The U.S. Army selected Hannah R. Martinez out of 438 students as the recipient of the Colonel George R. Lynch Leadership Award for its Basic Officer Leaders Course. As her citation reads, "Second Lieutenant Martinez's unwavering commitment to excellence and dedication to duty was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Army and reflect credit upon her, the 187th Medical Battalion, the Army Medical Department Center and School, and the United States Army."
The Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research has named James McCubbin, PhD, as its president. McCubbin is a faculty scholar in the School of Health Research at Clemson University, where previously he was senior associate dean of the College of Business and Behavioral Science and chair of the psychology department.
The United States Air Force has given Lisa Tripp, PhD, its Harold Brown Award, its highest recognition for a scientist or engineer. Tripp, who earned her PhD from Washington State University in 2011, is a research psychologist in the Air Force Research Laboratory's Warfighter Readiness Research Division. She was honored for her work developing new training methods for Air Force intelligence officers.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has appointed Charles Walker, PhD, to the Texas Brain Injury Advisory Council. Walker, a neuropsychologist at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UT Health Northeast), has 20 years of experience in the prevention of brain injuries and the rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury.
Congratulations to the APAGS winners
The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) honored these graduate students and psychologists:
Leadership Institute Grant for Future Leaders in Psychology:
Erin Adams, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Madeline Brodt, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Chathuri Illapperuma, Mississippi State University; Madison Silverstein, Auburn University; Lucas Zullo, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
David Pilon Scholarship for Training in Professional Psychology:
Cassandra Bailey, Sam Houston State University.
Ellin Bloch and Pierre Ritchie Diversity Dissertation Grant:
Trevor Dunn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Lee Eshelman, Miami University.
Nancy B. Forest and L. Michael Honaker Master's Grant for Research in Psychology: Lucy Finkelstein-Fox, University of Connecticut.
Scott Mesh Honorary Grant for Research in Psychology:
William Woody, Ohio University; Jessica Meyer, Pennsylvania State University.
The APAGS Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Dissertation Grant:
Jillian Scheer, Boston College.
Carol Williams-Nickelson Award for Women's Leadership and Scholarship in Women's Issues:
Sarah Javier, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Professional Development of Ethnic Minority Graduate Students:
Ana J. Bridges, PhD, University of Arkansas.
Raymond D. Fowler Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Professional Development of Graduate Students:
Gary R. Geffken, PhD, University of Florida.