Congratulations to Assistant Professor Jennifer Sumner and Distinguished Professor Chris Dunkel Schetter who will receive awards from the Society for Health Psychology (APA Division 38). Prof. Sumner will receive the Excellence in Health Psychology Research by an Early Career Professional Award, and Prof. Dunkel Schetter will receive the Excellence in Mentoring Award. The awards will…
Congratulations to Professor Alan Castel who will receive the Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty. Alan was selected by the Academic Senate Committee on Teaching as one of only six awardees from a large field of nominees. His extraordinary accomplishments as a teacher both within UCLA and in the community are enhanced by his research…
Congratulations to Claudia Aguirre (BNS Area) for receiving the Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Fellowship Award. Only four exceptional graduate students are chosen each year to receive this award. The fellowship recognizes graduate students who have achieved distinction through outstanding scholarship, teaching, and University citizenship.
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,…
Congratulations to the Psychology graduate students who received Honorable Mention accolades for the 2022 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.DiFazio, Lauren (BNS Area)Losiewicz, Olivia (Clinical Area)McKinney, Rachel (Clinical Area)Morrow, Erin (incoming Cognitive Area)
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.
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…
Congratulations to Mary Whatley (Cognitive Area) on being awarded the UCLA Cognitive Research Award made possible by the Rothman Cognitive Sciences Program Endowment.
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.
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.