2012 SSCP Dissertation Award Winners Announced

From SSCP President Richard Heimberg: Colleagues,  It is my honor to announce the winners of the 2012 SSCP Dissertation Award. We received 26 applications this year. It was truly an impressive set of dissertation projects, and a very difficult decision for the Committee.   The winners (in alphabetical order) are:  1.     Dylan G. Gee, University of California, Los Angeles (Advisor: Tyrone D. Cannon). Amygdala-Prefrontal Function and Clinical Course among Adolescents and Young Adults at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis 2.     Evan Kleiman, George Mason University (Advisor: John H. Riskind). The stress generation theory explains unanswered questions in suicide research: An integrated transactional diathesis-stress model of suicide 3.   Jessica Ribeiro, Florida State University (Advisor: Thomas Joiner). Acute Over-Arousal and the Acquired Capability for Suicide: Understanding Acute Suicide Risk through the Lens of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide 4.     Donald J. Robinaugh, Harvard University (Advisor: Richard J. McNally). Constructive Episodic Simulation of Future Events in Bereaved Adults With and Without Complicated Grief The winners will receive: ·       A check for $500 ·       An invitation to publish their abstract in an upcoming issue of Clinical Science  A special thank you to the SSCP Dissertation Award Committee for their time and thoughtful attention to this important decision: ·       Dr. Peter Norton, Committee Chair ·       Dr. Courtney Beard ·       Dr. Trevor Hart ·      Dr. David DiLillo ·      Angela Smith, Student Representative to the Committee. SSCP members can look forward to a new generation of very strong clinical scientists conducting methodologically sound and clinically important work. Congratulations to all.  Happy holidays, Rick Heimberg, PhD President, SSCP 2012