“My graduate school advisor, Thomas H. Ollendick, encouraged his students to join ADAA and doing so was such a great decision. ADAA has been my professional home since 2008 and during that time I have presented posters and talks at the annual conferences, participated in the Career Development Leadership program (CDLP), co-chaired Special Interests Groups (SIG), mentored with the CDLP, and volunteered to help with several
Psychology majors have the chance to put their academic learning into practice in the Lab in Physiological Psychology. Meeting in the Psychology Department’s Computer Lab on the second floor of Williams Hall, the lab class teaches students a range of techniques including electrocardiography (ECG or EKG), electromyography (EMG), electroencephalography (EEG), electrodermal activity (EDA), electrooculography (EOG)
Dr. Diaz (Co-Director of the iLEAP Lab) and her team attended the Cognitive Development Society's Biennial Meeting this October in Louisville, KY. The lab's presence included an oral presentation by VT grad project manager Kelly Runyon, and a first-authored poster presentation by senior undergraduate research assistant Cameron Smith. Cameron received a travel award from Virginia Tech's Office of Undergraduate Research to
The Psychology Department welcomed 24 guests (10 faculty, 14 undergraduates) as part of the VT-HBCU/MSI Research Summit held Oct 13-14 in Blacksburg. The guests represented Bowie State, Fayetteville State, Morgan State, and Virginia State universities. Guest faculty met with current VT faculty from each of our graduate training areas to explore collaborative research opportunities. Guest students met with the graduate
Dr. McDonnell was recently recognized for receiving the International Society for Autism Research's Young Investigator Award, an award given to an outstanding early career researcher for contributions to autism research. The Young Investigator Awards are granted annually for the best empirical research papers published or in press in the year 2018 by an investigator who has been awarded their Ph.D. or M.D. in the past
Dr. Tom Ollendick has become the winner of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy’s lifetime achievement award for significant and enduring contributions to the field of cognitive and behavioral therapies! Please join in congratulating Dr. Ollendick on achieving this tremendous honor and visit this page to learn about his achievements https://www.academyofct.org/page/TOllendick2019
Dr. Ollendick will receive the award at the
Please join me in congratulating this year’s 2019-20 VTCAR SEED Student Award recipient. Tyler McFayden is working with mentor Dr. Robin Panneton and co-mentor Dr. Tom Ollendick. Her study is titled “Social & Nonsocial Multisensory Integration in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder.” Tyler has also been named the VTCAR Student Fellow of the Year.
Congratulations to Dr. McFayden!
Inflammation is related to a number of psychological and health-related factors. However, inflammatory activation is challenging to induce and measure in laboratory settings. Here, we introduce several new techniques and procedures for precisely inducing inflammation using ultraviolet (UV) light. These methods are based on a technique known as minimal erythema dose (MED) testing, which is frequently used in clinical
The Virginia Tech Autism Clinic and Center for Autism Research and the Washington Group Special Care Planning Team recently hosted the 5th annual Autism Research Symposium in Falls Church, Virginia. This groundbreaking Symposium featured autism research from biomedical and imaging, technology, education and clinical translational fields. Participants had opportunities to network and were also able to tour the VT Mobile
Meet our new faculty. Andrea Pittarello is a new collegiate assistant professor with the Department of Psychology. He tells us, “I study why, when, and how people from all walks of life lie, steal, cheat, and what can be done about it. I chose Virginia Tech because I want to collaborate with economists, psychologists, and engineers to help people make better decisions.” For more information on Dr. Pittarello, check the
