BMED Lab @BMED_Lab
We investigate the biological mechanisms underlying individual differences in health outcomes related to acute & chronic stress. PI: Dr. Christopher Fagundes bmed.rice.edu Rice University Joined August 2015-
Tweets320
-
Followers199
-
Following110
-
Likes123
Rice University has launched the Institute of Health Resilience and Innovation (IHRI), which will study the lifetime impacts of health stressors and develop targeted interventions to improve well-being across diverse populations! Learn more here: news.rice.edu/news/2025/new-…
Rice has launched the Institute of Health Resilience and Innovation, led by Chris Fagundes, Tony Brown, and Kristi English, to study health stressors and develop solutions for diverse communities. #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture Read More: news.rice.edu/news/2025/new-…
Attending SAS? Come see graduate student Beatriz Brandao’s flash talk on the effects of hormonal contraceptives on emotion regulation and emotional reactivity on Sat, March 22 11:15am! Details below 👇🏻
My lab at UCLA is recruiting a research coordinator, who will be involved in lab & research management and take the lead on an MRI & PET imaging project! Please reach out if interested (& please share widely). Apps due by Feb 16! jobs.ucla.edu/careers-home/j…
Happy Holidays from the BMED Lab! Check out these photos of our festivities, including our lab holiday party and an RA appreciation celebration!
Check out this Rice News post, featuring graduate student Vincent Lai and BMED Lab Director Dr. Christopher Fagundes, where they discuss the role that marital relationships play in the mental and physical health of caregivers for spouses with dementia! news.rice.edu/news/2024/supp…
Big smiles at Rice University's Commencement Ceremony! Congratulations to Dr. Lydia Wu-Chung on completing her graduate studies at Rice 🎓🎉
Check out BMED Lab Director, Dr. Christopher Fagundes, in action at the recent Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting! 🎬
Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Brice for receiving the Ruth L. Kirschstein NIH National Research Service Award fellowship (F32)! She is investigating the relationships between emotion regulation, psychological and physiological indicators of stress, and cognitive performance.
Huge congratulations to BMED graduate student Vincent Lai and all co-authors on this awesome accomplishment! 🎉🎊
Huge congratulations to BMED graduate student Vincent Lai and all co-authors on this awesome accomplishment! 🎉🎊
Check out this new paper published in Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, first-authored by BMED graduate student Vincent Lai! Congratulations to Vincent and co-authors on this awesome accomplishment! 🎉
Check out this new paper published in Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, first-authored by BMED graduate student Vincent Lai! Congratulations to Vincent and co-authors on this awesome accomplishment! 🎉

Angie S. LeRoy @DrAngieLeRoy
368 Followers 434 Following Social & Health Psychology Researcher. Assist. Professor, Dept of Psychology & Neuroscience, Baylor University | Pronouns: She, her, hers
Rice University Gradu... @RiceGradSchool
3K Followers 1K Following Located on a 300-acre forested campus in the heart of Houston, top-ranked Rice is one of America’s leading research universities. #gradschool #phdlife
Fred Oswald @FredOswald
3K Followers 2K Following I-O psychologist (what is that? https://t.co/fGo7AJj5dl); Scrabble(R) player; aspiring raconteur; likes/retweets may-or-may-not-be = endorsement
Allie Farrell @AllisonKFarrell
2K Followers 1K Following Assistant prof at @MiamiOHPSYC studying close relationships, stress, and health across the lifespan. @Haverfordedu, @UMNPsych, & @WSUPsychology alum. she/her
Jenn Graham-Engeland @Graham_Engeland
707 Followers 469 Following Prof @PennStateBBH & Assoc. Director Center for Healthy Aging; Researcher. But I'm not really on twitter anymore. Follow me on LinkedIn & bluesky @jennenge
UCLA Stress Lab @UCLAStressLab
3K Followers 2K Following We use ideas and methods from psychoneuroimmunology to advance the science of stress, health, and human resilience (PI: @GeorgeSlavich)
Rice Social Sciences @RiceSocSci
1K Followers 805 Following A vibrant community of scholars, students & educators committed to connecting our teaching & research with policy for the betterment of society. @RiceUniversity
PNIRS @PNIRS
2K Followers 716 Following Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society: Discovering brain-immune contributions to health & disease. LinkedIn: PNI Research Society @pnirs.bsky.social #PNIRS2025
Stephanie Leal @stephleal5
876 Followers 349 Following Assistant Professor at UCLA ~ Director, Neuroscience of Memory, Mood, & Aging Lab ~ Researcher of memory, depression, aging, & Alzheimer’s disease
Rice Institute of Hea... @RICEIHRI
14 Followers 110 Following Improving health across the lifespan by advancing research and interventions that address the complex factors shaping health outcomes @riceuniversity
VOCES Research Collec... @VOCESCollective
6 Followers 25 Following We are VOCES, a research collective at Rice University dedicated to promoting health and social prosperity in our community.
