Advancing Suicide Prevention and Intervention through Research and Engagement (ASPIRE) Lab ***Accepting DIS students for Spring 2025***

The ASPIRE lab is looking to recruit motivated and dedicated DIS students to join our research team! Our lab aims to investigate processes involved in the development of suicidal ideation and the transition to suicidal behaviors. We use an experimental therapeutics approach to improve our understanding and theoretical models of suicide while directly informing the development of novel interventions that target mechanisms involved in suicide ideation and suicidal behaviors. We use a multi-method approach to examine short-term fluctuations in suicidal processes both in controlled laboratory settings and ecologically valid real-world situations. Our studies use a combination of:

1. Virtual reality tasks, affective and suicide-related imagery tasks, social interaction tasks, decision-making tasks etc.
2. Neurophysiology (electrocardiography, electrodermal activity, electroencephalography)
3. Ecological momentary assessment
4. Clinical interviews and self-reports

Responsibilities for DIS students include:

1. Conduct literature reviews on relevant topics (e.g., suicidal imagery, virtual reality interventions, ecological momentary assessment and suicide risk)
2. Assist with study implementation and data collection, including in-person experiments involving virtual reality and neurophysiology
3. Help develop surveys, measures, and experimental tasks to capture suicidal processes and related risk factors
4. Assist with study management and participant recruitment
5. Assist in quality checking and coding of interview, self-report, behavioral, and neurophysiology data
6. Assist in analyzing data and preparing study findings for publication, presentation, and dissemination

Requirements:

1. GPA of >3.5
2. 2 semester commitment (minimum)
3. Eagerness to learn and curiosity
4. Positive professional demeanor
5. Interest in learning how we study suicide and other psychological phenomena
6. Strong written and verbal communication skills
7. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

If you are interested, please use this link to submit an application: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_54tif0mfQdynFHw
Please reach out to alodge@fsu.edu if you have questions or would like more information.