Foundation for Rehabilitation Psychology Student Presentation Award

The foundation has been and intends to continue, if not increase, awards for student presentationsopens in new window at the annual midwinter meeting and/or other venues. The number of awards and amounts vary year to year; typically, awards for the best poster and best oral presentation have been made. Information about awards and procedures for applying for them are found in the annual invitation pages for the midwinter meeting. 

2015

• Joshua McKeever is a doctoral student of Maria T. Schultheis, PhD, at Drexel University. He presented on his research project, “Prospective Memory Acquisition in Multiple Sclerosis.”

2014

• Trey Anderson is a doctoral student of Tim Elliott, PhD, at Texas A&M University. He presented his research project on “Depression Among Persons with Sensory Disabilities in a Rural, Underserved Region.”

2013

• Emily M. Lund, MEd, is a doctoral student in special education and rehabilitation counseling at Utah State University. Her research project, “Developing a Contextual Model of Caregiver Burden: Examining Abuse, Depression, and Problem-Solving,” was mentored by Timothy R. Ellliot, PhD, at Texas A&M University. 

2012

• Sara Martindale, a graduate student at Baylor University, won first place for her poster, “Action and Emotion-focused Coping Styles as a Mediator Between Neuropsychological Functioning and Quality of Life Outcomes in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans.” She was mentored by Sara L. Dolan, PhD (Baylor University) and Sandra B. Morissette, PhD (VA VISN17 Center of Excellence for Research on returning War Veterans).
• Laura Coffey won first place for her oral research presentation entitled “Psychosocial Adjustment to Lower Limb Amputation: The Role of Tenacious Goal Pursuit and Flexible Goal Adjustment.” Her work was supervised by Pamela Gallagher, PhD, Dublin City University, Ireland.