Blythe 'Bunny' Chandl... @blythe_bun47589
0 Followers 66 Following Research Coordinator | BA in Psychology | Aspiring Advocate for Integrative Care & Enhanced Mental Health Resources | IQuESt Houston
Claire Smith @ClaireESmithIO
148 Followers 181 Following I-O Psychologist. Occupational health researcher. Assistant Professor at @USFWorstLab @USouthFlorida. Cat lady. Movie/book nerd. Opinions my own. 🌈
hosie @hosie1966408
0 Followers 24 Following
Dr Marta Vigier @MartaVigier
96 Followers 263 Following @martavigier.bsky.social Postdoc@LiU #HRV #HealthPsychology #DyadicInteractions #PhysiologicalSynchrony #Psychophysiology #SocialInteractions #Psycho-oncology
Youcef YAHI @Youcef_YAHI_
25 Followers 331 Following Y.Y Doctoral student BME EEG MI . EEG SLEEP. EEG CLASSIFICATION ( Engineer).
Joon Lee @JoonLee02
1 Followers 106 Following CRC @mghdautencenter | @ricealumni | Interested in stress reactivity, inflammation, and mental health 🧠🧪
Samantha Weiss @WeissSaman4708
24 Followers 54 Following Psychology PhD student @Baylor studying social connections & health across the lifespan 🧠 I @NSF GRFP Fellow I @BaylorHEAL I @ASU alumna 🔱
Abdelaziz (Zizo) Alsh... @zizoalsharawy
332 Followers 859 Following Assistant Professor @UTHealthHouston | Former postdoc @Princeton | Econ Grad @Virginia_Tech | Behavioral & Health Economics | Neuroeconomics
Tanvi Tomar @curiosity_tanvi
618 Followers 499 Following PhD @PennStateBBH | Research | Psychology | Neuroscience | Health | Stress | Immunology | Endocrinology | (She/Her)
AstridDaniell @efEU2P51a5LXh3R
14 Followers 315 Following
Dr. Yvette Szabo @YvetteSzaboPhD
497 Followers 795 Following Clinical Psychologist • she/her • 👩🏻🏫 Asst prof @calstateLA • ECR, director of @prosperlab
Liluo Gan @LiluoGan
11 Followers 419 Following
Estherina Trachtenber... @estherina_t
629 Followers 1K Following Postdoctoral researcher at @mrccbu, @Cambridge_Uni
GCURS @GCURSatRice
401 Followers 552 Following We're not your average poster session. GCURS is an undergraduate research symposium hosted annually by Rice University. Join us in Oct. 2023!
ff @ffxxFYX
0 Followers 210 Following
Joon Lee @jooneugene
4 Followers 143 Following
Shruti (they/she) �... @shrutibkoch
2K Followers 7K Following Indigenous PhD aspirant with lived experience | socio-political determinants, indigenous MH, lived experience, participatory methods |
Adeel Baloch @AdeelBaloch1234
349 Followers 651 Following Gc University lahore . A psychoanalyst from Undevlopment Balochistan. I belive When politics decides your future decide what your politics should be.
Qiuping Yan @Jessicaluckyan
0 Followers 48 Following
Kathryn Gonzalez @KOGSci
3 Followers 31 Following Health psychology researcher @RiceUniversity | Rice Cog Sci & Psych 2023 | she/her
Tammy K Stump @TammyKStump
211 Followers 445 Following Researcher at HCI/UU focusing on cancer prevention (e.g., sun-safe parks, mHealth tools promoting healthy lifestyles). Tweets are my own.
wendy berry mendes @wendybmendes
1K Followers 258 Following Professor at Yale Social psychophysiologist, Affective Scientist
Daphne Ayton @DaphneAyton
81 Followers 188 Following Primarily at @daphneayton.bsky.social -- Clinical Psych PhD Student @UOregon | @RiceUniversity & @QuestBridge alum | NOLA native | Connect with me here (link⭣)!
