We are a lab at Northeastern University studying adolescent development in a social world to promote resilience and examine pathways that lead to the emergence of mental health problems during adolescence.
PI: Alexandra Rodman, PhD
www.socialdevlab.com
Social Development and Wellbeing Lab
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The Social Development and Wellbeing Lab at Institute Day this week celebrating the interdisciplinary and collaborative work here in the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health (CBH)! ๐ง ๐ซ
#northeasternuniversity #instituteday #interdisciplinary #neu
We are happy to announce that we are now recruiting teenage participants for the Connect Study. We use MRI brain imaging, phone measurement, and psychological assessments to understand social development in teens. Please share! ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฒ
Learn more @๐ socialdevlab.com/connect-study
๐จ Check out a new review paper in Nature Reviews Psychology co-authored by Alex Rodman.
Sequeira, S.L., Rodman, A.M., Nesi, J. et al. Social threat and adolescent mental health. Nat Rev Psychol (2025). doi-org.ezproxy.neu.edu/10.1038/s441...
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Haley and Bianca recently presented at Flux Societyโs 2025 Conference in Dublin, Ireland! ๐ฎ๐ช๐
๐ Read more about Haley and Biancaโs research at socialdevlab.com/flux-2025
Part of this summer included saying goodbye (for now) to some of our beloved team members as they head off to do great things in grad school. Join us in wishing them the best of luck in their PhD programs! ๐โจ
๐ Read more about Jay and Graceโs next steps at socialdevlab.com/congrats
The Social Development & Wellbeing Lab is hiring! Dr. Rodman is reviewing applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, a PhD student, and a Post-Baccalaureate Research Coordinator to join our team in Summer or Fall 2026.
๐ Learn more: socialdevlab.com/get-involved
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We are hiring! Join the Social Development and Wellbeing Lab this summer as a Research Technician. Read more about the opening at www.socialdevlab.com/prospective-... and submit a preliminary application at forms.gle/vYDzQXHav2XG....
Please share! #researchjobs #postbacc
Check out our amazing RAs and their independent projects on display at RISE 2026! ๐๐ซ Weโre so proud of all of their hard work, and their post-bacc mentors, too! #sciencecommunication #symposium #mentorship #posters #neu #northeastern
Dr. Alexandra Rodman seeks a postdoc (Fall โ26/Spring โ27) for the Social Development & Wellbeing Lab, focused on leading independent research on adolescent social neurodevelopment with a focus on fMRI pipelines, mentorship, & dissemination! Learn more here: www.socialdevlab.com/prospective-...