Recent Awards, Addresses and Grants

Craig Colder

  • "Motivation in Context: Risk for early substance use", Minority supplement to support training of Hector Lopez.

Derek Daniels

  • Role of angiotensin II receptor signaling pathways in body fluid homeostasis, R01, 2009-2014, $1,935,805.
  • Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Alan N. Epstein Research Award, 2009 .

Micheal L. Dent

  • Principal Investigator: (NIDCD grant: R03DC009483) Behavioral measures of temporal resolution in mice with or without Kv1.1 subunits. Grant Period: 2008-2011 (Direct costs = $300,000, Total costs = $443,826).
  • Principal Investigator: (NIDCD ARRA Administrative Supplement) Accelerating the Science, ACC. Grant Period: 2009-2010 (Direct costs = $50,000, Total costs = $74,743).
  • Micheal Dent and Eddie Mercado: NSF OBSSR Science of Learning Center Supplement, Brain dynamics underlying auditory sequence learning. Grant Period: 2009-2011 (Total costs = $300,000, UB costs = $171,867). Boston University Collaborators = Barbara Shinn-Cunningham and Kamal Sen; UCSD Collaborator = Scott Makeig.

Larry Hawk

  • 2009-2011: Drug Abuse and Impulsivity: Tests of Animal Models (Co-Investigator; PI, Jerry Richards). NIDA/NIH 2 R01 DA010588. Direct Costs: $375,000.
  • 2008-2010: Extended Pre-cessation Varenicline for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study. (Co-Investigator; PI, Martin Mahoney). Pfizer. Direct Costs: $148,000.

Eduardo Mercado III

  • Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University
  • Micheal Dent and Eddie Mercado: NSF OBSSR Science of Learning Center Supplement, Brain dynamics underlying auditory sequence learning. Grant Period: 2009-2011 (Total costs = $300,000, UB costs = $171,867). Boston University Collaborators = Barbara Shinn-Cunningham and Kamal Sen; UCSD Collaborator = Scott Makeig.

Mark B. Kristal

  • USA Councilor to the Governing Council (10 Councilors, 3 from USA) of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society.

Jamie Ostrov

  • Principal Investigator: (NICHD grant: 1R03HD059781-01A1): Relational Aggression, Victimization, and Adjustment during Middle Childhood.

Lora Park

  • National Science Foundation Grant, Effects of goal pursuit on women's performance and persistence in science, technology, engineering and math.

Jennifer Read

  • “Trauma, Trauma Sequelae, and Information Processing” (R01 AA016564-01A. J.P. Read, PI). National Institute on Alcohol Abuse 6/1/08-5/31/13 $750,000 (direct).
  • 2009 First Place Presentation, Division 50 (Addictive Behaviors) Early Career Award Competition.

Len Simms

  • National Institute of Mental Health R01, Development of a computerized adaptive test of personality disorder.
  • 2008, Samuel J. and Anna G. Beck Award for Outstanding Early Career Research in the Field of Personality Assessment from the Society of Personality Assessment.

David Smith

  • Psy Chi Distinguished Lecture, Annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, February 20, 2009.

Graduate Student Awards

  • Josh Clapp is an advanced clinical student who was awarded an NRSA from NIMH titled "Expressive Withholding Following Trauma: Implications for Posttraumatic Numbing". Drs. Colder and Beck are co-mentors of the project.
  • Kristen Garcia, Student Travel Award, Acoustical Society of America, 2009.

In the Press

Mark B. Kristal

Eduardo Mercado III

Jamie Ostrov

Mark Seery

David Smith