Samantha R. Scott @SamanthaRScott1
525 Followers 1K Following clinical psych PhD student | she/her 🏳️🌈 | @nsf fellow @childrenscolo @pcresilience @doom_lab | developmental psychoneuroimmunology & resilience
Olajumoke Ogundele @Jumiekay
343 Followers 2K Following BSc (Physiology), MSc (Psychology); Researcher; Professional Volunteer
Jasmine Sachdeva @jasmines262000
6 Followers 185 Following
Noman Khan @imnomankhanmrwt
249 Followers 518 Following Science Communicator| Scientist | Graduate TA & RA | Physicist | Material Engineer | Bibliophile!!
Geetha Ravichandran @neuronerddiary
274 Followers 2K Following Research Intern @ MISN Lab, IIT Delhi | Member of the International Neuropsychological Society | ISTAART Student Member | CogSci Society Student Member
Kyle Wiley @kyle_s_wiley
685 Followers 1K Following Human biologist. PhD. NRSA postdoc at UCLA using biosocial perspectives in research on stress, pregnancy, and maternal and child health. 🏳️🌈 he/him
Julie A. Kirsch @JulieKirsch10
14 Followers 180 Following I'm a perpetual student and amateur baker who lives on learning and cookies. I study social psychological perspectives of economic and health inequity. She/Her
Richard Contrada @ContradaRichard
218 Followers 607 Following Observer/sometimes critic of Psychological Science, Academia, the Healthcare System; Views are mine; Retweets express interest not endorsement; Blog link below:
Melissa Flores @flores_socsci
346 Followers 675 Following Chicana. R00 MOSAIC Asst Prof @uarizona studying resilience/risk factors for CVD in Latinx populations. Quant. Coffee/fashion enthusiast. She/her
Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. @CamHostinar
3K Followers 3K Following No longer active here. Find me on Bluesky: https://t.co/GyS8Ie6wqs
Morgann West, M.A. @morgann_west
152 Followers 270 Following Clinical psychology doctoral student @NUClinPsy, @NUPrevMed | Health psychology | (BA) @uarizona (she/her) |
Daniel Argueta @DanielLArgueta
60 Followers 114 Following 2nd-year PhD student: Grief, PNI, and Psychopathology; BMED lab at Rice University
Qinyou Hu @QinyouH
813 Followers 2K Following Applied Microeconomist @UTSABusiness @AaltoBIZ. Proud alum of @RiceEcon and @DukeEcon. Education | Health | Family. "I am rooted, but I flow"
Giovanni Marquez 🇲... @GIOUAZ
79 Followers 213 Following BS @uarizona - Clinical Psychology PhD student @UUtah - Psychosocial stress, Stress physiology, CVD & Metabolic disease, Health disparities, Latino health
The Baylor HEAL Lab @BaylorHEAL
39 Followers 40 Following An interdisciplinary research team studying how we heal from social loss across the lifespan | PI & Director: @DrAngieLeRoy Baylor University, Waco, TX
Jessica Hahne @Jessica_Hahne
36 Followers 359 Following PhD student in Clinical Psychology at @WUSTL. Health care communication & end-of-life care researcher. Catan enthusiast. Dog aunt.
Ivanova Veras de Jesu... @IvanovaVeras
13 Followers 38 Following Ph.D. Student at @RiceUniversity Fulbright Scholar Health 🏥 & Cog Neuro 🧠
Yiyi Yang @yiyiyang0228
83 Followers 412 Following 🏳🌈🇨🇳 Rice University, PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering. Pronouns: she/they/她/ta. Feminist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, A Cappella, Powerlifting!
PGP @_PGP_
2 Followers 633 Following
Audemic Scholar @audemicscholar
1K Followers 4K Following Audemic Scholar enables PhD students and researchers to transform stale research PDFs into a time-saving reading and listening experience.
George Slavich @GeorgeSlavich
681 Followers 225 Following Past DJ @ SkateWorld; Current prof @UCLASemel. Director of @uclastresslab & @calstarnetwork; Dept Director @UCACEsAware. #Stress & dad joke expert. 🇭🇷🇺🇸
rene @renegradeseeker
35 Followers 570 Following
Angie S. LeRoy @DrAngieLeRoy
368 Followers 434 Following Social & Health Psychology Researcher. Assist. Professor, Dept of Psychology & Neuroscience, Baylor University | Pronouns: She, her, hers
Rice University Gradu... @RiceGradSchool
3K Followers 1K Following Located on a 300-acre forested campus in the heart of Houston, top-ranked Rice is one of America’s leading research universities. #gradschool #phdlife
Fred Oswald @FredOswald
3K Followers 2K Following I-O psychologist (what is that? https://t.co/fGo7AJj5dl); Scrabble(R) player; aspiring raconteur; likes/retweets may-or-may-not-be = endorsement
Rice University @RiceUniversity
55K Followers 936 Following At Rice, we are in constant pursuit of wisdom and commit ourselves to endless exploration.
