Honors and Awards

Dr. Tobias Grossmann, Lab Director

2018

Fellowship Award of the Association for Psychological Science (APS)

2015

Mercator Fellow, German Research Foundation

2013

Visiting Scholar, Israel Institute for Advanced Studies

2012

Early Career Award, International Society on Infant Studies

2011

Early Career Award, Society for Research in Child Development

2007

Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship Award, Wellcome Trust

 

Kenn Dela Cruz, Doctoral Candidate

2024

Jefferson Scholars Foundation Dissertation Year Fellowship

UVA Representative for the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop in Washington, DC

2023

International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE) Fellowship, Max Planck Institute in collaboration with University of Virginia

Virginia Education Science Training Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Virginia, U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Science

2022

Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute Fellowship, Templeton World Charity Foundation

2020

E. Mavis Hetherington Fellowship, University of Virginia

 

Dr. Kathleen M. Krol, Postdoctoral Research Associate

2018

Hartwell Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, University of Virginia, USA

New Horizons Travel Grant, Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Virginia, USA

2017

Recipient of NIH-funded Research Training in Neuroendocrinology Postdoctoral Fellowship (T32-DK007646), Department of Endocrinology, University of Virginia, USA

2016

Top Oral Presentation in Life Sciences: Travel Award, Postdoctoral Research Symposium, University of Virginia, USA

2015

Top Poster Award Finalist, 70th Annual Society of Biological Psychiatry Meeting, Toronto, Canada

Travel Award (to attend 70th Annual Society of Biological Psychiatry Meeting, Toronto, Canada), Research Academy Leipzig

2014

Poster Prize (Audience Choice), 4th Annual IMPRS NeuroCom Summer School, London, UK

 

Meghan Puglia, Graduate Student Affiliate

2018

American Psychological Foundation (APF) and Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP) Graduate Research Scholarship: “Brain Signal Complexity in Infancy: A Neurobiological Marker of Normative Social Development”

2017

American Psychological Foundation. Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Graduate Student Fellowship, The noisy brain in infancy: A neurobiological maker of normative social development.

National Institute of Child Health and Development. National Research Service Award (F31 NRSA), The noisy brain in infancy: A neurobiological maker of normative social development. Sponsors: JP Morris, JJ Connelly, T Grossmann

PEO Scholar Award for women who will make significant contributions in their field

Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award

University of Virginia Brain Institute. Presidential Fellowship for Collaborative Neuroscience, The noisy brain in infancy: A neurobiological maker of normative social development.

University of Virginia Graduate Research Travel Award

University of Virginia Student Choice Colloquium Speaker

2016

International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course Fellowship

APA/Psi Chi Edward B. Newman Graduate Research Award

Maury Pathfinder Award for Best Pre-Dissertation

2015

University of Virginia Double Hoo Research Grant, Epigenetic Regulation of Social Behavior. Undergraduate Co-PI: J Van Dyke.

 

Caroline Kelsey, Graduate Student

2018

Dannon Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant

Jefferson Fellow, University of Virginia (2018-2020)

Maury Pathfinder Award for the best M.A. thesis in psychology

2017

Presidential Fellowship in Data Science. Project: Mothers, Infants, Microbiome and Mental Health (MIMMs): A social neuroscience perspective of maternal-child health to unlock the potential of biobanked data. Co-PI: Caitlin Dreisbach, Ph.D. student in Nursing.

University of Virginia Double Hoo, Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship Research Grant (with Kate Haynes, an undergraduate)

2016

Doris Buffett Fellowship, summer community outreach project

 

Cat Thrasher, Graduate Student

2019

Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Graduate Research Travel Award

2018

University of Virginia Double Hoo Renewal, Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship Research Grant (with Demitra Chavez, an undergraduate)

2017

NSF Graduate Student Fellowship

University of Virginia Double Hoo, Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship Research Grant (with Demitra Chavez, an undergraduate)

 

 

Undergraduate Honors and Awards

Christina Marlow

2018, Harrison Undergraduate Research Award

Sarah Thomas

2018, Harrison Undergraduate Research Award