Dr. Regina Carelli, a Baxter Distinguished Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, is the recipient of a 2015 T32 training grant by the National Institutes of Health. This grant enables predoctoral and postdoctoral research training in specified shortage areas. Dr. Carelli received … Read more

Danielle Jameison, a graduating senior, is the recipient of the first annual Susan M. McHale Award, a diversity research award. The purpose of the Susan M. McHale Award for Outstanding Psychological Research by a Student Who Enhances Diversity is to … Read more

Alexis Duckett, a graduating senior, is the recipient of the first annual J. Steven Reznick Award, a diversity research award. The purpose of the J. Steven Reznick Award for Diversity Enhancement in Psychological Research is to encourage and honor students … Read more

Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, a graduate student in Social Psychology, is the recipient of the first annual Ernest C. Davenport Award, a diversity research award. The purpose of the Ernest C. Davenport Awards for Outstanding Psychological Research by a Student Who Enhances … Read more

Saima Akbar, an undergraduate in Psychology, was selected as a UNC Phillips Ambassador for Study Abroad in Asia. The Phillips Ambassadors Program is part of UNC’s Carolina Asia Center, in association with the Study Abroad office. Phillips Ambassadors are selected … Read more

Nicole Seider, a graduating senior in Psychology, is the recipient of the 2015 Dashiell-Thurstone Prize. The Dashiell-Thurstone Prize is awarded each year for the best senior honors thesis, as judged by a faculty committee. This award is named in memory … Read more

Yang Liu, a graduate student in Quantitative Psychololgy, recently received the Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellowship Award. The Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellowship is intended to increase the number of well-trained scientists in educational assessment, psychometrics, and statistics. During the academic … Read more

Teague Henry, a graduate student in Quantitative Psychology, recently received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Award. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recognizes outstanding graduate students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. NSF fellows receive three years … Read more

Sierra Bainter, a graduate student in Quantitative Psychology, recently received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award. The Kirschstein NRSA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award is to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding … Read more

Nicholas Wagner and Marie Camerota, graduate students in Developmental Psychology, are the recipients of a Pilot Research Grant from the Center for Regulatory Research on Tobacco Control for their study on electronic cigarettes. The study investigates the perceptions, prevalence, and … Read more