Graduate student, Michael Vang, successfully defended his Master’s Thesis, “Communicating Treatment Side Effect Information Using the Bad News Response Model: A Cross-Cultural Study” this semester!
Great job and congratulations!!
University of Toledo
Graduate student, Michael Vang, successfully defended his Master’s Thesis, “Communicating Treatment Side Effect Information Using the Bad News Response Model: A Cross-Cultural Study” this semester!
Great job and congratulations!!
Dr. Geers wrote a press article about vaccine side effects. Check it out at https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20230905/what-to-know-about-flu-covid-rsv-shots
The lab is excited to share our new research article in-press about the desire for side-effect information by the lab and our colleagues! Check it out by clicking the link below!
Congratulations to former graduate student, Dr. Lizz Gallinari, for successfully defending her dissertation, “The Ups and Downs of Active and Passive Social Media Use”!
Excellent work!
We had many great presentations at the annual Department of Psychology Research Showcase event in April 2023. There were 7 students from the InSPHIRe lab that presented posters and talks!
A special congratulations to undergraduate research assistant, Kim Gorner, for winning 1st place and undergraduate research assistant, Loren Taylor, for winning 2nd place!!

Pictured: Loren Taylor
Noelle Herzog (Advisor, Jason Rose, PhD) was recognized on Tuesday by the University of Toledo Graduate Faculty and Council for excellence in research and scholarship in her graduate program, thus contributing to the expansion of knowledge and advancing professional development through scholarly activities. Great job and congratulations!

Pictured left to right: Wissam AbouAlaiwi, Ph.D., Graduate Council Chair, Noelle Herzog, MA, and Scott Molitor, Ph.D., Acting Dean of the College of Graduate Studies
Dr. Colagiuri (PI) at the University of Sydney and Dr. Geers (Co-I) have received a 3-year federal grant from the Australian Research Council. The funded research will examine the role of social factors in altering and inducing nocebo side effects.
Congratulations!
Recent Experimental Psychology doctoral graduate Kelly Clemens has accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Psychology at Illinois State University (ISU) starting in August 2023.
Kelly is excited to continue her line of research exploring psychological determinants of treatment behaviors and outcomes at ISU.