Jenn Graham-Engeland @Graham_Engeland
707 Followers 469 Following Prof @PennStateBBH & Assoc. Director Center for Healthy Aging; Researcher. But I'm not really on twitter anymore. Follow me on LinkedIn & bluesky @jennenge
UCLA Stress Lab @UCLAStressLab
3K Followers 2K Following We use ideas and methods from psychoneuroimmunology to advance the science of stress, health, and human resilience (PI: @GeorgeSlavich)
Rice University News @RiceUNews
11K Followers 1K Following Official X Account: @RiceUniversity News and Media Relations
Rice Social Sciences @RiceSocSci
1K Followers 805 Following A vibrant community of scholars, students & educators committed to connecting our teaching & research with policy for the betterment of society. @RiceUniversity
PNIRS @PNIRS
2K Followers 716 Following Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society: Discovering brain-immune contributions to health & disease. LinkedIn: PNI Research Society @pnirs.bsky.social #PNIRS2025
Stephanie Leal @stephleal5
876 Followers 349 Following Assistant Professor at UCLA ~ Director, Neuroscience of Memory, Mood, & Aging Lab ~ Researcher of memory, depression, aging, & Alzheimer’s disease
BBI Health @BBI_Health
731 Followers 446 Following BBI Health is an Open-Access journal publishing peer-reviewed studies with emphasis on research that has translational impact and clinical implications @PNIRS
Ivanova Veras de Jesu... @IvanovaVeras
13 Followers 38 Following Ph.D. Student at @RiceUniversity Fulbright Scholar Health 🏥 & Cog Neuro 🧠
Daniel Argueta @DanielLArgueta
60 Followers 114 Following 2nd-year PhD student: Grief, PNI, and Psychopathology; BMED lab at Rice University
GCURS @GCURSatRice
401 Followers 552 Following We're not your average poster session. GCURS is an undergraduate research symposium hosted annually by Rice University. Join us in Oct. 2023!
Jensine Paoletti-Hatc... @JensinePaoletti
88 Followers 81 Following Assistant Professor at Portland State University. Studying how work-family experiences impact stress. Views are my own.
The Baylor HEAL Lab @BaylorHEAL
39 Followers 40 Following An interdisciplinary research team studying how we heal from social loss across the lifespan | PI & Director: @DrAngieLeRoy Baylor University, Waco, TX
Vincent Lai @laivincent528
181 Followers 344 Following Health & I/O Psychology PhD Student @RiceUniversity | Marketing Director & Staff Writer @the_icjs | Stress in close relationships (he/him)
Dr. Cobi Heijnen @CobiHeijnen
59 Followers 49 Following
Ryan’s Science @ryansscience
1K Followers 572 Following 🧠 health psych research on YouTube & TikTok by @RyanLinnBrown 💉 • love to learn & talk about science 💡• original music in each scicomm video 🎶 • she/her
Pamela D. Wilson @CaregivingSpeak
935 Followers 3K Following #caregiver #caregiving #caregiversupport #eldercare #agingparents #expertwitness #dementia #speaker #eldercare #homecare #guardianship #consultant
Neuroimmunology Lab @NeuroimmunoLab
211 Followers 151 Following Neuroimmunology Research Lab at the University of Newcastle. Focused on the impacts of early life stress on the development of mental health and disease.
Kristin Schmidt @_schmitten_
419 Followers 2K Following Interested in all things behavioural, data, stories well-told. Work = psychology, stress, mental health (research & methodology). DE,NL/UK, now @udeconcepcion
Dylan Pieper @dylanpieper
168 Followers 462 Following Data Scientist at PERU (https://t.co/bYrndVYZj6) | BA+MA in Psychology @northerniowa | He/him
Sandy Parsons (she/he... @sandravparsons
219 Followers 581 Following mother, wife, social psychologist, professor, and lover of bulldogs
Dr. Rosie Shrout @RosieShrout
872 Followers 786 Following Assistant Professor at The University of British Columbia studying how stress affects couples' health. Retired swimmer. Proud cat mom to Peach & Mango. She/her
Rice University Bioen... @Rice_BIOE
3K Followers 689 Following The Department of Bioengineering at Rice University is building interdisciplinary partnerships to solve global health care problems.
