Kelsey Thomas receives PhD degree
Our valued colleague, Kelsey Thomas PhD, received her degree at UF's Doctoral Commencement on 8/5/2016.
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Collaborators receive Alzheimer’s awards
Collaborators Dawn Bowers and Ann Horgas have received Florida Department of Health Alzheimer's awards. We congratulate our colleagues on these important awards! Michael Marsiske is also looking forward to collaborating with Dr. Horgas on her project, on which he is a co-investigator.
CHP students among top seven abstract award recipients for PHHP Research Day
Warren wins first place; Rotblatt ties for fifth place.The College of Public Health and Health Professions held its 29th Annual Research Day on April 13, 2016. Under the theme “Improving Health for People and Communities Worldwide”, the event celebrates the research contributions made by faculty and students as they speak…
CHP student wins research fellowship
Jacqueline Maye (mentor: Michael Marsiske) has been named a 2016 Research Fellow to the Mind and Life Summer Research Institute Each summer, the Mind and Life Institute (https://www.mindandlife.org/) offers a summer research institute. The Mind & Life Institute is a non-profit organization committed to building a scientific understanding of…
The End of the Lecture Hall?
More and more courses are opting for a blended learning approach Whether you call it blended learning, hybrid learning or the flipped classroom, new models of learning that mix distance, hands-on and small-group learning are becoming increasingly popular at educational institutions across the country. UF is no exception. In this…
CHP graduate publishes lead article in Neuropsychology Special Issue
A new special issue of the American Psychological Association (APA) journal Neuropsychology is focused on cognitive aging. Recent CHP doctoral graduate, Anna Yam, Ph.D., is the lead author on the lead paper in that special issue. The paper challenged the conventional assumption that everyday cognitive tasks (e.g., finding a number…
Congratulations 2014 CHP Graduates!
The August 8, 2014 University of Florida Doctoral Commencement was a big day for the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology. The Ph.D. degree was conferred on fourteen of our trainees! We congratulate our graduates. The list the follows includes a little information about each graduate, including their dissertation. …
CHP partnership with The Village profiled in Senior Times
UF Health Vitality Mind is a collaborative program between The Village in Gainesville, FL and the University of Florida is to explore strategies to help older adults maintain and improve their brain health and quality of life. Directed by Drs. Dawn Bowers and Michael Marsiske, of Clinical and Health Psychology,…
Kelsey Thomas, M.S. receives 2014 Society for Clinical Neuropsychology Dissertation Award
Kelsey Thomas, M.S. has been named the 2014 recipient of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology and Education Advisory Committee Dissertation Award for her project entitled “Understanding Errors in Complex Everyday Cognitive Tasks in Older Adults.” The Dissertation Award provides $1000 for direct research costs and a $1000 travel supplement to…
Kelsey Thomas, M.S., recipient of the Leighton E. Cluff Aging Research Award
Kelsey Thomas, M.S., is a third-year graduate student in CHP. Her research and training is primarily focused in the area of neuropsychology and is training under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Marsiske. Kelsey is one of this year’s graduate student winners of the Leighton E. Cluff Aging Research Award. …
