James, Frank, Brooke, and LiChen all attended the Society for Research in Psychopathology conference in Montreal, Canada this month. James gave a talk titled “Enhancing the Discriminatory Power of Neurodevelopmental Polygenic Scores in Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples,” while Frank, Brooke, and LiChen each presented a poster.
Congrats to Brooke for receiving a Student Research Grants Competition Award for travel to SRP in Montreal this October!
Dr. Li was recognized with the 2024-2025 Fall Competition Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). This award will support his project “A New Framework for Diagnosing Mental Disorders: Is it Applicable to Diverse Populations?” Congrats Dr. Li! We can’t wait to see the outcome of this work.
Qi Zhang, or now Dr. Zhang, successfully defended her dissertation on Friday, April 26th 2024. Qi’s dissertation, which she presented elegantly to her committee, features complex interplay among aspects of parenting, offspring forgiveness, and mental health. Congrats, Qi, for receiving your PhD and wish you all the best with whatever comes next!
On Friday, April 26th 2024, Brooke Sasia gave her 45-minute capstone talk at the Clinical Area Group’s Spring Research Symposium, outlining the fantastic research she has done and plans to do in SBDL at UW. Congrats, Brooke, for meeting another milestone towards your PhD!
LiChen Dong was selected to receive a $300 as a BGA Travel Award to help defray costs of attending the Behavior Genetics Association Annual Meeting in London this June.
Congratulations to Frank He, Brooke Sasia, and LiChen Dong for each presenting flash talks at the inaugural meeting of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) Conference! It was held March 16-17th in San Digeo, CA.
Brooke is recognized for her strengths and commitment surrounding graduate teaching and is awarded the Early Excellence in Teaching Award. Brooke has enjoyed being a TA for The Criminal Mind: Forensic and Psychobiological Perspectives, Abnormal Psychology, and Critical Issues in Child Psychopathology. To quote herself, she “value[s] integrating research and clinical practice to make learning …
Frank He was selected by the President’s Award Committee for the Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) to receive the President’s Award for outstanding research work. The award consists of free registration and up to $1,000 reimbursement to offset travel and accommodation expenses for the annual meeting, as well as free SRP membership for the …
Congratulations to Frank He for his acceptance to present at the 2023 APA Division 45 Research Conference! He will be giving a 15 minute presentation titled “Apples and Oranges? Measurement Equivalence of Psychopathology across Race-ethnicity”. The APA Division 45 Research Conference highlights current research regarding the psychological study of culture, ethnicity, and race. It will …
