Members


Founder

Mary-Frances O'Connor

Psychology Department, University of Arizona
Grief, Loss and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab

Trainees: Sydney Friedman, M.A.
Research Interests: human grief research, fMRI, PNI, IL-6, yearning, prolonged grief disorder


Karen Bales

Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis

Research Interests: animal models, oxytocin, vasopressin, kappa opioids, endocannabinoids


Oliver Bosch

Department of Behavioural and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Regensburg
Maternal Group Regensburg

Trainees: Alice Sanson, M.Sc.; Luisa Demarchi, M.Sc.
Research Interests: animal model of offspring loss, lactating rat, CRF, oxytocin, NAcc, PFC


Diana A. Chirinos

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Chirinos Lab

Trainees: Morgann West (M.A. Student)
Research Interests: cardiovascular behavioral medicine, sleep, stress, human loss


Zoe Donaldson

Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder
Donaldson Lab

Trainees: Julie Sadino, Ph.D.; Anne Pierce, M.S.
Research Interests: animal model of loss


Joseph Goveas

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin

Research Interests: brain-behavior relationships in normal aging, prolonged grief disorder, late-life depression


Angela Grippo

Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University

Research Interests: social isolation, social loss, depression, cardiovascular function, animal models


Angie LeRoy

Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Baylor University
The Baylor HEAL Lab

Trainees: Valentina Maza, B.A.
Research Interests: human bereavement, attachment theory, interpersonal relationships, caregiving, pain, stress, immunity, health


Saren H. Seeley

Psychiatry Department, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai

Research Interests: affective neuroscience, human fMRI, computational models, clinical psychology, grief-related disorders                       


Guangyuan Shi

Tsinghua University

Research Interests: grief, human MRI, parents who lost their children, teenagers, grief counseling


Jonathan Singer

Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University
GRILL Lab

Trainees: Lauren Elliott
Research Interests: prolonged grief interventions, pre-loss grief in dementia caregivers


Adam Smith

Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Kansas
Social Bond, Conflict, and Loss Lab

Research Interests: animal model of loss, prairie vole, oxytocin, CRH, dopamine, social decision-making network, social motivation