10 Psychology graduate students receive the Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to the following 10 Psychology graduate students for receiving the Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (DYF). The DYF awards a $20,000 stipend and full fees to students during their last year of dissertation writing.
7 graduate students receive Graduate Division Privately Endowed Fellowships
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to the 7 graduate students receive Graduate Division Privately Endowed Fellowships.
Joshua Cain receives the 2022 Gengerelli Distinguished Dissertation Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Dr. Joshua Cain (Cognitive Area) for receiving the 2022 Gengerelli Distinguished Dissertation Award for having the most outstanding dissertation in our Department this year. This dissertation award honors Professor Gengerelli, who is remembered for his teaching, guidance of students, innovative research, and departmental leadership.
Blanche Wright receives the 2022 Dena Chertoff Graduate Student Service Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Dr. Blanche Wright (Clinical Area) for receiving the 2022 Dena Chertoff Graduate Student Service Award.
Kimberly Martin receives the Bertram Raven Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Dr. Kimberly Martin (Social Area) for receiving the Bertram Raven Award for her paper titled “Current Healthcare Experiences, Medical Trust, and COVID-19 Vaccination Intention and Uptake in Black and White Americans.” The Raven Award has been given since 1997 and honors an exceptionally meritorious research paper addressing a social issue or problem.
Akila Kadambi receives the Cognitive Psychology Dissertation Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Dr. Akila Kadambi (Cognitive Area) for receiving the Cognitive Psychology Dissertation Award in recognition of the high-quality work presented in her dissertation.
Ryan Hyon receives the Shelley Taylor Dissertation Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Hyon (Social Area) for receiving the Shelley Taylor Dissertation Award, which honors an exceptionally meritorious dissertation completed by a graduate student whose primary advisor is in the Social Area. Dr. Hyon’s dissertation was titled “Investigating the Relationship Between Individual Differences in the Brain and Social Network Structure.”
João Guassi Moreira receives the Millard Madsen Distinguished Dissertation Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Dr. João Guassi Moreira (Developmental Area) for receiving the Millard Madsen Distinguished Dissertation Award for the best developmental dissertation.
Ruby Basyouni receives the Harold H. Kelley Award
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Ruby Basyouni (Social Area) for receiving the Harold H. Kelley Award for her paper titled “Mapping the Social Landscape: Tracking Patterns of Interpersonal Relationships.” The Kelley Award has been given since 1997 and honors an exceptionally meritorious research paper addressing basic issues or theory in social psychology.
8 graduate students receive Clinical Area awards
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to the 8 graduate students for receiving Clinical Area awards.
Juan Luis Romero Sosa selected as a Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellow by the Society for Neuroscience
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Juan Luis Romero Sosa (BNS Area) for being selected as a Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellow by the Society for Neuroscience. The Neuroscience Scholars Program is a two-year online training program open to underrepresented graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
Rocio Burgos-Calvillo and Professor Greenfield receive a Latinx Studies Seed Grant for their project
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Patricia Greenfield (PI) and Developmental Area graduate student Rocio Burgos-Calvillo (Co-PI) on receiving a Latinx Studies Seed Grant for their project titled “Cultural Mismatch in Peer Relations: A Natural Experiment in UCLA’s Living/Learning Communities.”
6 graduate students receive Psychology Department Endowed Fellowships
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to the 6 graduate students for receiving Psychology Department Endowed Fellowships. Thank you to our generous donors for making this possible!
Jordan Parker receives the 2022 Graduate Student Award from APA Division 35 Section 1 (Psychology of Black Women)
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Jordan Parker (Health Area) for receiving the 2022 Graduate Student Award from APA Division 35 Section 1 (Psychology of Black Women). This award recognizes the work of a Black woman graduate student in psychology for a paper evaluated on its creativity, innovation and the degree to which it furthers understanding of the role of gender in Black women’s lives.
Stephanie Yu receives the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology/APA Division 53 2022 Student Achievement Award in Research
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Stephanie Yu (Clinical Area) for receiving the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (SCCAP)/APA Division 53 2022 Student Achievement Award in Research.
Wesley Meredith is selected to participate in the Kavli Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience training program
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Wesley Meredith (Developmental Area) for being selected to participate in the Kavli Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience training program.
Siôbhan Glynn receives the Graduate Council Diversity Fellowship
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Siôbhan Glynn (Developmental Area) for receiving the Graduate Council Diversity Fellowship. The purpose of the fellowship is to support graduate students from across the UCLA campus who exemplify values of diversity in their academic, professional, and service activities.
Sara Schiff receives the UCLA Center for the Study of Women Travel Grant
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Sara Schiff (Clinical Area) for receiving the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) Travel Grant. Funded through donations from friends and supporters of CSW, travel grants assist UCLA students with travel expenses related to academic or professional conference presentations and field research on women, gender, and sexuality.
13 graduate students receive the Graduate Division Graduate Research Mentorship
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to our Graduate Research Mentorship (GRM) Program recipients! The following 13 graduate students received the Graduate Division Graduate Research Mentorship, which is designed to assist students in acquiring and developing advanced research skills under faculty mentorship.
Jordan Parker receives the Elizabeth Blackwell, MD, Graduate Award from the UCLA Center for the Study of Women
Date published: 06/30/22
Congratulations to Jordan Parker (Health Area) for receiving the Elizabeth Blackwell, MD, Graduate Award from the UCLA Center for the Study of Women.