The Science of Stress & Health

The Lab at NDSU

Setting up a virtual reality psychophysiology session in the lab. Our lab is dedicated to examining interactions among the mind, body, and environment as they pertain to health and health-related outcomes. Our primary focus is on how stress affects health. We apply social psychological methods to help us determine who…Continue reading “The Lab at NDSU”

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Join Our Lab: Undergraduate Research Assistants Wanted for Spring 2027

Curious about how stress affects the body, and what that means for our health? Dr. Hilmert’s Health Psychology lab is…

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Psychology Major Feature

NDSU University Relations produced a short video about the psychology major at NDSU featuring our lab. One of our excellent…

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Mind, Body, & Baby Lab

The Mind, Body & Baby (MBB) Lab studies how stress during pregnancy relates to maternal physiology, fetal growth, and birth…

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Join Our Lab: Undergraduate Research Assistants Wanted for Spring 2027

23 Oct 202623 Oct 2026

Curious about how stress affects the body, and what that means for our health? Dr. Hilmert's Health Psychology lab is looking for motivated NDSU undergraduates to join our team as…

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Erin’s Poster Accepted at SPSP 2027

23 Oct 202623 Oct 2026

Congratulations to Erin Twohy, whose poster "Impacts of Prior Experience on Virtual Support and Stress Response" has been accepted for the 2027 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention…

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Midwest Birth Outcomes Study Extended Through 2027

20 Oct 202623 Oct 2026

Good news for one of our ongoing collaborations: our lab's part of the Midwest Birth Outcomes and Indigenous American Pregnancy (MBO) study has been approved for a no-cost extension through…

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Congratulations Dr. Byron!

20 May 202623 Oct 2026

Congratulations to Garrett Byron, who completed his Ph.D. in Health/Social Psychology in May 2026! His dissertation examined unique stress experiences and health among transgender and gender non-conforming people in North…

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Society of Behavioral Medicine 2026

27 Apr 202623 Oct 2026

Garrett Byron presented a poster at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting in Chicago on rurality, stress, and emotional well-being among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the upper…

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Red River Psychology Conference 2026

24 Apr 202623 Oct 2026

Two posters from our lab at the 40th Red River Psychology Conference in Moorhead this April. Click either poster to open the full PDF. Virtual social support during stress Left…