Depression often emerges during adolescence, resulting in lifelong sequalae. As director of the Cognition Affect and Neurodevelopment in Youth (CANDY) lab, Dr. Tiffany Ho seeks to understand the neurobiological factors contributing to depression in adolescents. The CANDY lab investigates how the neurobiological systems underlying our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors change over the course of adolescent…
This event occurred on June 7, 2023. Featuring Hongjing Lu, Professor, Department of Psychology James W. Stigler, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology Introductory remarks and moderator Annette Stanton, Chair and Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology
Congratulations to the nearly 1150 students who participated in the Psychology Undergraduate Commencement Celebration this year!
Congratulations to senior Psychology majors Umiemah Farrukh and Qasim Farrukh, who were recently awarded the prestigious and highly selective Chancellor’s Service Award. This award is given annually to graduating students who have made significant contributions to UCLA and/or the surrounding Los Angeles community through a sustained record of outstanding service. The recipients of this award…
Congratulations to Professors Patricia Cheng and Catherine Sandhofer for receiving 2023 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Awards. These awards honor the considerable dedication of faculty mentors who have served as effective research mentors to undergraduate students.
Congratulations to Research Professor Paul Abramson for receiving the 2023 Eugen Weber Award for Distinguished Collegium Teaching in recognition of his outstanding contribution to teaching in the Honors Collegium.
Congratulations to Jiayang Li, a second year Cognitive Science major who was selected to receive the Dean’s Prize for Undergraduate Research. Jiayang presented their research project “Emotion Compass: Investigating Relationship Between Depression and Trauma Symptom Profiles and Dynamic Emotional States Evoked by Music Using a Mobile Emotion Tracker,” which they conducted under the mentorship of…
Congratulations to Icy (Yunyi) Zhang (Developmental Area) for receiving the 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.
We are happy to announce that Hugo Limón, our Helpdesk Coordinator, has been selected to receive the Psychology Staff Spotlight award for this quarter. Hugo joined the Psychology department in October 2021. Before joining the Psychology IT team, Hugo worked as a Systems Administrator for UCLA SSCERT (Social Sciences Center for Education, Research, and Technology)….
Congratulations to Sierra Moon (Bear) Goldstein (Social Area in Professor Matthew Lieberman’s lab) and Charlotte Kelly (Cognitive Area in Professor Ladan Shams’ lab) on being awarded the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (NDSEG) sponsored by the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force! The NDSEG Fellowship Program is a competitive fellowship…