Highlights

ISTSS 2025

Congratulations to Will Dwortz and Victoria Ward for their presentations at the conference for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies! We’re thrilled to see our work alongside the great work on trauma from around the world presented at ISTSS every year.

APA 2025 Recap

Congratulations to Dr. Howell for presenting at APA 2025 as well as being inducted as an American Psychological Association Fellow! We’re proud that your work has been recognized by the APA with this ceremony!

PREP Student Success!

Thank you to Emilio, who spent his summer working with us at the REACH Lab through the University of Wisconsin’s PREP program! You did excellent work this summer. Best of luck with senior year!

REACH Lab and Partners at SCRD 2025

 

 

Congratulations to Kari and Anissa on presenting their work at SRCD 2025! We are proud to participate in this conference beside our partners Dr. Kristin Valentino and Dr. Laura Miller-Graff of the University of Notre Dame and Dr. Maria Galano of the University of Massachusetts Amherst!

Celebrating a successful first semester!

Thank you to Laney, Nicky, and Elliana for all of your hard work during your first semester as undergraduate research assistants in the REACH Lab!

REACH Lab Presents at ResilienceCon 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Howell, Kari, Hannah, and Dr. Hasselle for their contributions to ResilienceCon 2025! We’re thrilled to see past and present REACH students sharing their research in resilience!

Dr. Howell presents at Furman University

Thank you to Dr. Howell for sharing the REACH Lab’s work on prenatal and early childhood programming as part of the McCahan colloquium series at Furman University!

Welcome to our undergraduates!

Welcome to Elliana, Laney, and Nicky, the newest additions to the REACH Lab! We are thrilled to have you as our first undergraduate research assistants here at UW-Madison.

REACH Lab Presents at ISTSS

Congratulations to Emily, Dr. Howell, and Dr. Miller-Graff for successful presentations at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) 2024! We’re so excited to have the REACH and BRAVE Labs share their research together!

Breaking News!

Congratulations to Dr. Howell for being quoted in a New York Times article by Erik Vance! All of us in the REACH Lab are so proud! To read the article, entitled “I Used to Be Resilient. What Happened?” click here

Welcome, Will!

Welcome to Will Dwortz, who started as lab manager on September 3rd!

Landed in Madison!

Dr. Howell has officially joined the UW-Madison Psychology Department! We are very excited to join the UW community and start the next chapter of the REACH Lab!