Graduate News & Events
Aaron Lim receives the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Predoctoral Fellowship Award
Date published: 2/7/2019
Congratulations to Aaron Lim (Clinical Area) for receiving the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Predoctoral Fellowship Award. This award program supports the mentored training of predoctoral level students with clear and direct commitment to and potential for contributing to the advancement of tobacco-related research priorities.
Adam Gold receives the Jessamine K. Hilliard Neurobiology Graduate Student Grant
Date published: 2/7/2019
Congratulations to Adam Gold (BNS Area) for receiving the Jessamine K. Hilliard Neurobiology Graduate Student Grant for his outstanding proposal, “RNA-mediated mechanisms of memory expression.”
Maira Karan receives the Society for Research in Child Development Graduate Student Travel Award
Date published: 2/7/2019
Congratulations to Maira Karan (Developmental Area) for receiving the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Graduate Student Travel Award to attend the 2019 SRCD Biennial Meeting being held in Baltimore in March.
Kimberly Martin receives the Diversity Graduate Travel Award and the Graduate Travel Award
Date published: 2/7/2019
Congratulations to Kimberly Martin (Social Area) for receiving the Diversity Graduate Travel Award as well as the Graduate Travel Award to attend the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference.
Joao Guassi Moreira receives the American Psychological Association Early Graduate Student Researcher Award
Date published: 12/20/2018
Congratulations to Joao Guassi Moreira (Developmental Area) for receiving the American Psychological Association (APA) Early Graduate Student Researcher Award. This award program recognizes students for conducting outstanding research early in their graduate training.
Giovanni (Gio) Ramos selected to attend Division 53 SCCAP Leadership Education to Advance Diversity Institute
Date published: 12/20/2018
Congratulations to Giovanni (Gio) Ramos (Clinical Area) for being selected to attend Division 53 SCCAP Leadership Education to Advance Diversity (LEAD) Institute. The LEAD Institute will take place on February 23, 2019, and will provide professional development, networking, and leadership skills for graduate students and early career professionals.
Daniel Rosenfeld receives the American Psychological Association APAGS/Psi Chi Junior Scientist Fellowship
Date published: 12/20/2018
Congratulations to Daniel Rosenfeld (Health Area) for receiving the American Psychological Association APAGS/Psi Chi Junior Scientist Fellowship.
Claudia Aguirre receives the NIDA Diversity Scholar Travel Award
Date published: 12/20/2018
Congratulations to Claudia Aguirre (BNS Area) for receiving the NIDA Diversity Scholar Travel Award to attend the Frontiers in Addiction Research NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention
Amy Sewart receives the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science Flexibility Fund Award
Date published: 12/20/2018
Congratulations to Amy Sewart (Clinical Area) for receiving the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science Flexibility Fund Award. Amy will use the award funds to go to The University of Hong Kong to get further psychophysiological data training.
Ariana Bell receives the Norma & Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award
Date published: 12/20/2018
Congratulations to Ariana Bell (Social Area) for receiving the Norma & Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award.
This department endowed award of $2,000 provides funds for dissertation research on the reduction of human aggression or on positive social behavior. Thank you to our generous donors for their continued support of our students and department!
Nina Lichtenberg and Jessica Uy receive the American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
Date published: 12/20/2018
Congratulations to Nina Lichtenberg (L&B Area) and Jessica Uy (Developmental Area) for receiving the 2018 American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award.
Lianne Barnes selected to participate in Collegium of University Teaching Fellows
Date published: 5/8/2018
Congratulations to Lianne Barnes (Social Area) for being selected to participate in the UCLA Collegium of University Teaching Fellows (CUTF) program through the Office of Instructional Development.
Emma Bright receives the Center for the Study of Women Elizabeth Blackwell Graduate Award
Date published: 5/8/2018
Congratulations to Emma Bright (Health Area) for receiving the Center for the Study of Women Elizabeth Blackwell Graduate Award. The award is in recognition of Emma’s publication, Prospective investigation of social support, coping, and depressive symptoms: A model of adherence to endocrine therapy among women with breast cancer. The award is named for Elizabeth Blackwell, MD, the first woman to graduate from medical school.
Ariana Bell receives the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Diversity Supplement
Date published: 5/8/2018
Congratulations to Ariana Bell (Social Area) for receiving the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Diversity Supplement.
NIMH T32 Predoctoral Fellowship Recipients
Date published: 5/8/2018
Congratulations to Arielle Radin (Health Area) and Carolyn Ponting (Clinical Area) for receiving the NIMH T32 predoctoral fellowship in Biobehavioral Issues in Mental and Physical Health.
Graduate Research Mentorship Recipients
Date published: 5/8/2018
Congratulations to our Graduate Research Mentorship recipients! 9 graduate students received the 2018-2019 Graduate Division Graduate Research Mentorship Program, which awards a $20,000 stipend plus fees/tuition for conducting research under the close mentorship of a faculty member.
Congratulations to our Graduate Research Mentorship recipients! 9 graduate students received the 2018-2019 Graduate Division Graduate Research Mentorship Program, which awards a $20,000 stipend plus fees/tuition for conducting research under the close mentorship of a faculty member.
Graduate Division Privately Endowed Fellowship Recipients
Date published: 5/8/2018
Congratulations to the following students for receiving 2018-2019 Graduate Division Privately Endowed Fellowships!
Congratulations to the following students for receiving 2018-2019 Graduate Division Privately Endowed Fellowships!
Danielle Smith receives the UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
Date published: 4/18/2018
Congratulations to Danielle Smith (Developmental Area) for receiving the UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants! Only 5 graduate students are chosen each year to receive this prestigious teaching award, which honors individuals who exhibit leadership in teaching and public service and bring respect and admiration to the scholarship of teaching. The award includes a Dissertation Year Fellowship, which Dani will receive during the 2018-19 academic year.
Alexandra Stolyarova receives the Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Fellowship Award
Date published: 4/18/2018
Congratulations to Alexandra Stolyarova (BNS Area) for receiving the 2017-18 Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Fellowship Award! Only 4 exceptional graduate students are chosen each year to receive this prestigious award. The fellowship recognizes graduate students who have achieved distinction through outstanding scholarship, teaching and University citizenship.
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Recipients
Date published: 4/18/2018
Congratulations to our Graduate Summer Research Mentorship recipients! 36 graduate students received the 2018 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! 36 graduate students received the 2018 Graduate Division Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, which provides financial support for conducting research under the close mentorship of a faculty member this summer.