Recent News
TIES Lab Awarded NIDCR Award
TIES Lab was awarded the NIDCR "Building Bridges" APS Poster Award at the APS 2021 Convention.
TIES Lab Awarded an APPIC Grant
TIES Lab was awarded a grant titled The Development of a Formalized Training Program in Digital Mental Health from the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internships Centers(APPIC).
Dr. Timmons publishes a new article
Dr. Timmons published an article on couples' communication in the Social Psychological and Personality Science Journal.
All News
- 12-02-20: Dr. Timmons wins faculty award
Dr. Timmons won an FIU College of Arts, Sciences, and Education Faculty Research Award.
- 12-02-20: Jacqueline Duong wins Seed Fund award
Jacqueline Duong wins Graduate Student Seed Fund award to support her research.
- 11-19-20: Dr. Timmons delivers two presentations at the ABCT conference
Dr. Timmons delivered two presentations at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Virtual Conference.
- 11-2-20: Dr. Timmons gives a talk at the University of Notre Dame
Dr. Timmons was invited to give a talk to the Psychology Department at the University of Notre Dame about the application of machine learning.
- 08-28-20: Dr. Timmons wins faculty award
Dr. Timmons won an FIU Top Scholar Award in the Category of Junior Faculty with Major Grants.
- 08-21-20: TIES Lab wins NIMH STTR Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Timmons and the TIES Lab for winning a National Institute of Mental Health Fast-Track Small Business Technology Transfer Grant entitled: The Development and Systematic Evaluation of a Just-in-Time-Adaptive Intervention for Child Mental Health!
- 08-07-20: TIES Lab welcomes new graduate student
TIES Lab welcomes a new graduate student, Jacky Duong. Jacky is interested in examining how children and families, especially those from ethnic/racial and at-risk backgrounds, can positively respond to stress, trauma, and adversity.
- 07-01-20: TIES Lab welcomes new member
TIES Lab welcomes a new member. Welcome to the TIES Lab family, Nora!
- 05-31-20: TIES Lab says goodbye to Alyssa Del Campo
TIES Lab said goodbye to our long-time lab manager, Alyssa Del Campo, who is starting graduate school this summer. Congratulations to Alyssa. We'll miss you!
- 04-13-20: TIES Lab publishes in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine
TIES Lab published an article on relationship functioning and heart rate while sleeping in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Lead author Dr. Hannah L. Schacter blogged about this research in her article on The Conversation.
- 03-21-20: Dr. Timmons interviewed by Inverse
Dr. Timmons was interviewed by Inverse for an article on wearables and romantic relationships.
- 03-01-20: Dr. Timmons publishes in the Association for Computing Machinery Transactions of Internet Technology
Dr. Timmons published an article on machine learning models for detecting couple conflict in the Association for Computing Machinery Transactions of Internet Technology.
- 11-29-19: Dr. Comer and Dr. Timmons publish in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
Dr. Comer and Dr. Timmons published an article on empathy in technology-enabled mental health treatments in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
- 10-23-19: Alyssa Del Campo presents at the FIU Psych-Con
Alyssa Del Campo presented TIES lab research at the Florida International University Psych-Con.
- 10-03-19: Dr. Timmons presents at the UMass Psychology Department
Dr. Timmons presented her research on clinical psychology applications for machine learning at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- 08-01-19: Dr. Timmons' research featured in the APA Monitor on Psychology
Dr. Timmons' research was featured in the APA Monitor on Psychology article "Moving Assessment out of the Clinic."
- 07-15-19: Dr. Timmons interviewed by the Wall Street Journal
Dr. Timmons was interviewed for the Wall Street Journal article "When Stress at Work Creates Drama at Home."
- 07-09-19: TIES Lab participates in the NSF I-Corps Program
Dr. Timmons, Matthew Ahle, and Robert Hacker participated in the NSF Innovation Corps Program in New York City, NY (pictured: Matthew Ahle).
- 06-27-19: Dr. Comer and Dr. Timmons publish in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
Dr. Comer and Dr. Timmons published an article on the use of wearable devices in mental health care in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
- 06-26-19: Dr. Timmons presents at the SAA Conference
Dr. Timmons presented her research on language use in couples' everyday lives at the Society for Ambulatory Assessment Conference in Syracuse, NY.
