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.”
Congratulations to Brittany Drake (Clinical Area), Laura Hazlett (Social Area), Lee Lazar (Social Area), Kristen Lee (Health Area), Sophia Pashtunyar (Developmental Area) and Sara Schiff (Clinical Area), who received the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute Graduate Fellowship. The UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute is an interdisciplinary organization dedicated to research, education, and practice of kindness. The fellowship will provide support to enhance…
Congratulations to Profs. Carrie Bearden, Michelle Craske, and Steve Reise for being included on Clarivate Analytics list of the most highly cited researchers. The researchers on the list rank in the top 1% in their fields, based on their widely cited studies. The 2021 list was produced using research citations from January 2010 to December 2020….
An article by Research Professor Paul Abramson and undergraduate psychology major Sienna Bland-Abramson, titled “Racial Animus, Police Corruption, and a Wrongful Conviction of Murder: Complex PTSD and the Vestiges of Anguish,” is being featured by the UCLA Newsroom. The case involved a wrongfully convicted young Black man who was incarcerated in Northern California maximum security…
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Lauren Ng on being selected as the recipient of the 2021 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) Distinguished Mentorship Award. Lauren was nominated by students in her lab for this honor, which is awarded to individuals who consistently serve as effective mentors for students in the field of traumatic stress…
Monday, Sept. 20th: Quarter begins Thursday, Sept. 23rd: Instruction begins Friday, Oct. 1st: All Psych 195, 196, and 199 contracts due by 4:00pm (No exceptions!) Friday, Oct. 8th: Last day To DROP impacted courses To change Study List (add, drop courses) without fee through MyUCLA To enroll in courses for credit without late Study List fee through MyUCLA To check…
Congratulations to Adjunct Professor Karen Givvin for being selected as the 2020-21 recipient of the Eugen Weber Honors Collegium Teaching Award. Each year, the Honors Program recognizes one of its distinguished professors for their dedication and contributions with this award. An event program is available here; Karen’s award is listed on pages 24-25 of the…
We are happy to announce that Diego Garcia, our Instructional Scheduling Coordinator, has been selected to receive the Psychology Staff Spotlight award for his outstanding work in Student Services. Diego has only held this position for sixteen months, starting during the pandemic in May 2020. He was trained fully remotely and is meeting staff and faculty in…
Research by Distinguished Professor Chris Dunkel Schetter, Dr. Judith Carroll in the Cousins Center for PNI, and other colleagues, published in the journal Sleep Health, is being prominently featured on the UCLA Newsroom and is generating substantial news coverage from major outlets around the globe. The group of scientists studied 33 mothers during their pregnancies and the first…