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The Pittsburgh Girls Study Lab

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The Pittsburgh Girls Study is a landmark study contributing to understanding local girls' and women's health and development🤱🏽 | est. 2000

 University of Pittsburgh 📍
intergenstudies.pitt.edu/
Joined February 2023
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🚨Looking for an RA🚨We are #hiring an RA to come join our lab studying prenatal stress & child development! Excited about research that contributes to the elimination of racial disparities in maternal and mental health? Please apply! Find the full job posting in the comments💜
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Question of the week: What is your favorite emotion?
question of the week: what is your favorite emotion?

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Finally, here is PGS-RISE RA, Uma Balaji posing in front of her poster, “Promoting Flourishing in Early Adulthood: Social Supports for Black Women Following Adolescent Sexual Trauma” #PittPsychiatry
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The Pittsburgh Girls Study Lab (@thepgslab) profile pictureThe Pittsburgh Girls Study Lab@thepgslab21 Jun 2023
The PGS RAs and friends have been busy bees working on their passions! Here are RAs Uma, A’mara (@a_braynen ), and Melanie posing after presenting their research at the annual UPitt Dep. Of Psychiatry Research Day June 8th! #PittResearchDay2023
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PGS RA A’mara (@a_braynen) presenting her 1st poster on PGS-HEArT data, “Characterizing the Relationships Between Multiple Minority Stress and Resilience among LGB Individuals in Early Adulthood”
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The Pittsburgh Girls Study Lab (@thepgslab) profile pictureThe Pittsburgh Girls Study Lab@thepgslab21 Jun 2023
The PGS RAs and friends have been busy bees working on their passions! Here are RAs Uma, A’mara (@a_braynen ), and Melanie posing after presenting their research at the annual UPitt Dep. Of Psychiatry Research Day June 8th! #PittResearchDay2023
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PGS RA, Melanie presented her poster titled “Beyond the Classroom: Emerging Adulthood Psychosocial Outcomes among Adolescent Youth who Received School Services for Learning Difficulties”! #PittPsychiatry
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The Pittsburgh Girls Study Lab (@thepgslab) profile pictureThe Pittsburgh Girls Study Lab@thepgslab21 Jun 2023
The PGS RAs and friends have been busy bees working on their passions! Here are RAs Uma, A’mara (@a_braynen ), and Melanie posing after presenting their research at the annual UPitt Dep. Of Psychiatry Research Day June 8th! #PittResearchDay2023
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Happy PRIDE🏳️‍🌈 from the PGS team! Have you heard of the PGS-HEArT🩷 Study [link: HEArT Study | PGS (pghgirlsstudy.wixsite.com)]?
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Check out our coworker and friend Gabrielle English, RA for The Baby Brain-Emotion Study (BaBES) posing by her poster, “Concurrent and Prospective Associations Between Infant Negative Affect and Maternal Depression” #PittPsychiatry
Gabrielle English, RA for The Baby Brain-Emotion Study (BaBES) posing by her poster

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The Pittsburgh Girls Study Lab (@thepgslab) profile pictureThe Pittsburgh Girls Study Lab@thepgslab21 Jun 2023
The PGS RAs and friends have been busy bees working on their passions! Here are RAs Uma, A’mara (@a_braynen ), and Melanie posing after presenting their research at the annual UPitt Dep. Of Psychiatry Research Day June 8th! #PittResearchDay2023
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The PGS RAs and friends have been busy bees working on their passions! Here are RAs Uma, A’mara (@a_braynen ), and Melanie posing after presenting their research at the annual UPitt Dep. Of Psychiatry Research Day June 8th! #PittResearchDay2023
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Very impressed by the Op-Ed piece by Dr. Stacy Frazier (@StacyFr79173946) and Elissa Trucco on Florida laws that negatively impact children’s mental health! sun-sentinel.com/2023/06/14/…
In Florida schools, shrinking freedom and growing mental health concerns | Opinion

In Florida schools, shrinking freedom and growing mental health concerns | Opinion

Florida International University Professor of Applied Social and Cultural Psychology Stacy Frazier and Professor of Clinical Science in Child and Adolescent Psychology Elisa Trucco describe how...

