Graduate and Post Doctoral Student Awards and Honors

2021

  • Ashley Ruba, PhD, Post Doctoral Fellow at University of Wisconsin-Madison, APA Dissertation Award for Developmental Psychology (Division 7)

2020

  • Ashely Ruba, PhD, Post Doctoral Fellow at University of Wisconsin-Madison,  Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences, University of Washington

2019

  • Jamie Hanson, PhD, Asst Prof at Univeristy of Pittsburgh, American Psychological Foundation Award
  • Ashley Ruba, PhD, Post Doctoral Fellow at University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019-2022 NIMH Training Program in Emotion Research Postdoctoral Fellowship

2018

  • Jamie Hanson, PhD, Asst Prof at Univeristy of Pittsburgh, named APS Rising Star

2014

  • Brian Leitzke , Morse Society Fellowship
  • Rista Plate, Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation 2014-2017

2012

  • Jamie Hanson, Friends of the Waisman Center Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Jamie Hanson, Fellowship, Summer Institute on Social Developmental Neuroscience, University of Maryland
  • Jamie Hanson, Vilas Dissertation Travel Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Rista Plate, Emotion Training Research Fellowship 2012-2014

2011

  • Jamie Hanson, Travel Award, NIMH and University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Jamie Hanson, Schwartz Fellowship, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Jamie Hanson, Fellow, NIMH Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California Santa Barbara
  • Jamie Hanson, Travel Award, National Academy of Sciences

2010

  • Sarah Romens, Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award (NRSA), titled “Early Chronic Stress and Development of Depression: Mechanisms of Risk”
  • Jamie Hanson, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) from the National Institute for Drug Abuse, titled “Neurodevelopmental Correlates of Reward Processing and Adolescent Substance Abuse”

2008

  • Jennifer AltUniversity of Wisconsin Medical School/Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Nicole Strang, University of Wisconsin/Psychology Department Schwartz Fellowship Award

2007

  • Jamie Hanson, Fellow, John Merck Fund Sackler Summer Institute on the Biology of Developmental Disabilities
  • Alison Wismer Fries, American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award
  • Anne van Grondelle, National Institute of Mental Health Emotion Research Training Grant Fellowship (2007-2009)
  • Jessica Shackman, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Population Health Sciences Dissertation Grant
  • Elizabeth Shirtcliff, National Institute of Mental Health K01 Award (2007-2012)
  • Jennifer McDermott, University of Maryland/Ann Wylie Dissertation Fellowship

2006

  • Sarah Romens, University of Wisconsin/Lyn Abramson Award for Cognitive Approaches to Psychopathology
  • Alison Wismer Fries, Jeanette Hoffman Memorial Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship
  • Anne van Grondelle, University of Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

2005

  • Sarah Romens, University of Wisconsin/Psychology Department Collaborative Research Award
  • Jessica Shackman, National Institute of Mental Health Kirschtein National Research Service Award Pre-doctoral Fellowship (F31) (2005-2008)
  • Joe Flanders, Quebec Grants for Research on Society and Culture, Doctoral Research Fellowship
  • Jessica Shackman, Marian Schwartz Fellowship for Cognitive and Experimental Psychology
  • Jennifer McDermott, National Institute of Mental Health Kirschtein National Research Service Award Pre-doctoral Fellowship (F31) (2005-2007)

2004

  • Alison Wismer Fries, University of Wisconsin Graduate School Fellowship (2004-2005)

2003

  • Joe Flanders, St. Justine’s Hospital Research Centre, Quebec, Canada/Student Researcher Grant (2003-2005)
  • Jennifer McDermott, National Institute of Mental Health Trainee Award: Early Experience, Stress Neurobiology & Prevention Science Network (2003-2005)
  • Alison Wismer Fries, Alvin L. Berman and Ruth Bleier Memorial Research Award for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Research
  • Jessica Shackman, National Institute of Mental Health Emotion Research Training Grant Fellowship (2003-2005)
  • Alison Wismer Fries, Ramona Messerschmidt Trust Clinical Psychology Award
  • Elizabeth Shirtcliff, National Institute of Mental Health Emotion Research Training Grant Post-Doctoral Fellowship
  • Jennifer McDermott, John Merck Summer Graduate Scholar

2002

  • Alison Wismer Fries, National Institute of Mental Health Trainee Award: Early Experience, Stress Neurobiology & Prevention Science Network (2002-2004)
  • Jessica Shackman, University of Wisconsin Graduate School Distinguished Fellowship (2002-2003)

2000

  • Alison Wismer Fries, National Institute of Mental Health/Trainee, Training Program in Emotion Research (2000-2002)