Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience News

UCCS senior, Aja Zamundu, with mentorship from Dr. Heather Littleton, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Research Operations at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, had the opportunity to...
The Institute's Dr. Heather Littleton was recently featured in a story on Fox21 News about the new 9-8-8 phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The shortened...
The Institute’s GRIT program has continued to grow since its creation in 2020 and has recently expanded into 2 additional countries and 1 additional U.S. state. The program launched shortly after...
Below is a list of several of the recent research papers coming out of the Lyda Hill Institue for Human Resilience...
After an arduous selection process, Dr. Carolyn Yeager was named as one of thirty mHealth Scholars for 2022. The competition for this honor is fierce, and this year, over 250 highly qualified professionals applied. According to the...
Motivation has been a central focus for several psychological researchers and theorists over the past century. This extraordinary interest has led to invaluable insights into the forces behind human behavior; however, it has also...
Earlier this year, the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience (the Institute) was notified that our GRIT (Greater Resilience Information Toolkit) program had been nominated for the Phi Kappa Phi Excellence in...
The Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience has developed an innovative partnership with UCHealth Memorial Hospital, a Level 1 trauma center, to build the BRIGHT program. Funded through a generous grant from...
I recently read an article by Dr. Ibrahim Kira on systemic trauma which described a concept extremely important for my Director’s Corner piece. In the article, Kira discusses a range of...