Due to COVID-19 and the subsequent cancellation of the 2020 American Psychosomatic Society (APS) conference in March, graduate students in the Stress and Health lab [now MESH] were unable to share their research posters in person. However, APS has since provided a virtual poster session, which can be viewed by members online and even allows communication with the poster’s main author! Abstracts for submitted posters, papers, and symposia will also be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychosomatic Medicine.

Additionally, Stress and Health Lab graduate student, Natasha DeMeo, and collaborating Stress and Immunity Lab graduate student, Brooke Mattern, found a creative way to share their exciting new research with BBH students, faculty, and others by holding a small poster session of their own in the Biobehavioral Health building the day they would have presented in California (prior to the beginning of Centre County stay at home orders and social distancing guidelines).

Here’s to finding creative ways to share research with other academics and society as we continue to adapt to COVID-19 reality!

Natasha DeMeo presents her research poster.

Natasha presents her work on extraversion and daily life experiences.

 

Brooke Mattern presents her research poster.

Brooke presents her research on factors affecting wound healing.