Sports-Related TBI in Pediatric and Young Adult Athletes: A Scoping Review".

So glad to provide the support of data collection in our lab space in Coburn 378!

Maika Belizor, a UML Biology Junior, co-mentored by Drs. Elissa Johnson-Green and Shen, presenting her River Hawk Scholars Academy @umlrhsa project on the process of composing music for dog bite injury prevention in children.

Kyra Barry, a nursing student of the Pediatric Injury Research Lab and recipient of @UMassLowell Honors Fellowship, presented the project titled "A Scoping Review of Interventions for Preventing Injuries Among Children with Neurodiversity".

Jai Aravala, senior in psychology, is presenting his Emerging Scholar project on music-based interventions on children's learning and behavior at the 27th annual Student Research and Community Engagement Symposium @UML_FAHSS @UMLResearch

Congratulations to Tonghui, who won the Excellence in Research Methods Poster Award at the Rehabilitation Psychology 2024 Conference #RP2024 @APADiv22

Congratulations to Jai Aravala on his presentation today for the Emerging Scholars Program! Jai has been helping the lab conduct a systematic review on music and injury prevention. @UML_FAHSS @UMLResearch #music #injury

One more month before applications are due!! Accepting doctoral students for Fall 2024 with interests in pediatric health psychology. This is a research-intensive program and comes with funding. Happy to talk with any interested applicants!

I am hoping to recruit a new student for my Psych-Legal Experiments & Applications (PLEA) Lab for Fall 2024. Interested students should apply to the Iowa State University (Cognitive) Psychology Ph.D. Program. The deadline for applications is December 1st!

Still accepting applications for our tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Psychology with a focus on child maltreatment. Please apply or share! @AcademicChatter #academicjobs #AcademicTwitter @PsychChatter careers.pageuppeople.com/822/lowell/en-…

Lab director Dr. Jiabin Shen recently attended the #ACRM conference in Atlanta and presented as part of the neuroplasticity symposium on the VA-UML collaborative project! @UMassLowellAPPS @UMLResearch @UML_FAHSS

Come be my colleague! We are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor focused on Child Maltreatment in the Department of Psychology at UMass Lowell. #AcademicTwitter @Division37ofAPA @Div37ChildMaltx careers.pageuppeople.com/822/lowell/en-…

ALERT for pediatric #braininjury healthcare professionals! We are seeking your opinions on research priorities to reduce #healthcare #disparities in pediatric #TBI. Please help fill out this very brief survey (tinyurl.com/dzpshnh3) and share with your colleagues 😀