Prof. Martha Tompson Elected to ABCT and APA Fellowships
Congratulations to PBS Associate Professor Martha Tompson for her dual elections as a Fellow of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
Prof. Stefan Hofmann Elected to Academia Europae
Congratulations to Professor Stefan Hofmann for his election to Academia Europae, the Europe-wide academy covering all academic disciplines.
Donna Pincus Leading New Investigation of Online Therapy for Childhood Anxiety
Associate Professor Donna Pincus is leading a new multi-site investigation of online therapy treatment for childhood anxiety, the largest of its kind. Details of the ambitious new initiative can be found in a new BU Today article. The BU study will work with almost 1,900 young people, ages 3 to 18, with mild to moderate anxiety, in […]
Congratulations to Scott Enos!
Congratulations to Scott Enos, PBS Business Manager, for winning this year’s “Excellence in Research Administration Award”. This annual recognition is given by the BU Office of Research. PBS would like to thank Scott for all that he does to support research grants and administration in our department.
Melissa Kibbe Wins Templeton Award
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Assistant Professor Melissa Kibbe has won a College of Arts and Sciences Templeton Award, which recognizes excellence in student advising. Awardees are considered based on nominations from their students. We congratulate Professor Kibbe on this well-deserved recognition!
Michael Hasselmo Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Professor Michael Hasselmo has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious scholarship organizations. We congratulate Professor Hasselmo on this high honor.
Khodadad Distinguished Lecture: The Value of Moral Action
Kayla Finch Awarded 2018 American Psychological Foundation Fellowship
Kayla Finch, a Developmental Science doctoral student in the Center for Autism Research Excellence, is one of a handful of recipients of the American Psychological Foundation’s 2018 Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship. This award speaks to the high quality and promise of of Kayla’s ongoing research. Congratulations!
Joseph McGuire Featured in BU Today
Faculty member Joseph McGuire and his Cognition & Decision Lab have been featured in a profile in BU Today. From the article: McGuire uses fMRI and other techniques to test theories about cognitive processes. A 2015 paper he published in Nature Neuroscience with coauthor Joseph Kable of the University of Pennsylvania, used fMRI to examine how people […]
Stefan Hofmann Recognized for Research on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Professor Stefan Hofmann has received the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Award for his study of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), anxiety disorders, and depression. The award, established by the German government to foster international cooperation in academia, recognizes scientists whose cutting-edge discoveries are expected to lead to even greater insights in the […]