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Graduate Student Susan Rodriguez Wins Poster Award at 2025 Conference of 91ÉçÇø Graduate Schools

CNS student Susan Rodriguez earned 2nd place in the Biological, Health, and Life Sciences category at the Statewide Graduate Research Poster Symposium for the 2025 Conference of 91ÉçÇø Graduate Schools.

April 9, 2025Accomplishments, Research

U.S. News & World Report ranks USF a national leader for dozens of graduate programs

USF’s highest-ranked programs are industrial and organizational psychology at No. 3, criminology at No. 18 and rehabilitation counseling, which jumped 28 spots to No. 18, breaking into the top 25.

April 8, 2025Accomplishments

Psychology graduate students receive awards at the USF's 2025 Graduate Student Research Symposium

On March 26, 2025, the Office of Graduate Studies and the Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) held their annual USF Graduate Research Symposium. Two Psychology graduate students, Alaina Helmerichs and Susan Rodriguez, won awards at this event.

March 28, 2025Accomplishments

Eleven USF faculty among 2024 class of Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

David Diamond, Professor in the Department of Psychology (elected AAAS Biological Sciences Section), for pioneering research in the fields of neuroscience and cardiovascular disease, particularly in the study of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the role of cholesterol in heart disease.

March 27, 2025Faculty News

American Psychological Foundation (APF) Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Winner

The Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant, a prestigious national award recognizing outstanding contributions to LGBTQIA+ family psychology and therapy, has been awarded to Jason R. Schmidt Avendaño for his pioneering research exploring the neural mechanisms of emotional regulation in LGBTQ+ individuals within the context of family connectedness.

February 13, 2025Accomplishments, Research

Psychology Professor Jennifer O’Brien is being recognized on the global stage for her contributions to science and impacting her field.

February 5, 2025Accomplishments, Faculty News, Research

Tammy Allen is the recipient of the 2025 SIOP Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award. This award is given to an individual who has made distinguished empirical and/or theoretical scientific contributions to the field of I-O psychology.

February 5, 2025Accomplishments, Faculty News, Research

Your work habits may be threatening your sleep, USF-led study shows

People whose jobs are highly sedentary – an estimated 80% of the modern workforce – experience a much higher risk of insomnia symptoms.

January 7, 2025Faculty News, Research