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Graduate Student Receives Grant for Substance Abuse Related Research

Graduate Student Receives Grant for Substance Abuse Related Research

Congratulations to I-O Program Graduate Student, Katie Kinkade for her receipt of a grant from the Sunshine ERC Pilot Grant Program (NIOSH) for her proposed project "Effects of client trauma on substance abuse counselors and their families." Katie was awarded $7,450 to cover the cost of conducting this important research.

U.S. News and World Report Features UGA Psychology Department

Psychology Graduate Programs Continue to Earn High National Rankings

Our department was once again nationally recognized for the superior quality of graduate training provided to our students. The Department of Psychology was recently ranked in the top 50 U.S. psychology graduate programs by U.S. News and World Report's 2012 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools. The Clinical Psychology program tied for 32nd overall.

Graduate Students Win APA Awards

Graduate Students Win APA Early Career Competition and Receive Travel Awards

April, 2012

Monika Stojek (Clinical Program graduate student), Josh Gray (Clinical Program graduate student), and Michael Amlung (Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program graduate student) were selected from among a national pool of applicants to participate in the Early Career Poster Session at the 2012 APA Convention in Orlando. As part of this prestigious honor, each will receive a $750 travel award supported by NIAAA and NIDA to cover expenses associated with attending the convention.

Two Psychology Graduate Students Receive University-Wide Excellence Awards

Congratulations to Freya Liu (left) and Michael Amlung (right) for being honored with the Excellence in Research and the Excellence in Teaching Awards, respectively. These are two of the highest awards given annually by UGA to a select number of graduate students campus-wide. A recent Ph.D. graduate of the Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program, Freya's innovative research with Capuchin monkeys has made important contributions to the areas of cognition and tool use and in non-human primates. Her work with Dr.

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