Valentina Maza @Valentina_Maza
118 Followers 156 Following Third Year Health Psychology Ph.D. Student @BMED_Lab | B. A. Psychology @UHouston | #FirstGen | Latinx Mental Health |
Wendy Birmingham (she... @wendybirm
146 Followers 243 Following Social health psychologist who studies the impact of relationship quality on health and disease risk. I also teach Women's Studies which is wicked fun.
Dr Claudia Trudel-Fit... @claudiatfitz
1K Followers 2K Following Researcher + psychologist studying the interplay of psychosocial factors w/ health |Alum @universitelaval @HarvardChanSPH @MIWI_Training |Director @FitzLabUQTR
Daryl O’Connor @healthpsycleeds
6K Followers 476 Following Professor, University of Leeds. Views are my own. Editor, Cogent Psychology. Associate Editor, Biopsychosocial Science & Medicine. @daryloconnor.bsky.social
Dr. Susan M. Schembre... @SSchembre
346 Followers 235 Following #mHealth behavioral scientist and research dietitian passionate about developing new dietary assessment and intervention tools
Ted Robles @tfrobles
221 Followers 480 Following Headed over to Threads and Instagram, other platforms.
Dr. Dani Arigo, also ... @DrDaniArigo
2K Followers 1K Following Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psychology | Associate Professor of Psychology at Rowan University | Director of @RowanCHASELab | Marathon (Runner) | Book Reader
Dr. Jeff Greeson @mindfulnesslab
3K Followers 5K Following #Psychology professor at @RowanUniversity | Director, #Mindfulness Lab | Fellow, @NovaForHealth. Faculty, @coopermedschool, @RowanSOM. Views are my own.
ISPNE @ISPNE
1K Followers 1K Following Disseminates knowledge on hormones, their interactions with brain, body processes, and behavior, as well as clinical applications @PNECJournal @CPNECJournal
Caroline Trumpff @CarolineTrumpff
162 Followers 137 Following PhD, Master in psychology | Assistant Professor @ColumbiaPsych
Indigenous Lives Matt... @CDanyluck
202 Followers 174 Following Assistant Prof. Director of Carleton University Social Psychophysiology Lab discrimination+stress+synchrony Métis, French- & Ukrainian-Canadian
Arielle Radin Pulverm... @ArielleRadin
426 Followers 752 Following Health Psychologist & Co-founder @BruinHealth
Gözde Özakıncı @Gozde786
6K Followers 6K Following Professor of health psychology. Research lead for @stirhealthpsych. President-Elect for @ehpsociety. Run & sew. serve 🐈🐈🐓🐓🐓🐓. RTs not endorsements
Kimberly Dienes @KimberlyDienes
785 Followers 878 Following Practical idealist, Lecturer in Clinical & Health Psychology, Swansea U and Honorary L U of Manchester, wife, mom, daughter, friend, runner who likes cheese.
Kathrin LaFaver, MD, ... @LaFaverMD
6K Followers 5K Following Neurologist, movement disorder specialist, certified in lifestyle medicine. Co-Founder of @WNGtweets. Tweets are not medical advice.
Adrian C. Williams @AdrianW1914
946 Followers 5K Following Clinical Health Psychology Doctoral Candidate @UofAlabama | Health Policy Research Scholar @HPRScholars | Live Unapologetically • Love Fully • Be of Service
Peter Grace, Ph.D. @DrPeterGrace
1K Followers 769 Following Associate Professor at @MDAndersonNews. Researching #NeuroImmunology #ChronicPain. Tweets are my own 🇦🇺🇺🇸
Lisa Jaremka @LisaJaremka
2K Followers 420 Following Associate professor in social-health psychology, animal lover, activist. She/her/hers. All views expressed are my own.
T-SCAN Lab @tscanlab
98 Followers 31 Following Translational Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (T-SCAN) Lab at Rice University. Director: Dr. Bryan Denny
Dr. DeWayne P. Willia... @DPWILL_1
103 Followers 19 Following Dr. DeWayne Williams is an Assistant Professor of Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine.
Health Psychology @APADivision38
7K Followers 703 Following Over 35 years of contributions. Over 35 years of collaboration. Bringing Health Psychology into focus.
Christopher Fagundes ... @ChrisPFagundes
228 Followers 413 Following Tenured Prof, Rice U; health psychology, psychoneuroimmunology, social/ personality/clinical psychology Responsible for 2 kids,4 grad students, 1 Postdoc, 1 dog