Psychology graduate students receive the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Date published: 04/13/22
Congratulations to the graduate student recipients of the 2022 NSF GRFP. The NSF GRFP is a three-year fellowship, which provides a yearly $34,000 stipend and $12,000 in fees.
Blades, Robin (incoming Health Area)
Cannova, Elena (incoming Clinical Area)
Chen, Belinda (Clinical Area)
Dayley, Pamala (Social Area)
Franco, Corinna (Cognitive Area)
Huber, Christina (Social Area)
Matos, Leezet (Social Area)
Parker, Jordan (Health Area)
Sargent, Kaia (Clinical Area)
Smola, Xochitl Arlene (Developmental Area)
Psychology graduate students receive Honorable Mention accolades for the NSF GRFP
Date published: 04/13/22
Congratulations to the Psychology graduate students who received Honorable Mention accolades for the NSF GRFP.
DiFazio, Lauren (BNS Area)
Losiewicz, Olivia (Clinical Area)
McKinney, Rachel (Clinical Area)
Morrow, Erin (incoming Cognitive Area)
Xochitl Arlene Smola receives a Honorable Mention for the Ford Predoctoral Fellowship
Date published: 04/13/22
Congratulations to Xochitl Arlene Smola (Developmental Area) for receiving a Honorable Mention for the 2022 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation.
Jordan Parker receives the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Date published: 04/13/22
Congratulations to Jordan Parker (Health 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! The award provides three years of support and is made to individuals who have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Mary Whatley receives the UCLA Cognitive Research Award
Date published: 04/13/22
Congratulations to Mary Whatley (Cognitive Area) on being awarded the UCLA Cognitive Research Award made possible by the Rothman Cognitive Sciences Program Endowment.
Amber Hopkins and Gio Ramos receive the APAGS Psychological Science Research Grant
Date published: 04/13/22
Congratulations to Amber Hopkins (Cognitive Area) and Gio Ramos (Clinical Area) for receiving the American Psychological Association’s APAGS Psychological Science Research Grant. The intent of the grant is to fund innovative psychological science research projects.
Crystal Venegas receives the Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Date published: 04/13/22
Congratulations to Crystal Venegas (Clinical Area) on being selected as a scholarship recipient from the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF). HSF Scholars are granted access to various professional and academic support and opportunities.
Lindsay Meredith receives a NIAAA F31 Fellowship Grant
Date published: 04/13/22
Congratulations to Lindsay Meredith (Clinical Area), who received a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) F31 fellowship grant titled “Neuroimmune Treatment for AUD: Testing Moderators of Clinical Response and Mechanisms of Action,” with Professor Lara Ray as sponsor.
Peter Fisher receives the inaugural Jenessa Shapiro Memorial Graduate Award
Date published: 04/13/22
Congratulations to Peter Fisher (Social Area) on receiving the inaugural Jenessa Shapiro Memorial Graduate Award. This award honors the values and ideals of the late Professor Jenessa Shapiro, our beloved colleague. The purpose of the award scholarship is to facilitate graduate students’ research at the intersection of psychology and social justice, including (but not limited to) the study of stigma, prejudice, discrimination, diversity, intergroup relations, and/or underrepresented social identities.
Kimberly Martin receives the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
Date published: 04/13/22
Congratulations to Kimberly Martin (Social Area) for receiving the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship. The UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage PhD recipients from groups historically underrepresented in U.S. higher education or underserved by academic research generally to pursue academic careers at the University of California.
Yesenia Aguilar Silvan receives the Monica Salinas Summer Scholarship
Date published: 02/25/22
Congratulations to Yesenia Aguilar Silvan (Clinical Area) on receiving the 2022 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.
Gia Chodzen and Victoria Jacoby receive the Dean’s Excellence Award
Date published: 02/17/22
Congratulations to Gia Chodzen (Clinical Area) and Victoria Jacoby (Cognitive Area) on being selected to receive the prestigious Dean’s Excellence Award! They were both nominated by the Department for their outstanding contributions to the teaching mission as well as their commitment to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Corinna Franco receives the Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Date published: 02/03/22
Congratulations to Corinna Franco (Cognitive Area) on being selected as a scholarship recipient from the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF). HSF Scholars have access to HSF’s invaluable Scholar Support Services.
Maira Karan receives the Norma & Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award
Date published: 02/03/22
Congratulations to Maira Karan (Developmental 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.
Amanda Baker receives the APA Dissertation Research Award
Date published: 02/03/22
Congratulations to Amanda Baker (BNS 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.
Icy (Yunyi) Zhang receives the Center for Scholars & Storytellers Graduate Student Fellowship
Date published: 02/03/22
Congratulations to Icy (Yunyi) Zhang (Developmental Area) for receiving the Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS) Graduate Student Fellowship. CSS is an organization based at UCLA dedicated to bridging the gap between scholars and storytellers to promote positive youth development. Fellows will attend a CSS Creative Collaboration (“C-cube), a two-part interdisciplinary think-tank with a goal of better understanding and utilizing the power of entertainment to positively impact the lives of tweens, teens, and viewers across the globe.
Kimberly Martin receives the 2021 Taylor M. Brown Award
Date published: 02/03/22
Congratulations to Kimberly Martin (Social Area) for being named a recipient of the 2021 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. They are highly engaged with the UCLA biosciences community and have a powerful commitment to increasing diversity in the biosciences.
Gio Ramos and Razia Sahi receive the APF Graduate Student Scholarship
Date published: 02/03/22
Congratulations to Gio Ramos (Clinical Area) and Razia Sahi (Social Area) for receiving the American Psychological Foundation’s (APF) Graduate Student Scholarship. APF awards 21 annual general scholarships for graduate student research.
APA Early Graduate Student Researcher Award Recipient
Date published: 11/24/21
Congratulations to Jordan Parker (Health Area) on being selected as a recipient of the American Psychological Association (APA) 2021 Early Graduate Student Researcher Award. This award program recognizes students for conducting outstanding research early in their graduate training.
National General Directorate for Policies in Health Research Honorable Mention
Date published: 11/24/21
Congratulations to Liz Bocanegra (Clinical Area) for being awarded an honorable mention from Mexico’s National General Directorate for Policies in Health Research 2021 Convention for an article she co-authored titled “Incidence and recurrence of depression from adolescence to early adulthood: A longitudinal follow-up of the Mexican Adolescent Mental Health Survey.”