January 24, 2020 – 12:00 -1:00 pm – HPNP G-114 Graduate-Students Struggles A Student-Led Discussion of Self-Care…

Friday, January 17, 2020 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ~ C1-4 Communicore Building   Benjamin M. Hampstead, Ph.D. ABPP/CN Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry University of Michigan, Ann Arbor   There is increased interest in, and evidence supporting, non-pharmacologic approaches for cognitive enhancement across the dementia spectrum.

January 10, 2020 – 12:00 -1:00 pm – HPNP G-103 Presented by Wayne T. McCormack, Ph.D., Distinguish Teaching & Scholar Professor, Director, Clinical & Translational Science Predoctoral and TL1 Training Programs   This presentation will describe the academic programs in Clinical & Translational Science available to all UF graduate students,…

Erin Ferguson has been awarded a competitive Dissertation Aid Grant by the UF Center for Addiction Research and Education (CARE) to fund her dissertation project titled “Impact of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness on Demand for Alcohol and Marijuana among Co-Users”. The overall goal of this proposal is to advance knowledge…

CHP Doctoral Student Andrea Fidler was elected to the American Psychological Association's Society of Pediatric Psychology (APA Division 54) Student Advisory Board.

Monday, December 16, 2019 ~ 12:00- 1:00 PM  Communicore, Room C1-7 Rebecca L. Pearl, Ph.D. Assistant Professor – Perelman School of Medicine – University of Pennsylvania  …

Leslie Gaynor was recently awarded a 2019 American Psychological Foundation/Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (APF/COGDOP) Graduate Student Research Scholarship for her dissertation research project, titled Examining a Novel Cognitive Biomarker of Alzheimer’s Disease and Associated Brain Biomarkers of Early Disease. Leslie is being awarded $2,000 in support of her dissertation research.

On November 15th, the Department’s second year students presented their Masters Research to the CHP community.   Presenter Faculty Mentor Presentation Title Priscilla A. Amofa Sr., MA Glenn Smith, PhD, ABPP/CN Shellie-Anne Levy, PhD Functional Ability is Associated with Higher Adherence to Behavioral Interventions in Mild Cognitive Impairment…

Lise de Wit has been selected by the UF International Center to receive a Research Abroad for Doctoral Students (RADs) grant to support her research in the Netherlands and make an important contribution to UF’s international profile. The UFIC receives a large number of high quality applications, which makes selection…