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RESEARCH NEWS
Recent UNC grad presents research at UNC-CH's Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research Symposium
Alicia Mullis presented her research at UNC's Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 16, 2011. Her poster was selected as one of the four posters to be displayed at the Undergraduate Library. Alicia's project is entitled, "Applying Chaos Theory: Chronic Pain, Music, and Cognition." Congratulations on this fine achievement, Alicia!
The RAISE project conducts filming at Evergreen, UNC Psychology Clinic
In January, there was a 5-day film shoot held at the UNC Psychology
Evergreen clinic, directed by Robert Griffiths of FireDancer Productions (Carbondale, CO) and produced by Sharon Shepard-Levine of Twin Start Productions (South Orange, NJ). The shoot was done as part of the Recovery After An Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) study. The RAISE project is examining the effectiveness of comprehensive treatment services (individual therapy, family therapy, supported employment, and medication management) compared to standard treatment for individuals who have just experienced an initial schizophrenia episode. This study is being conducted in 17 states and aims to recruit over 400 individuals. It is the largest psychosocial treatment study for first episode psychosis ever funded by NIMH!
Dr. David Penn (Site PI; member of the RAISE executive committee; wearing tie), and Dr. Piper Meyer (Research coordinator; first row on left), with the film crew. Drs. Penn and Meyer completed the film shoot with members of their lab (Elizabeth Bowman, Ben Buck, Kelsey Ludwig, Charles Olbert and Adrienne Nye). The aim was to create training videos for the therapy program (Individual Resiliency Therapy; IRT) developed by Drs. Penn and Meyer, and colleagues from RAISE. Hopefully, these videos will be available on the NIMH website, which should facilitate the dissemination of IRT to clinicians around the country.
Audrey Wells’s (Fuchs Lab) recently published paper, "Interaction between the basolateral amygdala and dorsal hippocampus is critical for cocaine memory reconsolidation and subsequent drug context-induced cocaine-seeking behavior in rats" (Learn Mem 2011 Nov), has been selected for a Member of the Faculty of 1000 (F1000) review, which places this work in the top 2% of published articles in biology and medicine. Audrey was also selected for a Society for Neuroscience travel award to attend the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies' annual meeting in Barcelona, Spain. She is one of fifteen students from across North America who were chosen to receive this award. Congratulations on your accomplishments, Audrey!
Jon Abramowitz, Editor-in-Chief, just launched a new journal, Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders.
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May Commencement information can be found here.
Jones awarded Ford Fellowship!
Gaskin, Lee, and Gonzalez get Honorable Mention!
Over 1300 applicants apply to the Ford predoctoral competition for 60 awards across all disciplines. This national competition recognizes applicants from a broad range of disciplines 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." Congratulations to Shawn Jones for receiving this prestigious award, and to Daniel Lee, Ashly Gaskin, and Michelle Gonzalez for receiving Honorable Mention!
Abigail Panter, Professor in Quantitative Psychology, was featured in Meet a Tar Heel.
Lilly Shanahan joined the Department on January 1, 2012 as an Assistant Professor in the Developmental Psychology Program.
Heather Lasseter (Fuchs Lab) was awarded a 2012 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in the area of Social Sciences from The Graduate School. This is only the second time a graduate student from Psychology has received this award since the award was established. Heather will be honored at the Graduate School’s Annual Student Recognition Celebration on April 3, 2012. Congratulations, Heather!
Kristjen Lundberg (Social) received the 2012 Tanner Teaching Assistants Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. She will be recognized on Saturday, February 11th during the half-time ceremony at the UNC-Virginia Men’s Basketball game, tip-off scheduled for 1pm in the Dean E. Smith Center. Congratulations, Kristjen!