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GRILL LAB

Grief and Response to Illness into Late Life Lab 
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About the Lab

The GRILL Lab investigates grief in numerous settings (e.g., illness; incarceration; post-loss). More specifically, we conduct research examining biopsychosocial processes, and scalable interventions for:

  • Pre-death grief responses of caregivers of individuals with life-limiting illnesses (e.g., cancer; dementia)

  • Prolonged grief responses to bereavement and non-bereavement (e.g., familial incarceration) losses

To study these processes, we use methods such as fMRI, wearable technology, clinical interviewing, neurocognitive assessments, self-report, and qualitative interviewing. Our research program's ultimate goal is to translate basic and applied research into scalable, technology-based interventions.

See Our Research for more details on our ongoing projects!

See Potential Participants if you're interested in participating!

Interested in joining us as a graduate student or undergraduate research assistant? See Join The Lab!

If you'd like to support the research we do, please consider making a donation!

Rural West Texas Virtual Caregiver Support Group

Virtual Caregiver Support Group

Are you living in rural West Texas and taking care of a loved one with dementia? Register for our virtual caregiver support group!

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Register Here: https://alz-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlfu-qqTgiH9QqWXfehPokMzJ5zLtExhnN#/registration

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For more information, please contact Jonathan Singer, PhD at 806-834-5884

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Jonathan Singer, PhD: The Science of Grief

ERS Walk & Talk Podcast

Listen to Dr. Singer speak about the grief process.

We are holding a bingo night in Lamesa, TX!

Lamesa Bingo Night

Want to win gift cards, eat great food, and gain valuable health information? Come out to our bingo night at the Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa! 

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We attended the 4th Annual Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Symposium!

Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Symposium

At this event, The City of Lubbock, Texas officially declared November as our Alzheimer's Awareness month!

Learn more about the work we do to support people with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias and their family caregivers at the Our Research page

We attended the 2023 Walk to End Alzheimer's! 

Walk to End Alzheimer's 2023

Graduate students Lauren E, Sydnie, and Libby were presented with orange advocate flowers as part of the ceremony prior to the walk.

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The GRILL Lab team hosted a booth at the event to share more about the free services we offer as part of our studies. 

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Learn more at the Potential Participants Page.

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We attended TTU Family STEM NIght!

TTU Family STEM Night

Sydnie and Lauren C. had a great time teaching young STEM scholars about the mind and aging! Attendees who stopped by our booth were able to engage in a dementia simulation and experience some of the everyday challenges someone with dementia might face.

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Learn more about the work we do to support and understand experiences of people with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias and their family caregivers at the Our Research page

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End of Life Care Podcast

Listen to Dr. Singer's most recent podcast appearance on The Hospice Chaplaincy Show discussing grief related to end-of-life care.

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Lubbock News Radio

Listen to our most recent ad on the Lubbock News Radio.

Medical Arts Hospital Health Fair

Dr. Singer recently attended the Medical Arts Hospital Health Fair in Lamesa for outreach in rural communities! If you are interested in participating in our research, please visit our potential participants page!

Announcements

Lauren Elliott received the Walter Lock Memorial Scholarship 

Dr. Singer received the President's Engaged Scholarship Award 

Carol Fadalla received the Robert Bell Scholarship

Libby McLean has won the Richard Kalish Graduate Student Paper Award!

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