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2026<\/h3>\n
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Recipients of the SUNY Chancellor\u2019s Award for Student Excellence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 2026<\/strong> Katie graduated with a BS in Psychology from the University at Buffalo with honors in May 2026. She was the recipient of several awards including: the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduating Senior in Psychology Award (the highest award in the college for graduating seniors) and the SUNY Chancellor\u2019s Award<\/a> (highest award in the SUNY system).<\/p>\n

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Patrick presenting Vanessa her Parking Lot Dissertation Award at 2026 Commencement!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 2026<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Cao on her receipt of the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the School of Arts and Sciences at the University! This award is given to graduate students who have demonstrated strong scholarship and research impact across their graduate school training.<\/p>\n

May 2026 <\/strong>Alex Baker successfully defended her two-year thesis! We\u2019re so proud of the work you\u2019re doing!<\/p>\n

April 2026<\/strong> Vanessa Cao was selected as the runner up in the University One-page Policy Pitch Competition! Her proposal highlighted socioemotional learning work being done at Mount Hope Family Center and its importance in the implications for state-level legislature!<\/p>\n

March 2026<\/strong> <\/b>Congratulations to Dr. Vanessa Cao for successfully defending her dissertation! We are so excited that you will be continuing your research under Dr. Noll at the Mt. Hope Family Center!<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jennie Noll presenting Leena Twal with her award at the 2025 Department Awards!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 2026<\/strong> Congratulations to Vanessa Cao for being awarded the Fred Rogosh Research Award! This award recognizes a graduate student who has made significant contributions to the field of developmental psychology. Winners are selected for having shown promise as independent scholars within the field and having demonstrated a committment to research.<\/p>\n

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2025<\/h3>\n

December, 2025<\/strong> Congratulations to Leena Twal for being awarded the Community Engagement and Enrichment Award! This award aims to recognize contributions to enhancing engagement within the department of psychology and enriching collaboration between the community and the department.<\/p>\n

December, 2025<\/strong> Congratulations to Vanessa Cao for being awarded the Emory L. Cowan Award! This award is given to a graduate student who has first-authored the best article in a high-quality psychology journal in a given year. The article must either be published or accepted for publication at the time of consideration.<\/p>\n

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Lab send off at Genesee Brew House!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Meera schools entire lab in March Madness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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June, 2025 <\/strong>Congratulations to both Meera Patel (Developmental Psychology, ASU) and Marissa Hendrickson (Developmental Psychology, UC-Davis) who both will be off to\u00a0pursue their Ph.D.s this year. We will miss you!<\/p>\n

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2024<\/h3>\n
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Classic facial expression exchange between Patrick Davies and Vanessa Cao as he presents her with the Alfred Baldwin Award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December, 2024<\/strong> Congratulations to Vanessa Cao for being awarded the Alfred Baldwin Award! This award is given to a graduate student for important contributions in a program of research while enrolled as a graduate student in the Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology at the University of Rochester.<\/p>\n

December, 2024<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Jo Pearson for successfully defending her dissertation!<\/p>\n

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Dr. Cory & Dr. Hannah at their graduation!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December, 2024<\/strong> Leena Twal successfully defended her two-year thesis! Awesome job, Leena!<\/p>\n

August, 2024 <\/b>Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Swerbenski for successfully defending her dissertation! We are so excited that you will be continuing your research under Dr. Noll at the Mt. Hope Family Center!<\/p>\n

May, 2024<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Cory Platts for successfully defending his dissertation! University of Missouri is lucky to have you as a postdoctoral fellow!<\/p>\n

January, 2024<\/strong> Congratulations to Vanessa Cao for her notification of award for her F31 Fellowship Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NSRA) from the National Institute of Metal Health (NIMH) for her work entitled, \u201c\u201cIdentifying Risk Mechanisms Underpinning the Association Between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Externalizing Behavior\u201d!<\/p>\n

2023<\/h3>\n

December, 2023<\/strong> Congratulations to Cory Platts for being awarded the Alfred Baldwin Award! This award is given to a graduate student for important contributions in a program of research while enrolled as a graduate student in the Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology at the University of Rochester.<\/p>\n

December, 2023<\/strong> Congratulations to Leena Twal for being awarded the Lisa Flanagan Grossman Memorial Award! This award honors a student\u2019s commitment to the work at the Mt. Hope Family Center, the families served, and to development of knowledge in the field of child abuse and its prevention.<\/p>\n

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September, 2023<\/strong> Vanessa Cao successfully defended her two-year thesis entitled \u201cDisentangling the Relationship Between<\/em><\/p>\n

Callous-Unemotional Traits and Unsupportive Parenting Through a Developmental Lens<\/em>\u201c!<\/p>\n

March, 2023<\/strong> Huge congratulations to Dr. Patrick Davies for being awarded the prestigious Bowlby-Ainsworth Award! We are so proud of you!<\/p>\n

2023<\/strong> Congratulations to Hannah Swerbenski for her acceptance into the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) Summer Research Institute!<\/p>\n

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2022<\/h3>\n

December, 2022<\/strong> Congratulations to Hannah Swerbenski for being awarded the Alfred Baldwin Award! This award is given to a graduate student for important contributions in a program of research while enrolled as a graduate student in the Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology at the University of Rochester.<\/p>\n

August, 2022<\/strong> Congratulations to Hannah Swerbenski for her notification of award for her F31 Fellowship Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NSRA) from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) for her work entitled, \u201cIntergenerational Vestiges of Childhood Maltreatment: Physiological Mediating Mechanisms of Parenting\u201d!<\/p>\n

August, 2022<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Deb Jacques for successfully defending her dissertation! The University of Washington is lucky to have her as an incoming Assistant Professor!<\/p>\n

April, 2022<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Morgan for successfully defending her dissertation! Auburn University is lucky to have you as a postdoctoral fellow!<\/p>\n

May, 2022<\/strong> Congratulations to Vanessa Cao for being awarded a Best Blitz Talk Award with her presentation entitled, \u201cDisentangling the Relationship Between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Unsupportive Parenting Through a Developmental Lens\u201d at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy (SSSP)!<\/p>\n

May, 2022<\/strong> Congratulations to Hannah Swerbenski for being awarded the Donald M. and Janet C. Barnard Fellowship!<\/p>\n

April, 2022<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Morgan Thompson for successfully defending\u00a0 her dissertation! Auburn University is lucky to have her as an incoming Post-Doctoral Researcher!<\/p>\n

2021<\/h3>\n

August, 2021<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Davies and Dr. Melissa Sturge-Apple on their recently awarded R01 from the NICHD to study the pandemic\u2019s implications for American families and parenting!<\/p>\n

July, 2021<\/strong> Congratulations to Deb Jacques and Hannah Swerbenski for being awarded the Lisa Flanagan Grossman Memorial Award! This award recognizes outstanding students committed to the Mount Hope Family Center and prevention of Child Abuse.<\/p>\n

2020<\/h3>\n

December, 2020 <\/strong>Congratulations to Hannah Jones-Gordils for being awarded the Helen and Vincent Nowlis Award! This award is given to a graduate student for having demonstrated commitment to, and excellence in teaching and mentoring.<\/p>\n

December, 2020<\/strong> Congratulations to Morgan Thompson for being awarded the Alfred Baldwin Award! This award is given to a graduate student for important contributions in a program of research while enrolled as a graduate student in the Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology at the University of Rochester.<\/p>\n

December, 2020<\/strong> Congratulations to Lucia Parry for being awarded the Emory Cowan Award! This award is given to a graduate student who has first-authored the best article in a Psychology journal in a given year.<\/p>\n

December, 2020<\/strong> Joanna Pearson successfully defended her two-year thesis entitled \u201cThe moderating role of adrenocortical reactivity in associations among interparental conflict, emotional reactivity, and school adjustment<\/em>.\u201d Congrats, Jo!<\/p>\n

October, 2020<\/strong> Congratulations to two of our undergraduate RAs, Grace Messina & Yensy Sanchez, for each being awarded Meliora Research Fellowships for their record of scientific achievement, quality of research, and potential in the field of psychological science!<\/p>\n

September, 2020<\/strong> Congratulations to Hannah Swerbenski for being awarded the Junior Scientist Fellowship from Psi Chi\/APAGS!<\/p>\n

