The SAND lab members presented their research at Flux Congress 2019. Flux: The Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience is a non-profit corporation with the purpose of advancing the understanding of human brain development. Find out more about Flux here.
Dr. Silvers was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Early-Career Award. More information about this award can be found here. Congratulations, Dr. Silvers!!
On behalf of the BRI/Semel SfN Travel Awards Committee, João was selected to be a recipient of the BRI/Semel Institute Graduate Travel Award for travel expenses related to attending the 2019 SfN meeting! Congratulations, João!
On behalf of Vice Chancellor Michael Levine, Dr. Silvers was selected to be a recipient of the UCLA Hellman Fellows award! More information about the UCLA Hellman Fellows Program can be found here. Congratulations, Dr. Silvers!
PURC is the Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference hosted by UCLA. Four of our outstanding research assistants presented posters at the 2019 annual conference. More information on PURC can be found here. Zoey’s research explored the differential effects of early caregiving adversity on parental warmth and child anxiety symptoms. She found that while children exposed to
Our first year graduate student, Adriana Méndez Leal was awarded a Graduate Research Mentorship (GRM) Fellowship. More information on the GRM Program can be found here. Congrats Adriana!
Our incoming first year graduate student, Natalie Saragosa-Harris was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. More information about the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program can be found here. Congrats Natalie!
João Guassi Moreira presenting data on early life stress, inflammation, and brain development at the Society for Research and Child Developmental (SRCD) 2019 Biennial Meeting. SRCD was founded in 1933 to “stimulate and support research, to encourage cooperation among individuals engaged in the scientific study of child development, and to encourage applications of research findings.” Find
Dr. Silvers was selected to receive the Early Career Research Contributions Award from the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). This award recognizes her ability to strongly distinguish herself as a researcher and scholar, as evidenced through research, publications, and scholarly activities. More information can be found here. Congrats Dr. Silvers!
João Guassi Moreira’s paper: Spatial and temporal cortical variability track with age and affective experience during emotion regulation in youth, was published at Developmental Psychology. Congrats João!
