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CNB graduate student Erica Shafer has been awarded the Center for Gerontology’s S.J Ritchey Scholarship for Fall 2025!

Arturia Melson-Silimon was accepted into 2025-2026 cohort of the Behavioral Medicine and Sleep Disorders (BSM) Institute as part of the Programs for Inclusion and Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Center for Translational Sleep & Circadian Sciences: https://pridecc.wustl.edu/programs/behavioral-and-sleep-medicine. Congratulations

Please join us in congratulating Neil Hauenstein on being named a 2025 SIOP Fellow!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/society-for-industrial-and-organizational-psychology-siop-_iopsych-siopsmarterworkplace-siopsalutes-activity-7338641314911014912-7D3O/

Please join us in congratulating Rosanna Breaux on being the recipient of a K Award from the NIH “Improving Emotion Dysregulation and Interpersonal Conflict Among Families of Adolescents with ADHD.”

Please join us in congratulating Child Study Center associated faculty Rosanna Breaux, Heather Davis, and Samantha Kempker-Margherio on receiving the 2025 COS Outreach Excellence Award! 🥳🥳

Please check out this clip from WDBJ7 highlighting Dr. Scott Geller's 56 years of service in the VT Department of Psychology. 

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating him at GellerFest last week! 🥳

https://www.wdbj7.com/2025/04/29/110-years-total-two-stories-meet-virginia-techs-current-longest-time-employees/?outputType=amp

The American Psychological Association (APA) Guidelines on Measurement-Based Care (MBC) have been developed, approved and posted at https://www.apa.org/.../guidelines-measurement-based-care... 

The purpose of these guidelines are to educate psychologists on competencies for conducting MBC. Drs. Lee Cooper (CS faculty) and Alyssa Gatto (CS alumni) were appointed members of APA’s Task Force on Professional Practice

The Virginia Tech Department of Psychology would like to recognize doctoral student Stephanie Pham for winning this year’s Outstanding Thesis Award in the “Social Science, Business, Education, and Humanities” category.

Please join us in congratulating Allison Tobar for being named the 2025 Outstanding MA Student for all of COS!

The Virginia Tech Department of Psychology would like to recognize Dr. Tae-Ho Lee for receiving the 2025-2026 James McKeen Research Leave Award from the Association for Psychological Science. Congratulations, Dr. Lee on this great achievement!