2015 WINTER CHP QOL Bowling Tournament 15 bowlers fought threw rain, spring break, busy social calendars and toed it up for CHP’s latest installment of the bumper/no-tap bowling tournament. Three teams of 4, 5 and 6 players competed for the fabled CHP certificate. Each team took their top 4 scores.
On February 19-20, 2016, the Department of Clinical & Health Psychology will host 50 of the top bachelor’s and master’s students making applications to Clinical Psychology doctoral programs across the United States. These students, selected from an impressive group of over 300 applicants, are the best and the…
A new special issue of the American Psychological Association (APA) journal Neuropsychology is focused on cognitive aging. Recent CHP doctoral graduate, Anna Yam, Ph.D., is the lead author on the lead paper in that special issue. The paper challenged the conventional assumption that everyday cognitive tasks (e.g., finding…
Taylor Kuhn receives prestigious Rennick award for the ‘best submission by a graduate student” from the International Neuropsychological Society. This award will be presented at the 2015 annual meeting in Denver and is based on research Taylor completed as part of his doctoral dissertation: “Altered white matter connectivity for…
Adults with a history of ADHD who use drugs started using substances one to two years earlier than those with no ADHD history, according to a new University of Florida study. The findings highlight the need for earlier substance-use-prevention interventions in adolescents with ADHD, researchers say.
CHP Post Doc Associate London Butterfield, Ph.D. was featured in a January 15th segment about setting New Year’s resolutions for WCJB-TV (ABC 20). In the segment she describes methods for setting goals that give people a greater likelihood of achievement. She says, “When you’re setting your goal you want…
Adam Reid, MS, an advanced graduate student in Clinical and Health Psychology is the Board of Professional Affairs recipient of the 2015 APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology. It is an award for community service integrating the highest standards professional psychological clinical practice and science. His…
The 2014 Annual Fall Graduate Student Research Symposium was held on November 7, 2014. During the symposium, the 2013 graduate cohort presented the results of their First Year Projects to a full audience of faculty, fellow students, and guests. These projects will become the students’ M.S. theses, to be formally…
Team Basal Gangstas (Janelle Letzen, Kelsey Thomas, Paul Mangal, Jason Gravano, Loren Hizel) closely edged out two other teams to become the winners of the 2nd annual NeurOlympics, a student organized competition that tests neural knowledge. The event was sponsored by the UF Association of Neuropsychological Students in Training (ANST)…
Loren Hizel – a second year graduate student in Dr. Catherine Price’s laboratory – received a well-earned award: Florida Society of Neurology Platform Research Award. From 64 submissions, his research presentation was one of 6 chosen for this award. The conference was held in Orlando, Florida this past weekend (September…
