GWU Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Sherry Molock who has received approximately over $1,000,000 from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for her grant “HAVEN: A Multi-Generational Suicide Prevention Program Embedded in African American Churches.” She and her team will be implementing the program in 12 churches in NY State. Dr. George Howe is a Co-Investigator on this project.
Congratulations Drs. Molock and Howe on securing funding for this important work!
Congratulations on these recent fellowships awarded to Psychology folks!
Psychology major, Melissa Baker, has been awarded a Luther Rice Undergraduate Research Fellowship. She will work with faculty mentor, Dr. Mimi Le on a project titled, "The Relationship Between Physical Activity Levels & Postpartum Depression Symptoms at 6 Weeks Postpartum".
Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student, Sanam (Sammy) Dhaliwal, has been awarded a George Washington University Summer Dissertation Fellowship for her project, "The Role of Sleep Disruption in the Onset of Perinatal Depression" Sammy's faculty mentor is Dr. Mimi Le.
Applied Social Psychology Ph.D. student, Steffi Renninger, has been awarded a George Washington University Summer Dissertation Fellowship for her project, "Adaptive and Maladaptive Responses to Weight Loss Failure among Middle-Aged Men: The Potential Moderating Role of Achievement Goals." Her faculty mentor is Dr. Tonya Dodge.
Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Patrick Cox, received an Early Career Travel Grant to attend the upcoming Vision Sciences Society meeting in St. Petersburg, FL in May. Patrick works with Dr. Steve Mitroff.
Sanam (Sammy) Dhaliwal and Maria Cimporescu, who were awarded Richard Walk Dissertation Fellowships! Sammy’s research mentor is Dr. Mimi Le, and her project is entitled “The Role of Sleep Disturbance in the Onset of Perinatal Depression”. Maria’s mentor is Dr. George Howe, and her project is “Stress Appraisal of Anticipatory Stressors Related to the Transition Out of College”
We wish all of them the best in these endeavors!
Please join us in congratulating Dr. George Howe, who just got word that his 4-year R01 has been funded by NIMH! The grant, entitled “Synthesis of Trials to Prevent Suicide Risk Behavior in Sexual and Gender Minorities”, includes researchers from Northwestern University, University of Florida, University of Chicago, and of course, GW.
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