Kelsey Thomas, M.S. has been named the 2014 recipient of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology and Education Advisory Committee Dissertation Award for her project entitled “Understanding Errors in Complex Everyday Cognitive Tasks in Older Adults.” The Dissertation Award provides $1000 for direct research costs and a $1000 travel supplement…
Jacob Jones, M.S., a fifth year doctoral student in Clinical & Health Psychology, has been awarded the 2014 Benton-Meier Neuropsychology Scholarship from the American Psychological Foundation. This is one of two annual awards ($2500 each) given each year to ‘promising students” involved in innovative doctoral research pertinent to neuropsychology. …
Kelsey Thomas, MS, and Jacob Jones, M.S., receive competitive scholarships from UC-Davis and U. Washington, to attend the 2014 NIH-funded Friday Harbor workshop on Advanced Psychometric Methods in Cognitive Aging. This 5 day “hands on” workshop encourages manuscript development among leaders in the field and early stage investigators via…
Adam Reid, a forth year graduate student in Dr. Geffken’s lab, received a student research award for the second year in a row from the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation for his poster submission titled, “Do SSRI adverse events interfere with multimodal treatment for pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?” This research project…
Sarah Szymkowicz, M.S., receives “Early Career Pilot Study Award” from Division 40 of the American Psychological Association for her project “Age related mechanisms of emotion anticipation and perception”. This is a competitive award for innovative pilot research by early career neuropsychologists in basic science or a clinical area. Sarah’s…
Marissa’s poster, Health Weight Control Behaviors Associated with Higher Quality of Life in a Rural Sample of Overweight Youth, was one of only 10 posters to be selected for a Division 54 Outstanding Student Poster Award. Casey’s poster, Acculturative Stress, Self-Efficacy for Asthma Management, and Depressive Symptoms…
Congratulations to Dr. Rozensky, recipient of the 2014 Nathan Perry, Jr. Career Service to Health Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association’s Division of Health Psychology. The award is for “significant contributions for the advancement of health psychology as a field, nationally or internationally” and will be presented at the…
Congratulations to third-year graduate student Rachel Fox Postupack and first-year graduate student Elizabeth Kacel who won a pre-doctoral poster award for their presentation entitled: Pre-operative Inflammation (IL-6) and Sensory Pain Experience in Women with Suspected Gynecologic Cancers at the 2014 UF Health Cancer Center Poster Day. The…
Dr. Jared Tanner, a post doctoral research fellow in CHP, was selected to present his [...]
Amanda Balkhi, M.S., a third year doctoral student in CHP, and other researchers are evaluating the use of internet forums by parents of diabetic children.
