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Research Laboratory Experience

 Graduate Research Assistant                                                                                 2016-2022   

     Translational Research for Injury Prevention Laboratory (TRIP Lab)
     Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL)

 

     

 

 

 

Graduate Research Assistant                                                                                          2016
Post-baccalaureate Research Assistant                                                                2014-2016
  

     Social Science Laboratory
     Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL)

Grant & Fellowship Awards

Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship ($5,000)                                     2019-2020

     Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation

Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship ($5,000)                                     2018-2019

     Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation

 

Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship ($5,000)                                     2017-2018

     Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation

 

UAB Department of Psychology Tuition Scholarship (annual award)                            2016-2021

UAB Graduate Trainee Fellowship ($22,000 first year stipend)                                     2016-2017

 

 

Grant and Felowship Applications Unfunded

 

Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research                              2019

     National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH

Emerging Scholars Grant                                                                                              2018, 2019

     Civitan International Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

 

Stavrinos, D., McManus, B., Underhill, A. T., & Lechtreck, M. T.  (2019). Impact of adolescent media multitasking on cognition and driving safety. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 1(2), 161-168. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33709071/

 

Turan, B., Tackett, J. L., Lechtreck, M. T., & Browning, W. R. (2015). Coordination of the cortisol and testosterone responses: A dual axis approach to understanding the response to social status threats. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 62, 59-68. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030645301500400X

 

Conference Poster Presentations

Asterisk denotes mentee co-author

 

Bednarz, H. M., Kana, R. K., Lechtreck, M. T., Rajpari, I., Sherrod, G. M., Svancara, A. M., & Stavrinos, D. (2021). Symptoms of inattention and driving difficulties in young drivers with ADHD. Poster presented at International Neuropsychological Society (INS), San Diego, CA, February 2021.

 

Lechtreck, M. T. & Stavrinos, D. (2019, January). Driving knowledge in persons with and without ADHD.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.

 

*Randall, E., Lechtreck, M. T., & Stavrinos, D. (2018, October). Are you positive that you are a better driver? Relation between positive illusory bias and driving ability and knowledge. Poster presented at Alabama Psychological Association Annual Convention, Orange Beach, AL. (Poster originally presented July 2018 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Summer Expo, Birmingham AL.)

 

Lechtreck, M. T. & Stavrinos, D.  (2018, June). Street Smarts: Does driving knowledge predict safe driving outcomes? Work-in Progress poster presented at the annual University of Alabama at Birmingham National Enhancement of Underrepresented Academic Leaders (NEURAL) Conference, Birmingham, AL.

 

Lechtreck, M. T. & Stavrinos, D.  (2018, May). Street Smarts: Does driving knowledge predict safe driving outcomes? Work-in-progress poster presented at the annual University of Alabama at Birmingham Symposium for Disability Health and Rehabilitation Science (DHARS), Birmingham, AL.

 

Smith W., Lechtreck M.T., Turan J., Lanzi R., Turan B. (2016, November). Examining the specific effects of stigma experienced within healthcare settings on the well-being of people living with HIV. Poster presented at the International Conference on Stigma, Washington, D.C.

 

Lechtreck, M. T., Turan, B., Tackett, J. L., & Browning, W. R. (2016, January). Coordination of the Cortisol and Testosterone Responses: A Dual Axis Approach to Understanding the Response to Social Status Threats. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

 

Browning, W., Lechtreck, M. T., & Turan, B. (2015, July). Coordination of Cortisol and Testosterone Responses to Status Threats: Verbal Dominance and Anxiety as Predictors of a Dual-Hormone Response. Poster presented at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Summer Expo, Birmingham, AL.

 

Guo, J., Lechtreck, M. T., Browning, W., & Turan, B. (2015, July). Preferences for social support during social evaluation: The role of worry about a relationship partner’s negative evaluation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 

Helms, C., Guo, J., Lechtreck, M. T., Browning W., & B. Turan, B. (2015, July). The role of close relationships in internalized HIV-related Stigma and Adherence to HIV Treatment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Research Presentation Competition

 

Semi-finalist, Three Minute Thesis (3MT®), University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2018

  

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