Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student Rini Kaplan Wins the McMillen Award for Parkinson’s Disease Research
Rini Kaplan, a student in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program, has won the McMillen Award for Parkinson’s Disease Research from the American Psychological Association (APA)’s Division 20, Adult Development and Aging. The McMillen is designed to encourage graduate student interest in research on Parkinson’s disease. Rini’s selection reflects the high quality of her dissertation research proposal. She will receive the award at the 2022 APA conference.
Rini’s award continues a strong tradition in the department’s Vision and Cognition Lab, directed by Dr. Alice Cronin-Golomb, with previous winners being Justin Centi (in the inaugural year of 2011), Deepti Putcha (2013), Olivier Barthelemy (2017), and Emma Weizenbaum (2020).