Graduate News & Events
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.
Marissa Ogren receives NICHD F31 Individual National Research Service Award
Date published: 11/18/2019
Congratulations to Marissa Ogren (Developmental Area), who received a NICHD F31 Individual National Research Service Award, "The Development of Early Emotion Understanding: Investigating the Role of Language,” co-supervised by Scott Johnson and Catherine Sandhofer.
Carrianne Leschak receives NICHD F31 Individual National Research Service Award
Date published: 11/18/2019
Congratulations to Carrianne Leschak (Social Area), who received a NICHD F31 Individual National Research Service Award, “Neurodevelopment of Prosocial Learning & Associations with a Marker of Antiviral Immunity, Interferon-Gamma,” co-supervised by Naomi Eisenberger and Adriana Galván.
Sarah Tashjian receives APA Dissertation Research Award
Date published: 11/18/2019
Congratulations to Sarah Tashjian (Developmental 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.
Gia Chodzen receives Outstanding Poster Award
Date published: 11/18/2019
Congratulations to Gia Chodzen (Clinical Area), who won a Society for Health Psychology’s (Division 38) Outstanding Poster Award for 2019. The award is given to the first authors of the top five posters submitted to the annual American Psychological Association (APA) convention for the health psychology poster session. Poster title: “Barriers and Facilitators to PrEP Uptake and Acceptability among Transgender Latinas.”
Caroline Diehl receives Student Poster Award
Date published: 11/18/2019
Congratulations to Caroline Diehl (Clinical Area), who won a Student Poster Award at the Society for Psychophysiological Research meeting in DC: Diehl, C.K., Lake, J.I., Reed, A.C., Cannon, T.D., Green, M.F., Subotnik, K., Ventura, J., Miller, G.A., Nuechterlein, K.A., & Yee, C.M. (2019, September). Stress effects on working memory in schizophrenia.
Sarit Forman selected to participate in UC-LEND
Date published: 11/18/2019
Congratulations to Sarit Forman (Clinical Area) for being selected to participate in the University of California-Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (UC-LEND) program. UC-LEND is a graduate-level training program established to improve the health of infants, children, and adolescents who have, are diagnosed with, or are at risk of developing autism spectrum disorder or other neurodevelopmental and other related disabilities.
Anika Guha receives Student Poster Award
Date published: 11/18/2019
Congratulations to Anika Guha (Clinical Area), who won a Student Poster Award at the Society for Psychophysiological Research meeting in DC: Guha, A., Spielberg, J., Lake, J., Popov, T., Heller, W., Yee, C. & Miller, G.A. (2019, September). Effective connectivity between Broca’s area and amygdala as a mechanism of top-down control in worry.
Stephanie Yu receives the Junior Scientist Fellowship
Date published: 11/18/2019
Congratulations to Stephanie Yu (Clinical Area), who received the Junior Scientist Fellowship from the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students and Psi Chi. The fellowship recognizes outstanding research-oriented students and provides funding to support research costs for a first- or second-year graduate level project. The fellowship also provides written feedback to strengthen the NSF GRFP application.
Dana Saifan receives Research Grant and Scholarships
Date published: 11/18/2019
Congratulations to Dana Saifan (ClinicalArea) for receiving the Los Angeles County Psychological Association Foundation Scholarship, the Dr. Adawia Alousi STEM Scholarship Fund for Muslim Women from the Center for Arab American Philanthropy and the Dr. Philip M.
2019 UCLA Psychology Graduate Hooding Ceremony
Date published: 6/18/2019
Congratulations to the 27 graduate students who participated in the Psychology Graduate Hooding Ceremony on Saturday, June 15, 2019! We wish our students much success in their futures!
Congratulations to the 27 graduate students who participated in the Psychology Graduate Hooding Ceremony on Saturday, June 15, 2019! We wish our students much success in their futures!
Graduate Research Mentorship Recipients
Date published: 4/25/2019
Congratulations to our Graduate Research Mentorship (GRM) Program recipients! 11 graduate students received the 2019 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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Alexandra Stolyarova receives the Nancy M. Biram Research Fund in Life Sciences
Date published: 4/25/2019
Congratulations to Alexandra Stolyarova (BNS Area) for receiving the Nancy M. Biram Research Fund in Life Sciences. This endowed summer fellowship is to be used to support research in the field of alcoholism and/or other addictive behavioral disorders under the direction of the Dean of Life Sciences.
Laura Hazlett receives The Clara Leplin & Beatrice Rasof Fellowship
Date published: 4/25/2019
Congratulations to Laura Hazlett (Social Area) for receiving The Clara Leplin & Beatrice Rasof Fellowship. This endowed summer fellowship is for a female graduate student in Social Psychology studying significant social issues. Thank you to our generous donors for their continued support of our students and department!
Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Fellowship Award Recipients
Date published: 4/18/2019
Congratulations to Alayna Park (Clinical Area, Advisor: Bruce Chorpita) for receiving the 2018-19 Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Fellowship Award, and congratulations to Sarah Tashjian (Developmental Area, Advisor: Adriana Galván) for receiving the 2019-20 Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Fellowship Award! Only 4 exceptional graduate students are chosen each year to receive this prestigious award.
Shannon Burns and Alexandra Stolyarova selected to participate in Collegium of University Teaching Fellows
Date published: 4/18/2019
Congratulations to Shannon Burns (Social Area) for being selected to participate in the UCLA Collegium of University Teaching Fellows (CUTF) program through the Office of Instructional Development. Shannon’s proposal for a lower-division seminar entitled “The Psychology of the Mob: How and Why Groups Behave the Way They Do” has been approved for funding.
Giovanni (Gio) Ramos receives the 2019 Monica Salinas Summer Scholarship
Date published: 4/18/2019
Congratulations to Giovanni (Gio) Ramos (Clinical Area) on receiving the 2019 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.
2019 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Date published: 4/9/2019
Congratulations to the Psychology graduate student recipients of the 2019 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program! 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.
Giovanni (Gio) Ramos receives the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Date published: 3/18/2019
Congratulations to Giovanni (Gio) Ramos (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!
Lauren Hofschneider and Daniel Rosenfeld receive the Diversity Graduate Travel Award
Date published: 3/18/2019
Congratulations to both Lauren Hofschneider and Daniel Rosenfeld (Health Area) for receiving Diversity Graduate Travel Awards to attend the annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference.