Department News
- The Fall 2012 edition of p<.05 News, the Psychology Department's Alumni Newsletter, released on October 9, 2012.
- Dr. Laraine Glidden retires after 36 years of service.
- Dr. Terell Lasane, Katy Daly '04, Gwen Calhoon '06, and Jennie Milstein '01 all return to SMCM to teach PSYC courses in AY12-13
- Student awarded the Laraine Masters Glidden Undergraduate Student Award to attend a conference in March 2013.
Grant News
2012
Sasha Goluskin '12 received a Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Grant of $1,158.69 in support of her SMP research, "Prenatal Fluoxetine Exposure: Mitigation of Emotional-Behavioral Abnormalities with Neonatal Tactile Stimulation" (under the mentorship of Dr. Aileen Bailey).
Katerina Placek '12 received a Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Grant of $1,500 in support of her SMP research, "Investigating the Role of the 5-HT 1B Receptor in the CA1 of Rats" (under the mentorship of Dr. Aileen Bailey).
2011
Jesse Flerlage '11 received a Sigma Xi grant of $900 in support of his SMP research, "Role of ΔFosB in Enhanced Incubation of Cocaine Craving in the Neonatal Ventral Hippocampal Lesion Model of Schizophrenia" (under the mentorship of Dr. Anne Marie Brady).
Jackie Fullerton '12 was awarded a CUR/Psi Chi Summer Research Grant to conduct research in Dr. Anne Marie Brady's laboratory. The award provided a $3,500 stipend for her to work full-time in the laboratory during summer 2011. She investigated executive function deficits in a rat model of schizophrenia.
2010
Julie Bernstein '11 (a psyc major, neuroscience minor, and member of Psi Chi since December '09) was awarded a Psi Chi Summer Research Grant in the amount of $3,500 to work full-time with Dr. Brady in the lab during summer 2010. She investigated behavioral abnormalities in an animal model of dual diagnosis (schizophrenia and drug addiction).
Kimberly Konka '10 received a Sigma Xi grant of $978 in support of her SMP research "Investigating the effects of postnatal exposure to Prozac on adult rat motor and emotional behavior" under the mentorship of Dr. Aileen Bailey. Kimmie finished her project in SP10.
2009
Alex Hernandez was selected for a 2009 Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Biology Travel Award for his abstract entitled "An investigation of sex differences in behavior in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion rat model of schizophrenia" that was submitted to the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, October 17-21 2009, in Chicago, IL. Alex's award was $250 and he also received a matching award from the Neuroscience program to help pay for his travel expenses.
Jennifer Slomski, Christopher Heiland, and Liz Smith received Sigma Xi grants of $996, $800 and $400 respectively. Awards supported students' SMP animal-involved research under the mentorship of Dr. Anne Marie Brady. Jen and Chris finished their projects in SP09 and Liz finished her project in SP10.
2008
Trevor Logan, Jenalee Coster and Robert Blackwell received Sigma Xi grants of $400, $700, & $1000 respectively. Awards supported students' SMP animal-involved research. Trevor and Jenalee were mentored by Dr. Aileen Bailey. Robert Backwell completed his SMP under the mentorship of Dr. Anne Marie Brady.
2007
Jackie McGill received a Sigma Xi grant of $1,000 and a Psi Chi award for $1,431.95. Chelsea Reid received a Sigma Xi grant of $1,000. Cassie Ruiz received a Sigma Xi grant of $400. Awards supported students' SMP animal-involved research under the mentorship of Dr. Anne Marie Brady.
