Kylie Wright (DEV – Ebner) Kylie Wright (Ebner) has been awarded $142,071 by the National Institute on Aging for the PA-23-189 Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Aging Research. This supplement is part of the parent grant titled “Characterizing & Modulating Neurocognitive Processes of Learning to Trust and Distrust in Aging.” The goal of this supplement is to enhance diversity in aging research. Kylie will receive training to analyze physiological and neuroimaging data to identify the mechanisms underlying trust learning in healthy aging, Alzheimer’s Disease, and other related dementias. Specifically, she will examine how the ability to accurately interpret bodily signals (such as heartbeat) and understand the emotions and intentions of others influences decision-making and trust learning in aging. This funding will protect Kylie’s time for research and enable her to work closely with a team of mentors, including her primary mentor, Dr. Ebner.
Javier Mesa (BCN – Knackstedt) NIH Diversity Supplements Summer 2024 graduate Javier Mesa completed his research on analyzing changes in prefrontal cortical activity between cocaine use and polysubstance cocaine and alcohol use conditions, using a rodent model. His work was supported by an NIH Diversity Supplement grant.
Janae’ Pendergrass (BA – Vollmer) Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA) Innovative Student Research Grant in Master’s Thesis Grant for Project: Evaluating Possible Interactions between Problem Behavior and Pain and Discomfort States Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA) Innovative Student Research Grant in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Grant for Project: Increasing Cooperation with Hair Grooming Activities in Black Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Kyleigh Montague (BA – Podlesnik) Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA) Innovative Student Research Grant in Master’s Thesis Grant for Project: Evaluating effects of number of context exposures on renewal following multiple-context training
Williams Espericueta Luna (BA – Gravina) Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA) Innovative Student Research Grant in Doctoral Dissertation Grant for Project: Best of Both Worlds: Combining Artificial Intelligence and Behavior Analytic Technology to Improve Ergonomic Postural Performance
Alexandra (Lexi) Knerr (BA – Dallery) Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA) Innovative Student Research Grant in Doctoral Dissertation Grant for Project: Vaping as Operant Behavior: The Role of Alternative Reinforcers
Hannah Brown, graduate student was awarded 2023 American Psychological Association Division 35 Graduate Student Pedagogy Award. This award is a significant national award from APA division recognizing excellence in graduate student teaching. It is funded by APA Division 35, Society for the Psychology of Women. She was also given 2024 UF Graduate School Supplemental Retention Scholarship funded by UF Graduate School.
Nicole Lofaro (SOC – Ratliff) Received the Division 35 Geis Memorial Award – APA. This award funds dissertation research in the psychology of women by an advanced doctoral candidate.
Hanna Vance, Graduate Student received a $500 Graduate School Mentoring Award. This award is only given to six graduate students across the University of Florida. It recognizes graduate students who go the extra mile with mentoring. Recipients are chosen based on academic and professional accomplishments, mentoring philosophy, mentoring effectiveness, as well as their impact on their mentees’ academic and professional growth.
Mina Elhamiasl (DEV – Scott) Received the New Brain Aging Travel Fellowship – Stanford University
Eliany Perez (BCN – Weisberg) Received Auburn University’s Bridges into Inclusive Excellence Fellowship, T32 Research Training in Aging, MCI, and AD, and the CLUF Aging Research Award
Anaïs Ortiz (SOC – Westgate) UF Center for European Studies and US Dept of Ed. Fellowship, European Association Summer Program – SPSP
Elisha LePine (SOC – Westgate) Was selected for the 2024 Summer Institute in Social and Personality Psychology (SISPP) and the Females of Vision Travel Award – Vision Science Society
Saurabh Ranjan (BCN – Odegaard) Received the Scott O. Lilienfeld Travel Award from the Association for Psychological Science.
Julia Farrell (DEV – Scott) T32 Research Training in Vision Science
Alayna Shoenfelt (DEV – Ebner) T32 Research Training in Aging, MCI, and AD, CLUF Aging Research Award
Wafaa Ateyah (COU – Abreu) Ruth McQuown Graduate Scholarship Award
Gabriel Lockett (COU – Abreu) Ruth McQuown Graduate Scholarship Award
Jeannette Mejia (COU – Abreu) CLAS Dissertation Fellowship
Rebecca Polk (DEV – Ebner) Graduate Student Council Travel Award, CLUF Aging Research Award
Ten Psychology Graduate Students received travel awards from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Spring 2024, Summer 2024, & Fall 2024:Wafaa Ateyah, Rachel Forsyth, Elisha LePine, Tingyu Li, Yijun Lin, Anais Ortiz, Junsang Park, Soo Yeon Park, Eliany Perez, and Jourdan Pouliot.
Four Psychology Graduate Students received Travel awards from the UF Graduate Council in 2024:Eva Garcia Ferres, Rui Jin, Ashley Krause, and Rebecca Polk.
