Department of Psychology
Dr. S. Alexandra Burt was presented with the Fuller and Scott Early Career Award from the Behavior Genetics Association at their annual meeting in Minneapolis in June.
 
 
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  • Neural and Hormonal Control of Biological Rhythms
  • Hormones and Reproductive Behavior
  • Regulatory Behaviors
     
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    What's Happening
    Dr. Becki Campbell has been awarded the 2008 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions in the Public Interest (Early Career). Congratulations
    Tim Pleskac recieved the Hillel Einhorn Young Investigator Award from the Society of Judgment and Decision Making for his paper titled "Decision Making and Learning While Taking Sequential Risks." The paper was publihsed in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
    Frederick Leong received a $16,000 grant from the Creating Inclusive Excellence program through the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives to fund a conference to be sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Psychology Research entitled “Even the Rat was White: Towards an Inclusive Psychology via the MSU Symposium on Multicultural Psychology."
    Holly Rosen and Cris Sullivan received a $224,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice entitled “Grant to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women on Campuses.”
    Robin Miller was awarded a $162,000 contract from the Michigan Department of Community Health's HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention Section to conduct a statewide study of the HIV prevention needs of adolescent and young adult African American men who have sex with men.
    Bill Davidson and Sean Hankins received $168,000 from Ingham County to fund the Adolescent Diversion Project.
    Rebecca Campbell received a $227,000 contract from the Michigan Department of Community Health to conduct a state-wide evaluation of the implementation of the new federal Violence Against Women Act legislative mandate that all sexual assault survivors are entitled to receive a medical forensic exam at no cost.
    Rich Lucas was awarded $118,000 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA): "Reaction and Adaptation to Major Life Events."
    Alex Burt and Kelly Klump were awarded $1,573,000 from the National Institute for Mental Health for their R01 study: “Gene-environment Interactions in Childhood Conduct Problems.”
    We have received news that Dr. William Davidson has received APA Division 27's 2007 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Theory and Research in Commuity Psychology
    Bill Davidson, Eyitayo Onifade and Christina Campbell received $29,000 from Ingham County for the project “Risk Assessment in a Juvenile Court.”
    Zach Hambrick, Julie Libarkin (MSU) and Heather Petcovic (Western Michigan Univ.) received a 3-year NSF grant to study the basis of learning and expertise in the geological sciences.
    Kelly Klump and Alex Burt received $2,795,000 from the National Institute of Mental Health for their R01 study: “A Twin Study of Ovarian Hormones and Disordered Eating.”

     
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