Graduate News & Events
Graduate Research Mentorship Program Recipients
Date published: 4/29/2021
Congratulations to our Graduate Research Mentorship (GRM) Program recipients! Nine graduate students received the 2021 Graduate Division Graduate Research Mentorship, which is designed to assist students in acquiring and developing advanced research skills under faculty mentorship.
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Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Recipients
Date published: 4/20/2021
Congratulations to our Graduate Summer Research Mentorship recipients! 38 graduate students received the Graduate Division Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, which provides financial support for conducting research under the close mentorship of a faculty member this summer.
Congratulations to our Graduate Summer Research Mentorship recipients! 38 graduate students received the Graduate Division Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, which provides financial support for conducting research under the close mentorship of a faculty member this summer.
Jordan Thomas receives the APF Henry P. David Research Grant
Date published: 4/20/2021
Congratulations to Jordan Thomas (Clinical Area) for receiving the American Psychological Foundation’s Henry P. David Research Grant! The grant supports research in behavioral aspects of population studies or human reproductive behavior.
Yesenia Aguilar Silvan receives the Monica Salinas Graduate Student Endowed Funding
Date published: 4/20/2021
Congratulations to Yesenia Aguilar Silvan (Clinical Area) on being awarded the 2020-21 Monica Salinas Graduate Student Endowed Funding. This funding is housed in the Division of Life Sciences.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to the five graduate student recipients of the 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)! The NSF GRFP is a prestigious three-year fellowship, which provides a yearly $34,000 stipend and $12,000 in fees. For more information, visit the NSF GRFP website.
Yesenia Aguilar Silvan receives the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Yesenia Aguilar Silvan (Clinical Area) on being awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation!
Victoria Jacoby receives the V-VSS 2021 Elsevier/Vision Research Travel Award
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Victoria Jacoby (Cognitive Area) for receiving the V-VSS 2021 Elsevier/Vision Research Travel Award! Each year, VSS endeavors to support travel to the annual meeting through a travel awards program.
Jennifer Gamarra receives the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology’s Leadership Education to Advance Diversity Fellow Award
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Jennifer Gamarra (Clinical Area) for receiving the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology’s Leadership Education to Advance Diversity (LEAD) Fellow Award. The goal of LEAD is to provide professional development, networking, and leadership skills for graduate students and early career professionals.
Joni Brown receives the Outstanding Trainee Award
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Joni Brown (Health Area), who won the Outstanding Trainee Award at the 2021 Health Preconference for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Anika Guha receives NIMH F31 Fellowship Grant
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Anika Guha (Clinical Area), who received an NIMH F31 fellowship grant, “Identifying Neural Mechanisms of Aberrant Inhibitory Processing and Salience in Patients with Schizophrenia, with Cindy Yee-Bradbury as sponsor and Greg Miller as co-sponsor, and Katie Karlsgodt and Amanda Montoya as consultants.”
Sarah Rocha receives the Monica Salinas Summer Scholarship
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Sarah Rocha (Developmental Area) on receiving the 2021 Monica Salinas Summer Scholarship. The Monica Salinas Summer Scholarship provides summer funding and conference travel costs for a graduate student in Psychology who is committed to advancing the field of Latino mental health.
Ringo Huang receives Cognitive Neuroscience Society Graduate Student Award
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Ringo Huang (Cognitive Area) for receiving a Graduate Student Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) for his poster submission to the 2021 CNS conference.
Yesenia Aguilar Silvan receives the Irving and Jean Stone Fund
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Yesenia Aguilar Silvan (Clinical Area) for receiving the Irving and Jean Stone Fund from the UCLA Center for the Study of Women. The Irving and Jean Stone Fund supports students whose academic, advocacy, organizing work and goals advance social justice feminism.
Akila Kadambi and Carolyn Ponting receive the APA Dissertation Research Award
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Akila Kadambi (Cognitive Area) and Carolyn Ponting (Clinical Area), who received the APA Dissertation Research Award. The purpose of the APA Science Directorate's Dissertation Research Award program is to assist science-oriented doctoral students of psychology whose dissertation research reflects excellence in scientific psychology with research costs.
Isabelle Lanser receives the Norma & Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Isabelle Lanser (Clinical Area) for receiving the Norma & Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award. The Norma & Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award provides funds for dissertation research on the reduction of human aggression or on positive social behavior.
Julia Yarrington receives the inaugural Pritzker Graduate Scholar Award
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Julia Yarrington (Clinical Area) for being selected by the Pritzker Committee for Excellence to receive the inaugural Pritzker Graduate Scholar Award! Julia’s research focuses on predicting risk for psychopathology and identifying factors to promote more specialized treatment of mood disorders. Her primary mentor is Distinguished Professor Michelle Craske. The award is a result of the extraordinary generosity of the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation to the Department of Psychology
Blanche Wright receives the Taylor M. Brown Award
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Blanche Wright (Clinical Area) for being named a recipient of the 2020 Taylor M. Brown Award! The award, established in honor of biosciences graduate student Taylor M. Brown, recognizes exceptional Ph.D. students in the biosciences who reflect the characteristics that made Taylor such a special member of the UCLA community. The awardees are well-rounded, with strong interpersonal skills and broad interests, and are passionate about mentorship, leadership, teaching, and science.
Gerald Higginbotham and Stassja Sichko receive the APF COGDOP Graduate Student Scholarship
Date published: 3/25/2021
Congratulations to Gerald Higginbotham (Social Area) and Stassja Sichko (Clinical Area) for receiving the American Psychological Foundation’s (APF) 2020-2021 COGDOP Graduate Student Scholarship. APF awards 21 annual general scholarships for graduate student research.
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Congratulations to our Psychology Department graduates
Date published: 6/12/2020
Congratulations to all our Psychology Department graduates receiving the Doctor of Philosophy, the Ph.D., the highest academic degree awarded by the university. Although we are unable to hold our usual commencement activities this year, all graduates will be invited to join our Hooding Ceremony next year. Sixteen candidates are being honored in the 2020 Psychology Virtual Celebration in formal recognition of their distinguished achievements and their contributions to the field of psychology.