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• 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

  

  Dr. Timmons published a book chapter on personalized and subpopulation-specific machine learning models for 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

  

  TIES Lab was featured in the BBC Future article "How Your Voice Hides Clues about Your Love Life."

• 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

  

  Dr. Timmons published a conference proceeding on subpopulation-specific machine learning models for detecting conflict in couples in daily life.