Our lab brings together nurses and collaborators from many fields to understand and improve how students feel and cope every day. In doing so, the lab:

• Investigates irritability and difficulties in emotion regulation as indicators of mental health vulnerability in college students, advancing understanding of these transdiagnostic symptoms that impact student success, health, and functioning.

• Focuses on closing the gaps in college mental health care by increasing awareness, fostering positive attitudes toward help-seeking, and breaking down barriers related to mental health stigma among college students.

• Integrates mindfulness-based practices as evidence-based interventions to promote self-regulation, stress reduction, and emotional well-being.

• Examines social determinants of health and their influence on emotional well-being, with particular attention to underserved and marginalized student populations.

• Provides mentored research experiences for undergraduate and graduate students, cultivating the next generation of nurse scientists and mental health researchers.