- 06-04-19: TIES Lab awarded an NSF I-Corps grant
Ties Lab was awarded a National Science Foundation Innovation Corps grant.
- 04-09-19: Research assistants present at the FIU CUR
Alyssa Del Campo, Pablo Gomez, Caroline Griffin, Graciela Hernandez, Adriana Mejias Fernandez, and Gabriella Morey presented their research on word use, vocal pitch, and dating aggression in daily life at the FIU Conference for Undergraduate Research in Miami, FL (pictured: Alyssa Del Campo and Caroline Griffin).
- 04-04-19: Dr. Timmons publishes in Physiology & Behavior
Dr. Timmons published an article on family-of-origin aggression, dating aggression, and physiological stress reactivity in young adult dating couples in daily life in Physiology & Behavior.
- 03-19-19: Dr. Timmons publishes book chapter on smart and connected health
- 03-12-19: Dr. Timmons publishes in the Journal of Family Violence
Dr. Timmons published an article on violence-exposed mothers' perceptual bias toward infant facial cues in the Journal of Family Violence.
- 02-09-19: Dr. Timmons presents at SPSP
Dr. Timmons presented her research on ambulatory assessment methods at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference in Portland, OR.
- 01-30-19: Dr. Timmons publishes in Developmental Psychobiology
Dr. Timmons published an article on day-to-day friend aggression and victimization and the cortisol awakening response in Developmental Psychobiology.
- 01-14-19: TIES Lab featured in BBC Future
- 01-07-19: TIES Lab welcomes new research assistants
Welcome to our newest group of research assistants: Caroline Griffin, Adriana Mejias Fernandez, Vanessa Blanco, Pablo Gomez, Megan Michel, Gabriella Morey, Sierra Wendling, Graciela Hernandez, Alyssa Del Campo, and Ana Valentin. To learn more about our research assistants, visit our People page.
- 10-29-18: Dr. Timmons presents at the Texas A&M Department of Computer Science
Dr. Timmons presented her research on building machine learning algorithms for detecting couple conflict at the Texas A&M Department of Computer Science in College Station, TX.
- 10-02-18: Dr. Timmons publishes in the Association for Computing Machinery
Inverse
Dr. Timmons was interviewed by Inverse for an article on wearables and romantic relationships.
APA Monitor on Psychology
Dr. Timmons' research was featured in the APA Monitor on Psychology article "Moving Assessment out of the Clinic."
Wall Street Journal
Dr. Timmons was interviewed for the Wall Street Journal article "When Stress at Work Creates Drama at Home."
BBC Future
TIES Lab was featured in the BBC Future article "How Your Voice Hides Clues about Your Love Life."
IEEE Computer Society Interview
Drs. Timmons and Chaspari gave an interview on their article "Using Multimodal Wearable Technology to Detect Conflict among Couples."
Digital Trends
Dr. Timmons was featured in the Digital Trends article "AI App May Predict Conflict between Couples before it Occurs."
NBC
Dr. Timmons was featured in the NBC article "This Mood-Recognizing Algorithm Just Might Save Your Relationship."
Yahoo News
Dr. Timmons was featured in the Yahoo News article "Al App Knows when Couples are Fighting, May Someday Predict (and Prevent) Conflict."
TechCrunch
Dr. Timmons was featured in the TechCrunch article "Using Wearable Technology to Detect Conflict before it Occurs."
University of Southern California
Dr. Timmons was featured in the University of Southern California article "Monitoring Troubles of the Heart."
Yahoo News
Dr. Timmons was featured in the Yahoo News article "Conflicts at Home Affect Teens at School and Vice Versa."
Society for Research on Adolescence
Dr. Timmons was featured in the Society for Research on Adolescence article "News Flash: Spillover Effects of Adolescent-Parent Conflict and School Problems on Daily Mood."
Child and Family Blog
Dr. Timmons' research was discussed in the Child and Family Blog post "Exposure to Aggression Can Change Biological Response of Children to Conflict."