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#HappyJuneteenth! At the #PGSLab we are committed to equity in all aspects of research, which wouldn’t be possible w/o our participants! Check out this week’s #journalclub article for discussion, co-authored by our colleague @IreneTung, and our journal club statement of purpose!
Psychology's Contributions to Anti-Blackness in the United States Within Psychological Research, Criminal Justice, and Mental Health

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Pittsburgh Girls Study Journal Club Statement of Purpose

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Guess who? This RA takes pride in having the cutest office décor <3 Three words they would use to describe their office are: aesthetic, eye-catching, and bubbly! Hint: There may be a clue hidden in this photo.
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Who could it be?
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#FlashBackFriday to RA Uma’s time at #SRCD2023! In 'Social Connectedness and Wellbeing among Black Women following Adolescent Sexual Trauma' Uma found that for PGS-RISE youth, sexual trauma during adolescence was associated with slightly lower flourishing in early adulthood.
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This week in #maternalmentalhealth, check out PGS post-doc @KelseyEMageePhD’s poster exploring how stress moderates the association between preconception emotion dysregulation and postpartum pain severity for Black Women in #PGSECHO!
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Poster: Stress Moderates the Association Between Preconception Emotion Dysregulation and Postpartum Pain Severity in Black Women

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Did you miss the May #ECHODiscovery presentation on what the preconception period can tell us about maternal and child health? All materials are available now, including a synopsis of a presentation by @HipwellAlison of @PittPsychiatry: bit.ly/41OomAu

Alison E. Hipwell: What Can the Preconception Period Tell Us About Maternal and Child Health? May...

Research studies that look at exposures over time have shown that the type, timing, and duration of stress exposures before pregnancy may be related to a child’s ultimate health and well-being....

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#RASpotlightoftheWeek South FL native & @mtholyoke alum C/O ‘22 A’mara (@a_braynen they/she) dbl-majored in Africana Studies and Psychology, w/ a concentration in #BlackFeministThought. Their research centers the emotional and identity development of QT-BIPOC in early adulthood!
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This week we’re featuring @HipwellAlison poster exploring how prenatal emotional support is associated with less postpartum health anxiety among Black women irrespective of stress exposure! #MaternalMentalHealthMonth #BlackMaternalHealth
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In honor of #MothersDay recently, we’re highlighting a recently published #PGS article: link.springer.com/article/10…, Psychological Well‑Being Across the Perinatal Period: Life Satisfaction and Flourishing in a Longitudinal Study of Young Black and White American Women🤰
Psychological Well-Being Across the Perinatal Period: Life Satisfaction and Flourishing in a Longitudinal Study of Young Black and White American Women

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Back with another #RASpotlightofTheWeek ft. Pitt native Luke! They studied Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University C/O ‘21. They’re broadly interested in trauma and development in pursuit of a masters in clinical mental health and counseling.
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Today's the day! #PGSresearch #pgsECHO #ECHODiscovery #tunein <3
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Coming next Wednesday 5/10 @ 1pm ET: @HipwellAlison of @PittPsychiatry will give an #ECHOChildHealth #ECHODiscovery presentation on what the preconception period can tell us about maternal and child health: bit.ly/44oWHYq

Alison E. Hipwell: What Can the Preconception Period Tell Us About Maternal and Child Health? May...

Research studies that look at exposures over time have shown that the type, timing, and duration of stress exposures before pregnancy may be related to a child’s ultimate health and well-being....

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Did you know May is #BorderlinePersonalityDisorderAwarenessMonth ? Check out our PGS Maternal BPD article: Changes in severity of depression and borderline personality disorder symptoms from pregnancy to three years postpartum in adolescent mothers: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3432…
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