What's new in the REPEAT Lab
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What's new in the REPEAT Lab -
PhD Student Amanda Makara was selected as the 2026 recipient of the Deborah Braffman Schroeder Research Scholarship!
Congrats Amanda!
PhD Student Hannah Heintz-Monette was selected as the 2026 recipient of the Graduate Student Research Grant from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies! She has also been awarded a travel award from the Society of Clinical Geropsychology!
Congrats Hannah!
Dr. Haynos was quoted in The Washington Post!
A recent article in the Washington Post, “A promising new depression therapy focuses on finding paths to joy”, covered Positive Affect Treatment, an approach that was developed for treating depression and adapted by Dr. Haynos for eating disorder treatment. Read the article here!
PhD Student Grace Lee was awarded a renewal of the P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship!
Congrats Grace!
New member, Sammi Weiss, will join us in August!
Sammi is currently a Study Coordinator at the University of Chicago and will be joining the REPEAT lab as a Clinical Psychology PhD student in fall 2026. Sammi is interested in how decision-making and other neurocognitive mechanisms evolve following recovery from an eating disorder, and how we can use this information to support individuals through long-term recovery and prevent relapse. We’re so excited for her to join us!
Dr. Haynos was awarded the Rising Star in Enhancing Societal Wellbeing award at the at the VCU Annual Research Impact Awards!
Research coordinator Olivia Chapman won the Asian and Pacific Islander SIG Best Poster Award at the Rehabilitation Psychology Conference for her poster titled: "Life Satisfaction Trajectories Over the 10 Years Post-TBI among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A Models System Study"!
The manuscript for this study was also just published to the Rehabilitation Psychology Journal!
Congrats Olivia!
Dr. Haynos was awarded a competitive revision to expand the rule-based decision making study (R01MH126978) to include a group of participants with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder! This award will help identify the distinct biological and behavioral decision-making processes that distinguish obsessive-compulsive personality disorder from other clinical groups characterized by pathological rigidity (i.e., anorexia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder). Find out more here!
Hear Dr. Haynos speak on the Bodywhys Podcast.
