Our paper “Independent control and path planning of microswimmers with a uniform magnetic field” was published in Advanced Intelligent Systems [PDF]

Research from the BEST Lab has shown in numerous studies that structural stigma—which we define as societal-level conditions, cultural norms, and institutional policies and practices—affects the health and wellbeing of stigmatized groups (for reviews, see Hatzenbuehler, 2014; 2016; 2017). In this current paper, BEST Lab researchers and colleagues used a novel strategy to further test this relationship. Specifically, we leveraged divergent mobility patterns, whereby a large group of sexual minority men participating in the EMIS study had moved from...

It is well-established that stigma adversely affects mental and behavioral health outcomes among members of marginalized groups. Thus, reducing stigma and its negative consequences is an important public health priority. Despite the centrality of stigma as a source of stress for minoritized groups, and the fact that stigma has motivated the adaptation of several recent mental- and behavioral-health interventions, the field of psychological science has rarely examined whether stigmatizing experiences or contexts moderate the efficacy of...