2021-09-14 Virtual Open House for UCLA Psychology Graduate Admissions
Interested in applying to grad school at UCLA Psychology, register to join this zoom open house. Faculty and students from all seven grad programs will address common questions about the application process and discuss application tips as well as describe the experience of students in our Department .
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2021-02-05 Congratulations to Dana, Tamar and Blanche for matching to their top choices for APPIC internship!
We are so proud of you and excited to watch you continue to shine in the next phase of your training! Always bittersweet to see wonderful students launching on to bigger and better things. Casa Pacifica, UCLA Semel Institute, and Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School got super lucky to match with these three!!
2021-02-05 CARE Lab Alumnus Dr. Will Tsai Recognized for Excellence in Diversity Research
Congratulations to Dr. Will Tsai who was honored with the Samuel M. Turner Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology from the Society of Clinical Psychology (American Psychological Association Division 12)! Dr. Tsai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and on the faculty of the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program at New York University (NYU). His current research examines the well-being of ethnic minority cancer survivors from a cultural and biopsychosocial lens with the goal of improving health outcomes and reducing cancer health disparities. Check out his lab website here!
2020-12-17 Dr. Lau presents at Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Learning Lab
It is always good to share data and findings with community partners and stakeholders who have contributed to and participated in our research. What an honor to be part of the DMH Learning Lab “Bringing Science into Practice Series”. It was affirming to reflect on the similarities in researcher and community-driven approaches to adapting EBPs for underserved youth and families! This is knowledge exchange. Listen to therapists and integrate their wisdom and their needs into next steps in EBP implementation. LACDMH leaders had excellent ideas and comments about harnessing the expertise of culturally responsive therapists on the ground! Excited for Lauren’s Learning Lab in January!!
2020-12-05 CARE Lab barely escapes Forsyth Mansion!
Though we can’t be together for our usual lab gatherings, we are still finding ways to connect and solve crimes. We may have needed slightly more than one hour to help the police find Nancy Drew. But one thing is clear, there are some star ‘girl detectives’ in our lab who excel at: reading comprehension, analytic reasoning, facing fears, and persisting with the tracking and management of data which may or may not be relevant for any given task. We did it together! A metaphor for grad school, maybe?
2020-11-20 Dr. Lau recognized for mentoring
Mentoring is a big part of the CARE Lab. Postdocs mentor grad students, grad students mentor undergrads, grad students mentor each other. We all have so much to learn from each other. This time Dr. Lau was recognized for her mentoring at the 2020 Virtual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT). Thank you CARE lab members for the nomination!
2020-10-14 Virtual Open House for UCLA Psychology PhD Program Admissions
2020-09-21 Blanche receives the inaugural Taylor M. Brown Memorial Award from UCLA Biosciences!
This award is in honor and memory of Taylor Brown who was an outstanding UCLA graduate student in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics. Awardees are exceptional Ph.D. students and scientists with a demonstrated commitment to increasing diversity in the biosciences. Congratulations, Blanche! We are so proud of you and happy to see you recognized for your exceptional dedication to equity, diversity and inclusion efforts. 2020 Taylor M Brown Award Announcement
2020-09-17 Dr. Lau contributes to STOP AAPI Hate recommendations for to support Asian American youth affected by COVID related victimization
The STOP AAPI Hate youth campaign has been endorsed by the CA Superintendent of Schools Tony Thurmond and NBA champion Jeremy Lin.
The comprehensive report They Blamed Me Because I Am Asian was written by the Youth Campaign, a group of 87 high school interns, based on nearly 1,000 interviews conducted with AAPI youth this summer to explore how young people are coping with the rise in racism. Dr. Lau contributed to the the Stop AAPI Hate report, which analyzed 341 incidents of anti-Asian discrimination involving youth reported to the Stop AAPI Hate reporting center from March 19 – July 22, 2020.
2020-09-09 So many 4KEEPS team members off on new adventures. Thank you and good luck!
Congratulations to Mary Kukertz and Kenny Le off to grad school! And to Drs. Teresa Lind, Joyce Lui, and Mojdeh Motamedi starting their new faculty and psychologist positions! We will miss you but we are excited to see all that you discover and achieve! I hope to see you whenever you can come back to Papers Meeting!
2020-09-08 Thank you for your dedicated service, Stephanie and Vivian!
Old news but we are proud of Stephanie Yu and Vivian Byeon for their leadership at the national level working as student officers of the Society for Implementation Research Collaborative (SIRC). Stephanie is a SIRC Student Representative Officer and Vivian is the Student Communications Officer. Ask them about SIRC!
2020-09-01 Do We Need the GRE?
Dr. Lau and Dr. Greg Miller published an opinion piece in the PCSAS Newsletter on the GRE in Clinical Science Ph.D. Programs.
2020-09-06 RWJ Network Activation Fund to Blanche!
Congratulations to Blanche for receiving a $10,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to conduct a “Rapid Assessment of COVID-19 Experiences among Latinx and African-American Families Living in Urban & Rural California Counties”! Best of luck on this very important work!
2020-08-01 Tremendous support from the UCLA Asian American Studies Center
Tamar Kodish, Dana Saifan, Stephanie Yu, and Dr. Lau were each recipients of research grants from UCLA Asian American Studies Center (Patrick and Lily Okura Research Grants on Asian American Mental Health) and the Institute of American Cultures. So many important projects are being supported by the AASC!
2020-07-02 Congratulations, Stephanie!
Stephanie Yu is named a Summer Fellow of the UCLA Immigrant Youth Task Force. This award will fund her conduct of qualitative interviews and focus groups with school stakeholders on an evidence-based suicide prevention protocol for students.
2020-05-01 Congratulations, Vivian!
Vivian Byeon received the UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship award to support her completion of her thesis on Psychological Safety as an organizational climate variable that may shape EBP implementation outcomes in community mental health services for youth!
2020-03-23 See Dr. Jasper Estabillo’s Tarjan Lecture
Dr. Estabillo gave a webinar on “Implementing Evidence-based Interventions for ASD in Community Settings” within the Tarjan Lecture Series. She showcases her expertise in implementation science, training of community providers, and provides an overview of the TEAMS project and the AIMHI intervention! Way to go, Jasper!
2019-11-18 Congratulations, Stephanie!
Stephanie Yu receives the Junior Scientist fellowship from Psi Chi!
2019-11-18 Congratulations, Dana!
Dana Saifan is awarded multiple grants to fund her dissertation research on Muslim American youth mental health. Way to go, Dana!
2019-10-07 Check out Blanche’s Op-Ed in the Daily Bruin on the Importance of Mentoring!
We are so grateful to Blanche for her dedication to mentoring first generation and underrepresented students in Psychology! You are an inspiration to us all.