The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies has presented its first Anne Marie Albano Early Career Award for Excellence in the Integration of Science and Practice to Nicole E. Caporino, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of psychology at American University. Caporino studies the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents. She is now working to open the university's first public facility for treating these disorders in youth.
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology has given the Jack Block Award for Distinguished Research in Personality to Lee Anna Clark, PhD, chair of the psychology department at the University of Notre Dame. Clark conducts research on the assessment of personality disorder and developed the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality, a personality inventory now in its second edition.
The Society for Personality Assessment has presented its Bruno Klopfer Award to Les Morey, PhD, the George T. and Gladys H. Abell Professor of Liberal Arts in the psychology department at Texas A&M University. The award recognizes his outstanding professional contributions to teaching and scholarship in the field of personality assessment.
The Social Psychology Section of the American Sociological Association presented its Cooley-Mead award to Carmi Schooler, PhD, for his lifetime contributions to scholarship in sociological social psychology. Schooler is a senior scientist in the department of sociology at the University of Maryland College Park.
The Social Personality and Health Network has presented its Early Career Award to Elliot Berkman, PhD, for his outstanding work integrating social and personality psychology and health. Berkman is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Oregon. He directs the university's Social and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, where he studies self-regulation and goal pursuit.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected eight psychologists as fellows: Ruben C. Gur, PhD, of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Norma Graham, PhD, of Columbia University; James H. Howard Jr., PhD, of the Catholic University of America; Elizabeth F. Loftus, PhD, of the University of California, Irvine; Ricardo F. Muñoz, PhD, of Palo Alto University and the University of California at San Francisco; Abigail J. Stewart, PhD, of the University of Michigan; Jyotsna Vaid, PhD, of Texas A&M University; and Bencie Woll, PhD, of University College London. Election as a fellow recognizes outstanding efforts to advance science and is bestowed by one's peers.
The Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences has presented its 2017 Early Career Impact Award to six scientists who have made major contributions to the study of the mind, brain and behavior: Rebecca England Amariglio, PhD, Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society Award); Edward Cokely, PhD, University of Oklahoma (Society for Judgment and Decision Making Award); Michael C. Frank, PhD, Stanford University (Cognitive Science Society Award); Richard Morey, PhD, Cardiff University (Psychonomic Society Award); Ozioma C. Okonkwo, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison (National Academy of Neuropsychology Award); and Bethany Reeb-Sutherland, PhD, Florida International University (International Society for Developmental Psychobiology Award).