July, 2020\u00a0<\/strong>Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Davies for being awarded the prestigious Mary Ainsworth Award for Excellence in Developmental Science (2021)! The Ainsworth award is to recognize excellence in scholarship and contributions to developmental science, including contributions in research, student training, and other scholarly endeavors. Evaluations are based on the scientific merit of the individual\u2019s work, the importance of this work for opening up new empirical or theoretical areas of development psychology, and the importance of the individual\u2019s work in linking developmental psychology with other disciplines.<\/p>\n

May, 2020<\/strong> Congratulations to Deb Jacques for receiving an Honorable Mention for the RISE Research Award with her poster entitled \u201cBlunted Emotional Reactivity in Young Children of Alcohol-Dependent Mothers: The Mediating Role of Maternal Insensitivity to Children\u2019s Emotional Distress\u201d!<\/em><\/p>\n

March, 2020<\/strong>\u00a0Dr. Patrick Davies was invited to speak at the Distinguished Lecture Series<\/a> at the University of Missouri this month with his presentation \u201cHow Do Children Cope with and Adjust to Conflict and Discord Between Parents?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

2019<\/h3>\n

December, 2019<\/strong> Congratulations to Deb Jacques for being awarded this year\u2019s\u00a0 Department of Psychology\u2019s Emory Cowen Award for the Best First-Authored Publication by a Graduate Student!<\/p>\n

September, 2019<\/strong> The 5-year R01 grant entitled, \u201cParent Self-Regulation, Parent-Child Coregulation, and Harsh Discipline,.\u201d of which Dr. Melissa Sturge-Apple is a Co-I, was awarded $3.1 million dollars from 2019-2024.<\/p>\n

August, 2019<\/strong> Congratulations to Hannah Swerbenski for being awarded the Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull University Fellowship!<\/p>\n

March, 2019<\/strong> Deb Jacques\u2019s poster entitled \u201cMaternal Alcohol Dependence and Harsh Parenting: Differential Susceptibility to Child Temperament Across Childrearing Contexts\u201d\u00a0<\/em>was nominated for the 2019 SRCD Student & Early Career Committee Poster Award<\/p>\n

July, 2019<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Sturge-Apple for being awarded the Reuben Hill Research and Theory Award\u2013 National Council on Family Relations!<\/p>\n

June, 2019<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Sturge-Apple for being named Vice Provost and University Dean of Graduate Education<\/p>\n

June, 2019<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Suor for beginning her new position as a F-32 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Illinois, Chicago\u2019s College of Medicine!<\/p>\n

May, 2019<\/strong> Jennifer Suor successfully defended her dissertation entitled \u201cThe interplay between parenting and child temperament in associations with children\u2019s executive functions in early childhood<\/em>.\u201d Congrats Dr. Suor!<\/p>\n

January, 2019<\/strong>\u00a0Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Davies for being elected as an American Psychological Association (APA) Fellow (Division 7- Developmental Psychology)!<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong> Hannah Swerbenski was appointed to the Internal Advisory Board from TRANSFORM (Translational Research that Adapts New Science for Maltreatment) through Mt. Hope!<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Sturge-Apple for her promotion to Professor!<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Davies for being named one of the Top Researchers in the World in Family Conflict, Family Relations, and Parent-Child Relations by Expertscape!<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong> Congratulations to Morgan Thompson for earning a Student Travel Award by the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)!<\/p>\n

2019 <\/strong>Congratulations to Willemijn van Eldik (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) for being awarded a Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award to work in our lab!<\/p>\n

2018<\/h3>\n

July, 2018<\/strong> Dr. Patrick Davies awarded a $2.9 million dollar 5-year R01 grant from,the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.<\/em> Title: \u201cConstructive Interparental Conflict Resolution and Child Adjustment\u201d (THRIVE)<\/p>\n

June, 2018<\/strong> Congratulations to Dr. Jesse Coe for beginning her new position as a T-32 National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellow at Alpert Medical School of Brown University!<\/p>\n

May, 2018 <\/strong>Jesse Coe successfully defended her dissertation entitled \u201cThe interplay among environmental unpredictability, harshness, children\u2019s physiological reactivity to stress, and risky behavior in early childhood.\u201d <\/em>Congrats Dr. Coe!<\/p>\n

August, 2017<\/strong> Congratulations to Morgan Thompson for being awarded the Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull University Fellowship!<\/p>\n

2018<\/strong> Congratulations to Aylin Ko\u00e7ak (Hacettepe University) for being awarded a fellowship from Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey to study in our lab!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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