The Department of Psychology’s Lee Cooper has been awarded the 2020 Association of Psychology Training Clinics Clinic Research Award.
Cooper is a clinical associate professor and director of the Psychological Services Center. The award recognizes the research achievement by Cooper and his center for “implementation of routine outcome monitoring in a psychology training clinic.” According to the department, the project
Congratulations to Martha Ann Bell who has been selected for the College of Science Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award. It was clear from her nomination package that she has had a truly exceptional impact on the students she has worked with.Martha Ann, are proud to have you represent the Department of Psychology.
"Access to Autism Spectrum Disorder Services for Rural Appalachian Citizens" in the Journal of Appalachian Health: (affiliates) Angela Scarpa, Angela Dahiya, Denis Gracanin, Jordan Albright, Alyssa Gatto, Jen Scott; (co-authors) Laura Jensen, Sharon Ramey, L. Maria Ingram, Lisa Ruble
Please congratulate Lee Cooper and the PSC for being a 2020 winner of the APTC Clinic Research Award! The Association of Psychology Training Clinics (APTC) is the national organization for directors of psychology training clinics. This award will be presented at the upcoming APTC conference in Albuquerque, NM. This award recognizes the research achievement by Lee and the PSC team for “Implementation of Routine Outcome
Tanya Mitropoulos ( a Ph.D. student in the Industrial-Organizational graduate training area) has been selected to participate in a 10-week summer research program at the University of Nottingham (UK), with their Human Factors Research Group. This program was established through a National Science Foundation award (NSF IRES Grant) to give students overseas research experiences.
Congratulations to Dr. Tae-Ho Lee who was selected as a 2020 Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science. The APS Rising Star designation is presented to outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their post-PhD research careers.
To find out more about the position, check out:
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Congratulations to our very own Scott Geller and CABS for receiving an Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) Faculty Grant!
OUR faculty grants are aimed at scaling and increasing access to authentic undergraduate research experiences at Virginia Tech. Their proposal creates a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) on Positive Psychology. This semester, the class will be taught as a PSYC 2984 Special
Dr. McDonnell was recently awarded a 2-year Organization for Autism Research grant to support her lab's project looking at how to better support youth with autism who have also experienced trauma. The grant will evaluate trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for youth with ASD. Many thanks to Drs. Scarpa and Ollendick who assisted as co-investigators on the proposal. More information can be found at this link: https
Laura is a Professor of Psychological Science at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) in Edinburg, TX. Before joining the faculty at UTRGV she spent 13 years at The University of Toledo, including two in which she served as the DCT for their clinical psychology PhD program. Laura continues her research program investigating the etiology, assessment, and treatment of internalizing disorders in youth that she
Rachel Miller-Slough, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at East Tennessee State University. She received her bachelor's degree at the College of William & Mary, under the research mentorship of Dr. Janice Zeman. Through this experience, she developed an interest in children’s emotional development, and how the parent-child relationship influences children’s psychological adjustment. Rachel went on to complete
