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Undergrad RA Allison Block has been awarded the Bryan’s Aspiring Psychology Student Award. Congrats, Allison!

We are very pleased to announce that the Divisional Committee at UW–Madison voted to approve the promotion of Dr. Li to Associate Professor with tenure. Congratulations, Dr. Li!

Dr. Li and graduate student Quanfa (Frank) He’s recent meta-analysis manuscript has been published in Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. This new publication is the first meta-analysis of ADHD polygenic scores and aims to shed light on the predictive utility of polygenic scores in ADHD.

Dr. Li has been awarded two Seed Grants for 2020, one examining smoking cessation and another examining ADHD/autism.

Undergraduate research assistant Grace Albright was awarded the Hilldale Fellowship. She and Dr. Li plan to examine maternal depression and its impact on children’s depression. Find their full abstract here.

Undergraduate research assistants Sheyenne Tung and Zach Gestrich were featured on UW Psychology’s website for the research they’re conducting with Dr Li.

Undergraduate research assistant Willow Wu was accepted into Vanderbilt’s Master of Education in Human Development Counseling program and University of Pennsylvania’s Master of Education program.

Undergraduate research assistants Sheyenne Tung and Zach Gestrich were accepted to present at the annual Midwestern Psychological Association Conference in Chicago, IL. Find Sheyenne’s abstract here and find Zach’s abstract here.

Lab manager Sharon Wang and graduate research assistant Qi Zhang were accepted to present at the annual American Psychological Association Convention in Washington, D.C. Find Sharon’s abstract here and Qi’s abstract here.

Undergraduate research assistant Mandy (Yingzi) Zhang was accepted into University of Chicago’s Master of Social Work and Social Welfare program and Vanderbilt’s Master of Education in Human Development Counseling program.