Brianna Baughman
Brianna worked with Dr. Kit Elam as part of her Honors research project examining associations between eating disorder issues and substance use.
Emily McCaffrey
Emily worked with Dr. Kit Elam as part of the American Heart Association undergraduate fellowship program to examine the relationship between inhibitory control and peer influence on physical health outcomes such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, chronic pain, and sleep.
Samantha Bettinger
I am a third year PhD student in the Health Behavior program in the school of Public Health. My minor for the program is Addictive Behaviors. I received my undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Public Health and master's degree in Health Promotion at Miami University in Oxford Ohio. My research interests broadly are in substance use and their associated health behaviors and outcomes. I am currently finishing my qualifying exam project which is a pilot campus readiness assessment on vaping cessation in college students. I intend to do a larger scale campus readiness assessment for my dissertation work. Post-graduation, I am looking to work in academia continuing to research substance use in college students and adolescents.
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Abby Matson
I am a fourth-year undergraduate student studying community health with a minor in psychology. My research interests include areas related to substance use and mental health in adolescents. I am currently working on a literature review that examines the relationship between anxiety and substance use in rural vs. urban adolescents. Upon completing my undergraduate degree, I plan on studying to become an occupational therapist.