Lauren Owen (Sample only, not accurate for Lauren)
Division of Social Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
Email: laurenow@ucsc.edu
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy in Psychology, Major Area: Developmental Psychology Dissertation: Substance Use and Psychological and Physiological Responses to Stress Dissertation Committee Co-Chairs: Dr. Andrew Fuligni & Dr. Theodore Robles Minor Areas: Health Psychology, Quantitative Psychology
Master of Arts in Psychology
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, July 2016- February 2022
Bachelor of Science with highest honors in Psychology and in Chemistry with distinction Honors Thesis: Arab American Identity and Ethnic Name Bias
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Who
Minor: Biology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), Chapel Hill, NC, August 2012-May 2016
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Global and Community Health Program Affiliate University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, July 2023-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Prevention and Methodology Training Program (NIDA-funded T32) The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, March 2022-June 2023
Research Support
March 2022-June 2023 NIDA T32 Prevention and Methodology Training Program Postdoctoral Fellow
August 2020-February 2022 NIDA Ruth Kirschstein Institutional NRSA F31DA051181-02 ($37,292/year)
July 2020-June 2021 UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship ($20,000) October 2019-June 2020 UCLA Graduate Research Mentorship Award ($20,000) May 2020 UCLA Graduate Council Diversity Fellowship ($8,000) May 2020 UCLA Nancy M. Biram Research Fund in Life Sciences ($6,000)
November 2019, November 2018 UC Adolescence Consortium Seed Grant Recipient ($10,000/award)
November 2019 Dr. Kayal Fund for Arab American Research ($1,500)
June 2018-September 2018, June 2018-September 2017
UCLA Graduate Student Research Mentorship Award ($6,000/award)
May 2015-May 2016 UNC William and Ida Taylor Research Fellow ($5,000)
Research Interests
The effects of social inequality on health and health behaviors, particularly substance use, in adolescents and young adults of diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds.
Honors and Awards
May 2023 Society for Prevention Research Early Career Prevention Scientist Training & Mentoring Award
September 2022 American Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African Psychological Association Outstanding Paper Award
September 2022 Prevention Science Early Career Reviewer
December 2020 American Psychosomatic Society Best Citation Poster Award June 2019 UCLA Shepherd Ivory Franz Distinguished Teaching Award April 2018 Society for Research on Adolescence Junior Mentor September 2016-June 2017 UCLA Alumni Fellow
May 2016 UNC McHale Award for Outstanding Psychology Research May 2016 UNC Carolina Research Scholar
May 2016 UNC Buckley Public Service Scholar
August 2012-May 2016 UNC Carolina Covenant Scholar
August 2012-May 2016 UNC Member of Honors Carolina
January 2013-May 2016 UNC Dean’s List
December 2015 UNC Karen M Gil Intern
December 2013 Global Health Fellows Program II Grant Recipient
Publications
*Notes co-first authorship. †Notes undergraduate students.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1. Owen, L., Irwin, M. R., & Fuligni, A. J. (In Press). Family meals are related to lower substance use among female adolescents. Family Process.
2. Owen, L., Bower, J. E., Irwin, M. R., & Fuligni, A. J. (In Press). Associations between emotional reactivity to stress and adolescent substance use: Differences by sex and valence. Stress & Health.
3. Chiang, S. C., Owen, L., Bai, S., & Linden-Carmichael, N. A. (in press). Age-varying association between discrimination, childhood family support, and substance use disorders among Latin American immigrants in the US. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.
4. Owen, L. & Singh, A.†(In Press). Providing emotional support and daily emotional well-being among undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075241234823
Under Review
1. Owen, L., & Fosco, G. M. (Invited Resubmission). Positive well-being and dampened emotional reactivity to daily family conflict and family cohesion.
In Preparation
1. Owen, L. Greater civic attitudes and behaviors were related to better well-being during the transition to remote instruction.
Presentations
1. Perry, K. J., Ivanova, M., Masum, M., Owen, L., Richards, V. L, & Hinds, J. T. (accepted) State inequality exacerbates the impact of discrimination on smoking for transgender adults. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco at Edinburgh, Scotland.