Adam Grabell

Dr. Grabell’s research focuses on emotion regulation and its relation to cross-diagnostic symptoms of psychopathology in early childhood.  He is particularly interested in the fine details of how the emerging emotion regulation system works and which parts of this system aren’t functioning well in young children on the cusp of persistent mood and behavior problems.  His lab uses a multi-method approach comprising developmentally sensitive neuroimaging techniques, psychophysiological measurement, wearable and mobile devices, and detailed behavioral coding.  

Information for prospective 2022-2023 graduate students.

Dr. Adam Grabell, Director of the Self-Regulation, Emotions, and Early Development (SEED) laboratory (https://seedlabumass.com/) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is recruiting a graduate student in Developmental Science for fall 2023 enrollment. The incoming graduate student would ideally be deeply involved in ongoing scientific projects and, in addition, would take a leadership role in a mobile child mental health start-up founded by Dr. Grabell, Dr. Tauhidur Rahman (UC San Diego, Dept. of Computer Science), and Dr. Jeremy Gummeson (UMass Computer Engineering). This graduate student role is an excellent fit for applicants who are interested in pursuing a career in academia as a psychology researcher, and/or possibly a career in industry, particularly in the wearable and mobile health space. 

Applicants should be excited about the intersection of early child development, developmental psychopathology, wearable and mobile technology, and machine learning algorithms (applicants do not need to have hands-on experience in all of these areas, just an interest in their synergy). Dr. Grabell has a recent NIMH grant focused on using wearable devices in the home to measure preschool tantrums and create a tantrum-predicting algorithm, with opportunities for graduate students to collaborate with computer science colleagues, perform high-level analyses including machine learning, and disseminate papers to high-level scientific journals. Drs. Grabell, Rahman, and Gummeson’s emerging start-up is seeking an enthusiastic graduate student entrepreneurial leader to move the company through early fundraising and commercialization strategy efforts.

For more information, please contact Dr. Grabell at agrabell [at] umass [dot] edu (agrabell[at]umass[dot]edu).