The purpose of the FABBS Doctoral Dissertation Research Excellence Awards is to acknowledge and honor graduate student scientists who have conducted doctoral dissertation research of superior scientific quality and broader societal impact. The opportunity to nominate students for these awards is offered to our Departmental and Division Affiliates.

Doctoral Dissertation Research Excellence Awards

2017-2018 Awardees

• Nick Jacobson, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Psychology and Psychiatry
  “Differences in Neural Activation in Anxiety and Depressive Disorders: An fMRI Meta-Analysis“
• Alaina Pearce, PhD, Georgetown University, Department of Psychology
  “Neurocognitive Deficits in Pediatric Obesity“
  
• Joseph Vitriol, PhD, University of Minnesota, Department of Psychology
  “The (In)Egalitarian Self: On the Motivated Rejection of Alleged Implicit Racial Bias“