2024 Student Awards and 2025 Student Grant Announcements
2024 Student Awards Announcement
SPP honored and funded several outstanding student award winners at SPPAC 2024.
Eugene Walker Education Award in Pediatric Psychology
Katerina Castaño (Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
Travel Award Winners:
Randall Smith (The University of Memphis)
Hannah Thomas (Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital)
Emily Scarpulla (Stanford Children’s Hospital)
Shirin Podury (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Haley Faust (Children’s Hospital of Atlanta)
Paige Auckland (Norton Children’s Hospital)
Morgan Sachleben (Catholic University of America)
Katherine Weaver (University of South Carolina)
Sarah Morton (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Abigail Bushnell (DePaul University)
Amy Jeong (Brigham Young University)
Andrea Johnson (Stanford University)
Diversity Poster Award Winners:
John Wilson III (Boston University)
Sociodemographic Identity Affects Transition to Adulthood for Autistic Youth and Their Families: Caregiver and Provider Perspectives
Tara Weixel (Kent State University)
Post-operative Outcomes for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth and Young Adults who Received Top Surgery as Minors
Courtney Thomas (Nemours Children’s Health)
Engaging Families of Youth of Color to Refine a Type 1 Diabetes Peer Mentoring Program for Equitable CGM Use
Adora Choquette (University of Memphis)
Direct and Indirect Effects of Microaggressions and Diabetes-related Stress on HbA1C in Diverse Youth with Type 1 Diabetes
Harrison Powers (University of Cincinnati)
Body Dissatisfaction and Perceived Sexual Attractiveness Amongst Different Sexual Minority Adolescents and Young Adults.
Student Poster Award Winners:
Gabriela Lelakowska (Children’s Hospital of Colorado)
Rates of Substance Use in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Candidates: The Role of Pediatric Psychology in Universal Screening
Emma Lecarie (Arizona State University; Stanford Children’s Hospital)
Importance of Sleep in the Relation between Pubertal Development and Internalizing Symptoms for Youth at Pubertal Onset
Gabriella George (Montefiore Medical Center)
Parents’ Perspectives Toward Genome Sequencing in Racially and Ethnical Diverse Children and Young Adults with Neurodevelopmental Disorders within Integrated Primary Care
Barbara Storch (Yale Child Study Center)
Patient-Reported Transition Readiness in Adolescents and Young Adults with Neuromuscular Disorders: A Descriptive Examination
Ana Miranda (Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital)
Adolescent and Young Adult Pediatric Cancer Survivors’ Nutrition and Physical Activity Knowledge, Behaviors, Beliefs and Adjustment Differences by Weight Range
Kelsey Jong (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)
Improving Pediatric Psychology Services in a Multidisciplinary Severe Asthma Clinic: Feedback from a Youth Advisory Council, Providers, and Caregivers
Rachel Glock (East Carolina University)
Resilience in Rural Survivorship: Examining its Impact on Health Outcomes in Young Adult Cancer Survivors
Gabriella Bobadilla (University of Illinois-Chicago)
Addressing Mental Health Disparities in Urban Primary Care Settings: Teen Screening Practices and Linguistic Inclusivity
Sarah Syed (Tufts University)
Trends in Psychiatric Emergency Service Use by Asian American Youth Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic
KellyAnn Bonanno (University of Cincinnati)
Barriers to Mental Health Service Utilization after Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Very special thanks to student and diversity poster award reviewers: Melissa Carson, Jessica Kichler, Megan Carlson, Lauren Gallanis, Kristie Schultz, Steven Reader, Kim Gushanas, Susan Tran, Nicole Kahhan, Gwen Beard, Amy Hahn, Christina Low Kapalu, Arwen marker, Anna Jones, Sam Bora, Desti Shephard Edwards, and Kelly Donohue.
2025 Student Grants Announcement
Below are announcements for four SPP sponsored grants to support future or ongoing research.
GRANTS
The Marion and Donald Routh Student Research Grant
The Society of Pediatric Psychology, Division 54, has established this annual research scholar grant program for current student members of SPP in full-time psychology graduate programs (i.e. graduate students or interns) conducting research under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Research proposals should address areas consistent with the field of pediatric psychology. Funding is available up to $5000. Up to $500 of the award can be allocated in the budget to support conference attendance. One winner will be selected. A second-place award of up to $1,000 will provided to the runner-up to support their proposed study.
Application deadline is October 15, 2024.
Please see the SPP website for complete eligibility criteria and information on how to apply for this grant at Division 54 Awards and Grants - Society of Pediatric Psychology (pedpsych.org)
Mary Jo Kupst Trainee Grant for Research in Resilience
This award was initiated to honor Mary Jo Kupst, PhD’s career contributions. This grant is designed to help facilitate trainee research that will provide a novel contribution and advance the field of pediatric psychology specifically in resilience and/or family functioning. A yearly award of up to $1,000 is available to any graduate student, intern, or postdoctoral fellow who is a member of the Society of Pediatric Psychology.
Application deadline is October 15, 2024.
Please see the SPP website for complete eligibility criteria and information on how to apply for this grant at Division 54 Awards and Grants - Society of Pediatric Psychology (pedpsych.org)
Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant
This grant is open to students and faculty to support clinical research related to the prevention of injuries in children and adolescents. Funding is available up to $5,000 and is sponsored jointly by APA Division 54 and the American Psychological Foundation (APF) https://www.apa.org/apf/funding/peterson-homer.
Application deadline is October 15, 2024.
Please see the SPP website for complete eligibility criteria and information on how to apply for this grant at Division 54 Awards and Grants - Society of Pediatric Psychology (pedpsych.org)
Drotar-Crawford Postdoctoral Fellowship Research Grant in Pediatric Psychology
This grant is made possible by a generous donation from Peggy Crawford, PhD and Dennis (“Denny”) Drotar, PhD. The award is open to postdoctoral fellows who are current members of the Society of Pediatric Psychology to support research related pediatric psychology under the guidance of a mentor. Funding is available up to $10,000 (for up to 2 years). Up to $1000 of the award may be allocated for travel related to research training, collaborations, or for presentation of research findings. Funds are not provided for indirect costs, stipends of the fellow or costs associated with manuscript preparation.
Application deadline is October 15, 2024.
Please see the SPP website for complete eligibility criteria and information on how to apply for this grant at Division 54 Awards and Grants - Society of Pediatric Psychology (pedpsych.org)
*Trainees can only receive one research grant during each training phase (i.e., one during graduate school and one during postdoctoral fellowship/internship). Further, while only one grant will be awarded to an individual trainee, if your research applications fit more than one call, trainees are allowed to apply to more than one grant.
All applications, with exception of the Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant, should be submitted as a single pdf document and emailed to:
Megan Cohen, Ph.D., ABPP
Member-at-Large Student/Trainee Development
Division 54, The Society of Pediatric Psychology
Megan.cohen@nemours.org