Erin Morrow (Cognitive Area) received the 33rd annual Samuel Eiduson Student Lectures Award from the Brain Research Institute. Established in honor of Dr. Samuel Eiduson, the founding Chair of the Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program, the award recognizes outstanding graduate student research and scholarship in neuroscience.
Robin Blades (Health Area) for received the 2026 Health Psychology Paper Prize, awarded to the best paper in the area, for her paper titled “Neural mechanisms of mindfulness: reduced neural reactivity to social-evaluative threat accounts for mindfulness intervention effects on inflammatory gene expression.” The paper was recently published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity and contributes…
Lucas Strickland (Social Area) received the Shelley Taylor Dissertation Award for his dissertation titled “Perceiving Gender Identity: Mental Representation, Categorization, and Evaluation of Transgender Targets.” This award has been given since 2013 and honors an exceptionally meritorious dissertation completed by a graduate student whose primary advisor is in the Social Area.
Kasheena Rogbeer (Social Area) for received the Harold H. Kelley Award for her paper titled “Solidarity as a Bridge: Shared Discrimination Is Indirectly Associated with Voting Intentions Among People of Color.” This award has been given since 1997 and honors an exceptionally meritorious research paper addressing basic issues or theory in social psychology.
Alexair Gonzalez (Social Area) and Molly Smith (Social Area) for received the Bertram Raven Award for their papers titled, respectively, “Is Assimilation Still a Requirement for Acceptance in the U.S.? Perceptions of Latino Assimilation among White Republicans and White Democrats” and “Individual, Interpersonal, and Socioeconomic Predictors of Divorce: A 12-Year Prospective Study.” This award has been given…
Yesenia Aguilar Silvan (Clinical Area) for received the 2026 Dena Chertoff Graduate Student Service Award. Established in 2009 to honor Dena Chertoff (who served as graduate advisor for 38 years), this departmental award honors graduate students who have made outstanding contributions to the overall well-being of the students, faculty, and staff in the department.
Kevin Tan (Social and Affective Neuroscience Area) received the 2026 Joseph A. Gengerelli Distinguished Dissertation Award for having the most outstanding dissertation in our department this year. This award honors Professor Gengerelli, who is remembered for his teaching, guidance of students, innovative research, and departmental leadership.
Tyrus Korecki (Health Area) was selected by the Pritzker Committee for Excellence to receive the seventh annual Pritzker Graduate Scholar Award. The Pritzker Graduate Scholar Award is intended to support graduate students in the Department of Psychology who demonstrate excellence in the conduct of psychological science with the potential for high public impact.
Leah Cha (Health Area) and Tyrus Korecki (Health Area) for received Honorable Mention accolades for the Health Psychology (Division 38 of the American Psychological Association) Graduate Student Research Award.
Robin Blades (Health Area) received a Society for Health Psychology (Division 38 of the American Psychological Association) Graduate Student Research Award.