Accomplishments of the Social and Behavioral Development Lab

  • Frank Defends Dissertation and Receives PhD

    A huge congrats to Frank, who defended his dissertation this week and graduated with his PhD! His dissertation was titled “Measurement Equivalence of a Clinical Interview of Youth Mental Disorders across Race and Ethnicity: Testing …

  • Brooke receives Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

    Congratulations to Brooke, who has just been awarded the prestigious Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship by the Waisman Center. These competitive awards are given to graduate students working with a Waisman principal investigator and supports research, …

  • Brooke & LiChen Receive Psychology-Psychiatry Summer Fellowships

    Congrats to Brooke & LiChen for receiving Psychology-Psychiatry Summer Fellowships! These fellowships are sponsored by Dr. A.A. Alexander for students with a connection to Psychiatry to support summer research activities.

  • SBDL Attends HiTOP Conference

    James, Frank, Brooke, LiChen, and Zibby (one of our awesome undergraduate RAs) attended the HiTOP conference in Denver, CO this week! James served as the Conference Chair and Frank, Brooke, and LiChen served on the …

  • LiChen receives ISRAP Travel Scholarship

    Congrats to LiChen who received a travel scholarship to attend ISRCAP in Vancouver, Canada this June!

  • Brooke Publishes First-Author Paper

    Congrats to Brooke, whose first-authored manuscript titled “Associations of polygenic scores and developmental trajectories of externalizing behaviors” was published in Development and Psychopathology!  

  • Charlotte and Paige to Accepted to UW’s MSW Program

    A huge congratulations to one of our former RAs, Charlotte Erenberg, and one of our current RAs, Paige Harvey, who were both accepted to UW-Madisons Master of Social Work (MSW) program!

  • LiChen Receives Department TA Award

    Congratulations to LiChen, who received a Psychology Department TA Award. He has TA’d for our graduate-level statistics courses, Psych 610 and 710, for two years. We are so happy his hard work was awarded!

  • Frank Accepts Faculty Position at SMU

    Frank He, who accepted a faculty position at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX! He will be joining the Department of Psychology as a tenure-track assistant professor in August, 2025. Meanwhile, Frank is working hard …

  • Macy Receives Department Award

    Macy Goldfarb, one of our amazing undergraduate RAs, was a recipient of the Bryan’s Aspiring Psychology Student Award. This award recognizes student academic excellence, based on GPA, with the aim of supporting and encouraging future …

  • Brooke and LiChen to Present at ISRCAP 2025

    Congrats to Brooke and LiChen, whose abstracts were accepted for poster presentations at The International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP) in Vancouver, Canada in June 2025! Brooke will be presenting her …

  • Rebekah Completing Master of Public Policy

    Congrats to Rebekah, our UW LINK Study Coordinator, who is working on her Master of Public Policy online with Oregon State University with a focus on disability issues in policy (e.g., efficacy of disability social …

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