Postdoctoral Scholars Drs. Jee eun Kang and Julie Kircher join MESH lab

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Both Dr. Jee eun Kang and Dr. Julie Kircher will be co-advised by Dr. Graham-Engeland (MESH lab Director) and Dr. Engeland (Stress and Immunity Lab Director). Dr. Jee eun Kang joined the MESH lab on August 1st as a Postdoctoral Scholar. Her research focuses on the...

MESH Lab welcomes new doctoral student: Caesar Liu

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Caesar received his B.A. in Psychology from California State University, Northridge. He is interested in how early experiences and interoception influence emotion and emotion-immunity reciprocation across development and situational contexts. Caesar has a passion for...

MESH lab Alumni Updates

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We have had some amazing people come through the MESH lab who have gone on to do some amazing things! Here are a few updates on a few of them: Robert McLuckey worked in the MESH lab from 2022-2023. He recently graduated from Penn State with a Biobehavioral Health...

Dr. Van Bogart obtains PhD and accepts postdoctoral position

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MESH Lab graduate student Karina Van Bogart successfully defended her dissertation this May. Karina’s dissertation was titled “Loneliness in daily life: Examining the roles of loneliness chronicity and negatively biased cognitions”. Soon-to-be Dr....

Graham-Engeland Honored with Graduate Program Leadership Award

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Jennifer Graham-Engeland (PI of the MESH lab) was recently awarded the 2024 Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award. This award, given to one individual at Penn State each year by the Graduate School Alumni Society, honors a faculty member who has provided exemplary...

Dr. Witzel accepts tenure track position at South Dakota State University

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Dr. Dakota Witzel has recently completed a postdoctoral position with support from the Center for Healthy Aging, the MESH Lab and the Stress and Immunity Lab at Penn State. We are thrilled to announce Dakota has accepted a tenure track Assistant Professor position at...