Rebecca Acabchuk, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (PI)
Department of Psychological Sciences
Research Interests
My research interests include yoga and mindfulness-based programs to improve mental health, resilience, and self-compassion. I use advanced, meta-analytic techniques to evaluate cognitive, emotional and self-related mechanisms of mind-body interventions, and conduct RCTs to evaluate implementation strategies for lasting behavior change, with the goal of reaching a diverse audience. As a member of the SHARP Lab, I am part of a large multi-site NIH-sponsored initiative, The Science of Behavior Change (SOBC), which aims to better understand what helps people make healthy behavior change, and actually stick to it. I also have research experience in neurogenesis and concussions, and recently completed the first-ever meta-analysis on yoga, meditation and mindfulness-based interventions for concussion rehabilitation.
Education
PhD, University of Connecticut, 2016
Recent/Selected Publications

rebecca.acabchuk@uconn.edu | |
Phone | (860) 486-2902 |
Mailing Address | 2006 Hillside Rd Unit 1248 Storrs, CT 06269-1248 |