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AMP Lab at SRP 2022
9/10/22 Members of the AMP Lab recently travelled to Philadelphia, PA for the 2022 Society for Research in Psychopathology conference. Fifth year PhD student Jessica Mow presented a poster, "Defeatist beliefs, psychopathology risk, and subjective and objective indicators of motivation and effort". Second year PhD student Renata Botello presented a poster "Social adversity and loneliness in the daily lives of young adults and people with serious mental illness". Former AMP Lab PhD student Samuel Abplanalp presented a symposium, "A network approach to positive symptoms, negative symptoms, and role functioning: How permeable are the boundaries?" . Congratulations to all of our presenters! |
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How did that interaction make you feel? New paper on social experiences and emotion in people with and without schizophrenia
9/30/19
The AMP lab recently published a study examining differences in people with and without schizophrenia on social qualities that influence emotion in daily life using ecological momentary assessment. The article is open-access online at PLOS One.
AMP Lab at SRP 2019
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Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP) Poster Award
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AMP Lab at SAS 2019
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AMP Lab Presentations at SRP
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Digital Health Initiative grant funded by BU's Hariri Institute and Institute for Health Systems Innovation and Policy
6/19/18
Emma Weizenbaum and Dr. Fulford, along with collaborators Drs. Alice Cronin-Golomb and Vijaya Kolachalama, were recently awarded a Digital Health Initiative (DHI) grant to develop individualized computational models of cognitive performance across real-life contexts using mobile phone-based assessments. The goal of the project is to study fluctuation in cognition across a number of contexts (e.g., location and social environment) and internal states (e.g., mood, alertness, motivation) to create a predictive road-map for precise and personalized interventions.
New paper on motivation and functional outcomes in first-episode psychosis
9/1/17
The AMP Lab recently published a study on the impact of motivation on social and occupational functioning among participants in the Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode - Early Treatment Program (RAISE-ETP). See the article online at Schizophrenia Bulletin.
Auditions being held for mobile app video clips
8/1/17
Are you an actor looking for something to add to your resume? The AMP Lab is holding auditions for a federally-funded project focused on developing a mobile app to support social goal attainment in people with serious mental illness. Please contact us if interested!
Symposium on Mobile Technologies at APS!
5/26/17
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At this year's Association for Psychological Science (APS) meeting, Dr. Fulford chaired a symposium on the use of sensing technologies as assessment and intervention tools in mental illness. Dr. Fulford kicked of the set of talks with a presentation on the use of mobile phone-based sensors to detect social isolation in schizophrenia. Dr. Ipsit Vahia from McLean/Harvard Medical School spoke about the use of these technologies to aid in identifying and intervening in dementia. Dr. Anda Gershon from Stanford Psychiatry discussed the use of actigraphy to detect depression in people with bipolar disorder. Finally, Dr. John Torous from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School discussed the use of various sensing technologies to predict symptom relapse in serious mental illness. Dr. Belinda Borrelli from Boston University Medical Campus served as discussant.
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Mobile intervention grant funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2/17/17
Dr. Fulford was recently awarded a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to develop a mobile phone-based application to support social motivation and social skills in individuals with schizophrenia. The project is in collaboration with Dr. David Gard at San Francisco State University and Dr. Kim Mueser at Boston University. The primary focus will be to develop social goal support in the daily lives of people with serious mental illness.
AMP Lab project featured by Boston University Read more at BU's site
10/19/16
Professor Samuele Marcora to visit BU See details
10/15/16
Sam Abplanalp joins the AMP Lab! Read about Sam on the People page
9/1/16
10/19/16
Professor Samuele Marcora to visit BU See details
10/15/16
Sam Abplanalp joins the AMP Lab! Read about Sam on the People page
9/1/16
Dudley Allen Sargent grant funded
5/25/16
Dr. Fulford was recently awarded a grant from the Dudley Allen Sargent Research Fund to conduct an evaluation of an internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy program to help people cope with symptoms of paranoia. The evaluation will take place in Boston area community clinics. The primary focus will be to understand the potential benefits of this approach, particularly in improving social functioning for people with serious mental illness.
New paper on oxytocin administration in opioid-dependent patients
5/15/16
AMP Lab collaborator Dr. Joshua Woolley's pilot study examining the tolerability and potential efficacy of oxytocin in opioid-dependent patients was recently published in Psychopharmacology.