Rowan University SAFE Behavior Lab

Congratulations to Bronte Weissman on receiving the Chapter Award from the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association for Women in Science! 🎉 The award supported her travel to present at the 52nd ABAI Annual Convention in San Francisco. Prior to the convention, Bronte attended the annual AWIS Philadelphia Award Dinner in May, where she had the opportunity to share her work with the chapter.

Another ABAI in the books for the SAFE Behavior Lab! We just got back from the 52nd Annual Convention in San Francisco, where we had a great week sharing research and learning about other exciting work happening in the field.

Dr. Simmons chaired a symposium titled "Integrating Biobehavioral Data Collection Into Behavioral Assessment, Intervention, and Training," where rising 3rd year PhD student, Amelia Yanchik, presented on "Physiological Stress During Parent Training on Behavioral Interventions Using Virtual Reality and In-Person Role Plays."

Bronte Weissman, a rising 4th year PhD student presented "Stakeholder Preference for Autism Resource Cart Materials to Support Healthcare Appointments" as part of the symposium titled "Using Behavior Analysis to Improve the Health of People With Developmental Disabilities."

Huge congratulations to our 4th year PhD student Maya Shanker on matching to Quintessential Health’s Lifespan Health Psychology internship! We are so excited for her and are wishing her all the best in this next chapter! 🎉

Congratulations to our current and former SAFE Behavior Lab members who were recognized at the annual Psychology Awards Ceremony!

ABA Undergraduate Achievement Award: Alexandra Recke
ABA Graduate Achievement Award: Kimberly Gargallo Hernandez
Dean's Outstanding Senior Award: Charlotte Cundiff
ABA Club E-Board: Alexandra Recke (President) and Ashly Lopez (Treasurer)

Celebrating a great year with this All-Star team 🌟🏆. Such a fun World-Cup ⚽️ themed celebration on Friday to send our research assistants into finals week.

Congratulations to Charlotte Cundiff from the SAFE Behavior Lab on receiving the Dean's Outstanding Senior Award (DOSA). Charlotte has been a member of the lab for the past 3 years and we are incredibly proud of all her accomplishments!

Dr. Simmons presented on our lab's NIH-funded VR parent training work at the International Society for Autism Research's Annual Meeting in Prague. It was a fantastic conference connecting autism researchers around the world.

Great day at the Rowan Psychology Research Conference! So proud of our amazing team of undergraduate research assistants and post-baccs for their hard work. 👏 Lots of exciting things happening in the SAFE Behavior Lab!

Bronte Weissman, a 3rd-year PhD student in the SAFE Behavior Lab, attended NJABA’s Science of Behavior Analysis Conference at Caldwell University and presented ongoing research exploring stakeholders’ preferences for autism resource cart materials aimed at improving healthcare experiences for autistic individuals.

This study is still actively recruiting! If you are an autistic adult, a parent/caregiver of an autistic child, or a nurse interested in participating, please reach out to the SAFE Behavior lab!