The ACORN Lab goes to Firestone to paint pottery in celebration of the end of the semester!

The Mapping Attention, Psychopathology, and Lived Experience (MAPLE) study launched on February 13th, 2026. A big thanks to Natalie, Heather, Caitlin & Arielle for leading this very first study session!

Natalie, Kat, Heather, and Caitlin presented at UConn’s Spooktacular Poster Night on October 29th, 2025.

Natalie and Kat presented “The Mapping Attention, Psychopathology, Lived Experience (MAPLE) Study: Protocol and Study Design”

Heather presented “The effect of the “exposome” on developmental brain health and cognitive outcomes”

Caitlin presented “Neural Abnormalities in Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia: A Meta-Analysis of Functional Activation Studies”

Great job, everyone!!

ACORN Lab members had a pumpkin painting party on October 28th, 2025. Many beautiful pumpkins now live in our lab!

Lab members Heather Robinson, Arielle Keller, and Amar Ojha traveled to Dublin, Ireland, this past week to attend the Flux conference!

Heather presented the lab’s “The Effect of the “Exposome” on Developmental Brain Health and Cognitive Outcomes.”

Amar presented the poster, “Developmental Trajectories of Prefrontal – Nucleus Accumbens Subcircuits Support Cognitive and Affective Control Across Adolescence.”

Amazing job!

Welcome, new lab members Caitlin and Katarina to the ACORN lab! We are so happy to have you join our team!

ACORN lab members went to the dairy bar for some post-lab meeting ice cream fun!

Lab members Heather Robinson, Niyati Dave, Anna Wagner, Natalie Kells, Arielle Keller, and collaborator Ran Barzilay have had their article, “The effect of the ‘exposome’ on developmental brain health and cognitive outcomes,” accepted and published in Neuropsychopharmacology. Congrats to all lab members who worked on this paper, and especially to the lead author, Heather Robinson!

 

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ACORN’s lab director, Arielle Keller, and graduate student, Heather Robinson, have had their article “Reproducible sex differences in personalized functional network topography in youth” accepted and published by The British Journal of Psychiatry. Congrats Arielle and Heather on this awesome accomplishment!!

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Congratulations Natalie & Niyati on graduating from UConn!