Lisa Williams

May 6, 2024 | nature.com | Lisa Williams

AbstractEffective interventions that support blood donor retention are needed. Yet, integrating an intervention into the time-pressed and operationally sensitive context of a blood donation center requires justification for disruptions to an optimized process. This research provides evidence that virtual reality (VR) paradigms can serve as a research environment in which interventions can be tested prior to being delivered in blood donation centers.

Jan 31, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Joshua Cruz |Amy Cochran |Lisa Williams |Daniel R. McFarlin

1 INTRODUCTION Anxiety disorders (ADs) commonly emerge during childhood, and it is estimated that up to 20% of youth suffer from ADs (Costello et al., 2005). ADs are characterized by persistent and excessive worries, leading to physiological and cognitive symptoms that result in functional impairments in social, academic, and professional domains (Connolly et al., 2007).