Tamiah Lewis, Dayna Freeman, and Dr. Maggie Davis recently had their poster, Frontal and Amygdalar KOR Availability and BPD Traits: Neurochemical Correlates of Impulsivity, Emotional Dysregulation, and Suicide Risk, accepted for presentation at the 2026 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Conference in Nassau, Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Congratulations all!

Our own Gabby won the 2025 Mary Jane Eimer Student Convention Scholarship Award! Congratulations Gabby, we are so happy for you :)

Our own Victoria won both the Mary Eimer Student Travel Award and Personality/Personality Disorder SIG Diversity Travel Award! Congratulations, we are so proud of you!!

October is National Substance Use Awareness Month. Keep an eye out for red ribbons!

On September 24th, Dr. Davis spoke alongside Dr. Sarah Fineberg for suicide awareness month in collaboration with Emotions Matter.

The UPLiFT Lab celebrates World Suicide Prevention Day. We are committed to building a world without suicide!

September 8th is 988 Day, in celebration of the 988 Crisis and Suicide Hotline. 988 is 24/7 hotline for those in crisis or who are struggling with suicide.

Victoria was the recipient of the 2025 ABCT Personality/Personality Disorders (P/PD) Special Interest Group (SIG) Student Poster Award! Her poster, Examining the implications of sexual trauma on the kappa opioid receptor system in a sample of high-risk adults with trauma related psychopathology and borderline personality disorder, will be presented at the SIG expo in New Orleans. Victoria was awarded $250 for travel costs related to the conference! Congratulations, Victoria!

We are so excited to welcome Ruoning “Ning” Li, BSc. to our team on September 2nd as a visiting graduate student from University College London! We are thrilled to have you and to see all of the amazing work you will do :)

September is National Suicide Awareness Month. This month, we will be sharing resources and educational material around suicide behaviors, with the goal of raising awareness for suicide and preventing suicide.

August 26th is National Dog Day! Today, we celebrate our cherished lab canines: Teddy, Hopper, Foz (Maggie), Rosie, Willow (Emily), Ginger (Elizabeth), and Angus (Victoria)!

We are so excited to welcome Elizabeth Duraney, PhD to our team on August 15th as a Postdoctoral Fellow! We are thrilled to have you here to see all the amazing things you will accomplish :)

Dr. Weiss had her research, The transdiagnostic role of boredom within personality disorder symptoms and risk-related behaviors: Implications for dialectical behavior therapy accepted to the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. Congratulations on this accomplishment!

 Author List: Weiss, E. R., Mullens, S., Todman, M., Barnes, S. E., Lord, K. A., & Davis, M. T.

On Wednesday August 13th, Dr. Davis spoke along with a panel of suicide prevention researchers for Stand Up for Psych and discussed the importance of our research and why we are passionate about what we do.

Dayna Freeman, B.S. had her poster, Kappa Opioid Receptor Availability and Interoceptive Awareness: Investigating Links Across Disordered Eating Behaviors, accepted to the 2025 ABCT Conference in New Orleans! Have fun in NOLA!

In June, Victoria Hart-Derrick B.A. was elected President and Chair for the Society for Affective Sciences Student Committee. Congratulations on this exciting accomplishment!

Dr. Jenn Loya’s symposium on Latent Class Analysis of Borderline Personality Disorder was accepted to the 2025 ISSPD Conference in Boston! Victoria Hart-Derrick, B.A. will be presenting on Dr. Loya’s behalf. Have fun in Boston!

The UPLiFT Lab is live on social media! Please follow us on Instagram @yaleupliftlab and Facebook, Yale UPLiFT Lab.

Our own Emily Weiss qualified for the 2026 Boston Marathon! Congratulations Emily, we are so excited to cheer you on in spring :)

On June 1st, the UPLiFT Lab participated in Emotions Matter’s Annual Walk to raise awareness for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in New York City. Pictured: Katie Myserscough (left) and Gabby Epshteyn (right)