Deanna Barch
Professor
Vice Dean of Research

• 2024 - 2025 President Elect, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
• 2024 Lieber Award for Lifetime Contributions to Schizophrenia Research, Brain Behavior and Research Foundation
• 2024 Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine

Nichole Bouffard
Postdoctoral Research Scholar

• Sallie P. Asche Travel Award, Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference, 2025

Pascal Boyer
Professor

• Fyssen Foundation International Prize - Cognitive science

Rebecca Cox
Assistant Professor

• Trainee Merit Award; Sleep Research Society Sleep and Circadian Science Scholar Award; Sleep Research Society

Yining Ding
Graduate Student

• 2024 Psychonomic Society Graduate Travel Award

Tammy English
Associate Professor

• Elected as fellow to Gerontological Society of America

Gizem Filiz
Graduate Student

• Received the Decision Education Research Scholarship Award 2023 and 2024
• Departmental research grant

Leonard Green 
Professor

• Elected to membership in the Society of Experimental Psychologists

• Certificate of Recognition, 25 year anniversary, “for outstanding and distinguished service as chapter advisor” from Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology

Merve Ileri-Tayar
Graduate Student

• Graduate Travel Award, The Psychonomic Society's 65th Annual Meeting, 2024

Derek Isaacowitz
Professor

• 2025 Mid-Career Research Trajectory Award, Society for Affective Science

Ethan Kinstler
Graduate Student

• Received honorable mentions in Behavioral Genetics for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Jaisal Merchant
Graduate Student

• Inducted into the Bouchet Graduate Honors Society

Jannah Moussaoui
Graduate Student

• Received honorable mentions in Developmental Psychology for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Josh Oltmanns
Assistant Professor

• APS Rising Star Award

Sarah Paul
Graduater Student

• 2025 - P.E.O. Scholar Award | International Chapter of the P.E.O
• 2024 - Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence – Finalist | Washington University in St. Louis

Taylor Pedersen
Graduate Student

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
• International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART) Ambassador 
• Center for Circadian Biology Network Award 

Carly Robinson
Graduate Student

• Competitive Travel Award to attend the 2024 Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Conference. Chicago, Illinois.
• Competitive Travel Award to attend the 2025 Second Annual Interdisciplinary Tutorial Workshop on Aging and Brain Health. Aspen Snowmass, Colorado.
• Competitive Travel Award to attend the 2025 Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference. Dallas, Texas.
• Competitive Travel Award to attend the 2025 Alzheimer Association International Conference (AAIC). Toronto, Canada.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Honorable Mention in Cognitive Neuroscience
• Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center Multidisciplinary Training in Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders T32 Award.

Jennifer Shearon
Graduate Student

• Mark S. Wrighton Graduate Student Research Award in Aging

Mitch Sommers
Professor

• 2024 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award

Jesse Sun
Assistant Professor

• Society for Personality and Social Psychology SAGE Early Career Trajectory Award (2024) Association for Psychological Science Rising Star (2024)

Karuna Thomas
Graduate Student

• Richard Kalish Graduate Student Paper Award (Association for Death Education and Counseling) - 2025
• Lichtenberg Scholarship in Geropsychology - 2024
• Arts & Sciences Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence - 2024

Lucy Tindel
Graduate Student

• Received honorable mentions in Cognitive Neuroscience for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Alison Tuck
Gradaute Student

• Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral National Research Service Award (F31)

Maddie Valdez
Graduate Student

• Psychonomic Society 2024 Graduate Travel Award
• Honorable Mention, 2024 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition, National Science Foundation

Emily Willroth
Assistant Professor

• Associate for Psychological Science Rising Star Award Outstanding Faculty Award, WashU Graduate and Professional Student Council American Psychological Association Div 20 (Adult Development and Aging) Early Career Award

Xinran Zhang
Graduate Student

• Sallie P. Asche Travel Award supplemented by the Center for Vital Longevity to attend the Dallas Aging and Cognition ConferencePostdoctoral Research Scholar

 

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