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Dr. Grippo
Email: angelagrippo@niu.edu
Office: 815-753-7070
Deirdre Clarke, Lab Manager:
Email: DeirdreAnnClarke@gmail.com
Lab: 815-753-7089
Email: angelagrippo@niu.edu
Office: 815-753-7070
Deirdre Clarke, Lab Manager:
Email: DeirdreAnnClarke@gmail.com
Lab: 815-753-7089
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Grippo Lab, Northern Illinois University
Dr. Angela Grippo’s Laboratory is located in the Psychology Department at Northern Illinois University (NIU). In the Grippo Laboratory, we are interested in studying the interactions of stress, emotion, and the heart. We conduct research using rodents as a model for understanding neurobiological processes involved in the interactions of mental health and cardiovascular health. Currently we are studying prairie voles, which are very interesting rodents that engage in social behaviors similar to humans (including living in family groups and forming life-long social bonds).
The research strategy in the Grippo Lab includes many different types of techniques, such as (a) behavioral tasks in animals, (b) social and environmental manipulations, (c) physiological methods such as the analysis of hormones, the immune system, and the cardiovascular system, and (d) neural techniques such as the study of brain regions and neurotransmitters. This research has contributed to our understanding of the important overlap of mental and physical health in humans. We have published several articles describing the research in the Grippo Laboratory.
The members of the Grippo Laboratory include a lab manager, a psychology graduate student, and several undergraduate students working towards degrees in psychology, sociology, and biology. All members of the laboratory participate in the research projects that are currently being conducted. Members of the Grippo Laboratory gain valuable research experience, and have a chance to learn about interactions among emotion, mood, stress, and cardiovascular function.
The research strategy in the Grippo Lab includes many different types of techniques, such as (a) behavioral tasks in animals, (b) social and environmental manipulations, (c) physiological methods such as the analysis of hormones, the immune system, and the cardiovascular system, and (d) neural techniques such as the study of brain regions and neurotransmitters. This research has contributed to our understanding of the important overlap of mental and physical health in humans. We have published several articles describing the research in the Grippo Laboratory.
The members of the Grippo Laboratory include a lab manager, a psychology graduate student, and several undergraduate students working towards degrees in psychology, sociology, and biology. All members of the laboratory participate in the research projects that are currently being conducted. Members of the Grippo Laboratory gain valuable research experience, and have a chance to learn about interactions among emotion, mood, stress, and cardiovascular function.
Lab News
Updated February 9th, 2010
Congratulations to our lab member, Tori, who was accepted into the Psy.D. program at Argosy University. For more information about this university, see this link: http://www.argosy.edu/colleges/ProgramDetail.aspx?id=971
Congratulations to Stephanie, one of our recent lab members, who has been accepted into the Clinical Professional Psychology M.A. Program at Roosevelt University. See this website for more information about Roosevelt University's master's programs in psychology: http://urllegacy--roosevelt--edu.reachlocal.net/cas/sp/clinicalmaprograms.htm
Congratulations to our lab member, Sue, who was accepted to the Social Work Program at George Williams College in Williams Bay, WI. This is a satellite campus of Aurora University. She will begin the three year program this fall.
You can find more information about the program at their website.
First lab meeting of 2010! (1-20-10) We discussed our upcoming experiments & met our two new members, Bill & Loren.
Brain Behavior & Immunity Conference 2009
Members of our laboratory attended the 2nd Annual Illinois Brain, Behavior, and Immunity conference hosted by Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. This meeting was related to the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society (PNIRS), which is interested in the interactions of the immune system, the brain, and health. The conference hosted lectures from graduate students as well as Principal Investigators from neuroscience & immunology labs from around Illinois. The presentations gave us an overview of what labs in other universities in Illinois are researching. We learned about how stress can impact the cardiovascular system, how nutrition can help your immune system function more efficiently, and how animal models can be used to study neuroscience and immunology. The conference also included a lunch and dinner where junior scientists could begin working on their networking skills and start meeting some of the senior members in their areas of interest. We learned that networking and collaboration are important to furthering scientific research. Building relationships with scientists in other fields can bring about new research ideas and lead to fascinating new discoveries that may not have come about without such collaboration.