News

📑 CHARM Lab Paper Accepted at 111th NCA!

Exciting news! Congrats to Dr. Jiaying Liu and lab members on the recent acceptance of their paper for NCA 2025 in the Health Communication Division! It’s thrilling to know that our labs’ innovative research will be presented at this year’s conference. This work was a collaboration with the CNS Lab at UGA. 

🎤 New Conference Presentation Alert at NCA!

Our lab’s research has been accepted for presentation at the 111th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association (NCA) this November in Denver! Lab member Jessica (Tianlai) Ye, along with Dr. Jiaying Liu and collaborators Dr. Lawrence Sweet and Emily Norton from the CNS Lab at UGA, will present their interdisciplinary work at the conference.

📑 New Publication Alert！Click and Read!

A new paper from our lab member, Qiyao Peng has just been published in the Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’25)!  Qiyao, in collaboration with the CMMC Lab, examines how photorealistic AI-generated images shape perceptions of realism and their potential to mislead in the paper titled: "Crafting Synthetic Realities: Examining Visual Realism and Misinformation Potential of Photorealistic AI-Generated

CHARM Lab Delivers Eye-Tracking Training Workshop at GSU for NIH R01 Project 👀

We are excited to share that a collaborative NIH R01 project, funded by the National Cancer Institute and the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, has been awarded to Georgia State University (GSU) as the primary site, with Dr. Jiaying Liu serving as Co-Investigator and UCSB as the other data collection site. 

🍕 Lab Meeting Highlights: Research Progress and Pizza!!

Today in our lab meeting, our undergraduate RAs shared updates on their project progress and discussed next steps. We’re also glad that, this time, we remembered to take group photos—capturing both the teamwork and the good pizza 🍕 and food generously provided by our PI, Dr. Jiaying Liu ❤️！

🎤 SRNT 2025 Poster Presentation!

CHARM lab's recent collaborative research with the UCSB YES Lab was presented at the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 2025! Our lab manager, Yidi Wang, presented the poster, sharing exciting findings with the community.

📄 Paper Title: Identifying Neuromarkers of Vaping Severity in Young Adults: Insights from fMRI and Machine Learning Analysis

New Editorial Appointment for Dr. Jiaying Liu🎉!

We are delighted to share that Dr. Jiaying Liu has joined the editorial leadership of Health Communication as a Senior Editor.

In this role, she will contribute to shaping the journal's mission, fostering rigorous scholarship, and supporting the continued growth of the health communication research community.