Congratulations to HDFS doctoral student Emily Simpson, who received the Society for Research in Child Development Dissertation Funding Award. This award is given for research proposals that merit special recognition and display the strong potential to contribute to the field of child development.
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HDFS faculty and grad students present at SRA conference
Nine HDFS graduate students and seven HDFS faculty gave 23 presentations at the 2018 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), which was held in Minneapolis, MN, April 11-15, 2018. See the list of the participants (UConn HDFS is indicated in bold and students are indicated with *).
Kate Dibble and Keith Bellizzi receive research award
Congratulations to graduate student Kate Dibble and Associate Professor Keith Bellizzi, who recently received a research award from the Connecticut Breast Health Initiative (CTBHI). The project is titled “Genetic counseling for BRCA1/2 mutations: Patient experiences, preferences and outcomes of counseling,” and seeks to examine preferences for individual-based or family centered genetic counseling as well as capturing patient reported outcome data on quality of life, overall health and perceived cancer risk following a positive genetic test result.
Keith serves as PI on the grant, but, in Keith’s words, “Kate developed the project to fund her dissertation research, with mentoring from me”.
HDFS faculty and grad student present their work at ISSBD conference
HDFS faculty and graduate students presented at the 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD). The event took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on July 15-19, 2018. Here is a list of the participants.
Grads receive fellowships from Wood/Raith Living Trust
HDFS graduate students, Gonul Kuscul and Samantha Lawrence, are among the first cohort of UConn students to receive summer fellowships from the Wood/Raith Living Trust. This was a very competitive internal award to support work related to gender identity. Congratulations Gonul and Sam!
Kaleigh Ligus receives SGS Student Scholarship Award
HDFS Graduate Student, Kaleigh Ligus, received a Southern Gerontological Society (SGS) Student Scholarship Award to attend this conference where she presented her research.
Eminet Gurganus receives a Social Networks and Health Fellowship
Congratulations to Eminet Gurganus (HDFS graduate student), who just received a Social Networks and Health Fellowship. The fellowship will provide funding for her to attend the Social Networks and Health workshop sponsored by The Duke Network Analysis Center (DNAC) and the Duke Population Research Institute, and will also match her with a mentor to work on a specific project together.
Alex Reid published in Journal of Research on Adolescence
HDFS Graduate Student Alex Reid’s first author publication was published in the Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Jia Li Liu awarded the Calvin J. Li Postdoctoral Fellowship
Doctoral student Jia Li Liu has been awarded the Calvin J. Li postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Maryland, to begin in fall 2018. The fellowship supports research about the unique social challenges facing Asian American children. The position also includes teaching in the Asian American Studies Program at The University of Maryland and developing community-based lectures and parenting workshops. Jia Li is currently writing up her dissertation, based on research about children’s shyness, that she carried out in Hong Kong last year as a Fulbright Fellow. She has also earned a Graduate Certificate in Culture, Health and Human Development through coursework and research in China.
Sumbleen Ali receives summer fellowship from IBACS
Congratulations to Sumbleen Ali, the second HDFS graduate student this year to receive a summer fellowship from the CT Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (IBACS). You can learn more about the fellowship, and about IBACS, here.