Dr. Caitlin Hudac and Dr. Mengya Xia received a National Institute of Mental Health grant to study brain processes and eye movement patterns when adolescents look at faces. Their goal is to understand how different aspects of face processing are related to real-world social skills and other parts of biology (including puberty). This grant will be […]
Read Moreabout National Institute of Mental Health Grant Received!
National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation grant was awarded to Dr. Rajesh Kana (PI) and Dr. Sharlene Newman (Co-PI) to purchase an MRI scanner at the University of Alabama. Title of the grant: MRI: Acquisition of a 3.0 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner. Amount: $2,293,021. Congratulations! […]
Great news! We have received new grants this summer. Gable (PI). “RAPID Approach-Avoidance Tendencies to Pathogen-Salience as a Function of Uncertainty and Regional..” A 1-year grant from NSF. $65K. Lochman (MPI), Powell, and Qu. “Cross-Study Variation in the Coping Power Intervention.” A 3 year R01 from NIMH going to RTI. Anna Yaros, a former grad student, […]
Research Assistant (RA) positions at the Center for Youth Development and Intervention (CYDI) The CYDI conducts clinical intervention research with children and adolescents. We are hiring 5-7 undergraduate research assistants (URAs) for fall and spring semester of the 2020-21 school year. These positions involve diverse duties including working with the participants directly, data collection, and […]
Congratulations to our own Jacob Miranda on his new Fellowship! Jacob applied for and received the Southern Regional Education Board’s (SREB): Doctoral Scholars Program in 2020. Information about the Program and Award are provided below from the SREB’s website. The stated goal of the program is: To encourage more minority Ph.D. students who seek careers as […]
We are proud of our Dr. Allen and Dr. Glenn and the part they are playing working on this new grant. Working with the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) we know you will both do great! Mumba Awarded NIH Grant to Aid in Reversal of Opioid Crisis […]
Read Moreabout Dr. Becky Allen and Dr. Andrea Glenn working on New Grant
Congratulations to Brad White, with Susan White, John Lochman, and Philip Gable, who will receive a 5-year NIMH R61/R33 grant, Facial affect sensitivity training for young children with CU traits. […]
Congratulations to Ed Merrill, with Bev Roskos and Fran Conners, who will receive a 3-year NICHD R15 grant, Assessing the malleability of spatial abilities in individuals with Down syndrome. Wonderful news! […]
CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Matt Cribbet, who found out recently that he has been accepted to the 2020 Summer Training Institute for Research in Child Abuse and Neglect in New York City at John Jay College. Matt is one of 15 scholars across several disciplines to be invited. […]
Our Annual Psychology Welcome Picnic was a huge success! I hope all the new Faculty, Staff and Graduate students know how much we at the Psychology Department Appreciate them! We are glad you are here! […]
