GWU Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
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Please join us in congratulating Sharanya Rao for receiving a $5000 American Psychological Foundation (APF)/ COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship to support her dissertation research. Her dissertation is a qualitative exploration of the healthcare experiences of sexual minority women of color.
Great work, Sharanya 🥳
Please join us in congratulating third-year clinical student David Kalwicz on the acceptance of his first-authored manuscript for publication in Culture, Health & Sexuality: “There are people like me who will see that, and it will just wash over them”: Black sexual minority men’s perspectives on messaging in PrEP visual advertisements.
Congrats also to PBS co-authors Sharanya Rao, Djordje Modrakovic, and Dr. Maria Cecilia Zea. The full reference is below.
Kalwicz, D. A., Rao, S., Modrakovic, D., Zea, M. C., Dovidio, J. F., Magnus, M., Kharfen, M., Patel, V., & Calabrese, S. K. (in press). “There are people like me who will see that, and it will just wash over them”: Black sexual minority men’s perspectives on messaging in PrEP visual advertisements. Culture, Health & Sexuality.
Congrats everyone 
Please join us in congratulating Sharanya Rao for receiving a Walk Dissertation Award to support her dissertation research! Sharanya will be spearheading a qualitative study exploring the healthcare experiences of sexual minority women of color.
Great work, Sharanya! Best of luck with this important study!
