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Two PBS Faculty to be recognized at the 12th Annual Faculty Honor Ceremony in October 2022!

maryjobeJune 12, 2022June 12, 2022

GW is celebrating the 12th Annual Faculty Award Recipients, in which two PBS faculty are recognized: Dr. Sherry Molock and Dr. Sarah Shomstein. Dr. Molock will receive the Silver Anniversary Faculty Award, which honors active status faculty who have completed 25 years of continuous full-time service by Spring 2022 (started in 1997). Dr. Shomstein was nominated as a finalist for the Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prize for Teaching Excellence.

The awards will be received at the Faculty Honor Ceremony set for this October! Congrats to you both!

Psychology Graduate Association holds annual Spring Speaker: inviting Dr. Abigail Marsh

maryjobeJune 12, 2022June 12, 2022

Each Spring, the Psychology Graduate Association (PGA) holds a Spring Speaker where they invite a speaker who's interests align across the disciplines of the various programs and research interests of the department. This year, Dr. Abigail Marsh - a university professor in the Department of Psychology & Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program at Georgetown University - spoke to undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty on April 22, 2022. She presented on her current research on altruism.

Drs. Lisa Bowleg and Deanna Kerrigan Receive New T32 Award!

maryjobeApril 21, 2022April 21, 2022

Applied Social Psychology faculty member/DC CFAR Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Core Director Dr. Lisa Bowleg (GW) and Sr. Scientist Dr. Deanna Kerrigan (GW) received a new T32 award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) entitled "Training Program in Approaches to Address Social-Structural Factors Related to HIV Intersectionally (TASHI)."

The investigators seek to prepare the next generation of community-engaged researchers using a predoctoral training program to study social determinants to promote health equity and end the HIV epidemic. This project joins faculty from multiple GW departments and schools with the goal to create "a rigorous program of coursework including a solid foundation in critical theoretical frameworks (e.g., critical race theory, intersectionality), multiple research methodologies (e.g., Community-Based Participatory Research, mixed methods), and social-structural and multi-level intervention development and evaluation."

Congrats to both!