News (cont)
2012
Postdoc Jared Minkel joins the lab. Welcome, Jared!
Fall, 2012: Brittney Ciszek, a graduate student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program at UNC, will do a rotation in the lab. Welcome, Brittney!
CAN Lab psychology honors student Joey Aloi and Ryan Delapp receive highest honors for their honors projects. Congratulations!
UNC medical students Jeremy Ford and Nathan Yarnall receive Office of Medical Student Research awards to work in the CAN lab this summer. Welcome, Jeremy and Nathan!
Anna Sabatino has received a Summer Research Fellowship from the UNC Graduate School to support her dissertation research on visual attention in autism. Congratulations, Anna!
Joey Aloi presents his honors thesis results at the UNC Celebration of Undergraduate Research (link).
CAN Lab psychology honors student Ryan Delapp (UNC 2012) will attend the University of Louisville’s PhD program in Clinical Psychology next Fall. Congratulations, Ryan!
Megan Kovac, UNC School Psychology Graduate Student and LEND Fellow joins the lab. Welcome, Megan!
CAN Lab collaborators Dr. Lauren Turner-Brown and Dr. Noah Sasson are highlighted in Scientific American article link.
CAN Lab member Anna Sabatino has an abstract accepted at the Graduate Research symposium at William and Mary. Her abstract is titled “Social and Nonsocial Attention in Autism”. Congratulations, Anna!
The CAN Lab welcomes BBSP rotation student, Kristin Sellers.
2011
Former CAN Lab post-doc Dr. John (Tony) Richey has accepted a faculty position at Virginia Tech. Congratulations, Tony!
Cara Damiano receives a Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowship from Autism Speaks. Congratulations, Cara! link
CAN Lab members featured in the Fall, 2011 issue of the CIDD newsletter (link).
CAN Lab members quoted in Simons Foundation article on restricted interests in autism link.
Dillon Cockrell Interviewed in Carolina Scientific Magazine about his SURF experiences in the CAN Lab (link).
Joey Aloi presents his honors thesis results at the UNC Celebration of Undergraduate Research (link).
Joey Aloi and Ryan Delapp are accepted to the UNC Honors Program in Psychology. Congratulations!
Joey Aloi and Dillon Cockrell are accepted to the UNC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. Congratulations!
Ali Rittenberg will attend medical school at UNC in the Fall. Congratulations, Ali!
Dr. Gabriel Dichter quoted in Yahoo.com article on links between depression and impaired concentration link.
2010
Cara Damanio joins the lab as a Clinical Psychology doctoral student. Welcome, Cara!
BIAC Research Highlight
CAN lab members present findings at IMFAR 2010
Dana Foundation website story
Healthy Minds Across America
UNC Vital Signs article
Freedomain Radio Interview with Dr. Dichter about psychotherapy brain imaging research
CAN Lab ARRA grant featured in the Fall, 2009 issue of UNC’s Inside the Institute.
Doug Romney, UNC medical student, completes a Carolina Medical Student Research Program fellowship in the CAN lab.
Issac Jaben, Sarah Hale, Kayla Finch, Joey Aloi, and Ashley Parr join the CAN lab as summer, 2010 RA’s. Welcome!
2009
Jennifer Felder will attend UC-Boulder’s PhD program in Clinical Psychology in the Fall; Congratulations, Jenn!