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Department Participating in Brainhack Global
Brainhack is a unique conference that convenes researchers across the globe from a myriad of disciplines to work together on innovative projects in neuroscience and psychology. Year after year, global Brainhack events have brought together researchers to participate in open collaboration, and regional Brainhack events help to continue the momentum.
Brainhack Global 2018 will unite regional events occurring the same week at 30+ different sites across 16 countries. We are participating as the only site in Oregon. Our site’s event is generously funded by the University of Oregon Graduate School, Robert and Beverly Lewis Center for Neuroimaging, UO Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, and UO Psychology Department.
If you’re interested in attending and want to receive updates on Brainhack 2018, please fill out this form.
FAQ:
What’s going to happen at Brainhack?
May 4: We will host a workshop to introduce attendees to open science, open data, and reproducible neuroimaging tools (i.e. GitHub, BIDS, fmriprep)
May 5 & 6: We will all contribute to projects during times for open hacking – attendees can either pitch project ideas to work on or join proposed project teams. Prior to our event, we will collect project ideas from attendees. Each team will present their progress at the end of Brainhack. There will also be mini-unconferences, which are an opportunity to discuss topics of interest with other attendees, related to their areas of expertise.
What kind of projects can I work on?
Current project pitches include contributing to open science programs, such as NeuroVault and Brain Imaging Data Structure Apps. We welcome any projects related to the study of the brain and/or behavior.
I have a project idea! How can I let others know about it?
Great! Please fill out this form to let others know about your project idea.
I don’t have a project idea. What should I do?
It’s okay if you don’t have a project idea of your own, because other projects will need your skills and support. Take a look at this spreadsheet to look at current project ideas. All skills are valued at a Brainhack–you can always be a beta tester.
I don’t have a background in neuroscience -and/or- I don’t have strong programming skills. Can I still attend?
Yes! All are welcome. The purpose of Brainhack is to bring together people with different skills to learn from one another.
Graduate Student Wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program is a highly competitive fellowship sought by students in the sciences across the country. This year, five graduate students at the UO earned fellowships, with one of those fellowships going to one of our own in the psychology department.
Congratulations to Brendan Cullen on this prestigious award!
Read more about Brendan and his research interests on the SAN lab website.
Award-winning Psychology Graduate Students
Congratulations to our amazing graduate students who have taken home several recent awards!
Elizabeth Loi has received a Gary E. Smith Summer Professional Development Award.
Dori Wright has received the Sandra Morgen Public Impact Fellowship.
Jessica Kosie has received a 2018-19 College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Research Fellowship.
Jessica Flannery has received a 2018-19 College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Research Fellowship.
CIC Inclusivity and Diversity Professional Development Awards
The Committee for an Inclusive Community is excited to offer funding awards for all members of our community– graduate students, postdocs, staff, faculty, and others–pursuing academic or professional development activities, and/or training or enrichment opportunities related to enhancing inclusivity and diversity. Approximately $10,000 will be awarded to successful applicants over the 2017-2018 academic year.
Examples of activities that might be good candidates for funding are attending conferences related to the topics of equity and inclusion, training in research methodologies designed to increase diversity of research samples, or earning certifications in topics of inclusion and diversity.
The department encourages all who are interested to apply. For full application details, please see the attached document: CIC Inclusivity and Diversity Professional Development Awards.
Annual Newsletter Now Available!
We’re excited to share our 2017 Psychology Department Newsletter! This was a great year for the department and we’re excited to share it with you. The highlights for 2017 include welcoming new faculty member, a new research center (Center for Digital Mental Health), growing portfolio of faculty research, awards and honors for our fantastic graduate students and faculty, and alumni news and updates.
We hope you enjoy reading the newsletter! It can be downloaded as a PDF (here) or you can read it in your browser below. As always, we’d love to hear your feedback.
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Psychology Research Featured in Cascade Magazine
Research by department head Ulrich Mayr, graduate student Jason Hubbard, and economics professor Bill Harbaugh was featured in the Spring 2017 edition of Cascade Magazine. The research featured studies altruistic behaviors using neuroimaging methods.
You can read the full interview with Dr. Mayr about this work on the Cascade website.
Award-winning Psychology Graduate Students!
Our wonderful psychology graduate students have taken home several recent awards!
First up, congratulations to the following students who won departmental awards:
- Jessica Kosie, recipient of the Beverly Fagot Dissertation Fellowship
- Jessica Flannery and Lauren Khan, recipients of the Norman D. Sundberg Fellowship
- Atsushi Kikumoto and Liz Loi, recipients of the Gregores Research Award
- Robbie Ross, recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award
Next, two of our graduate students had great success competing in the 3 Minute Thesis. This year, our department hosted its very own 3MT competition, and Melissa Barnes was the winner! For the 3MT hosted by the Graduate School during the Grad Research Forum, Karlena Ochoa advanced to the UO finals and was awarded the People’s Choice award for her outstanding performance.
Congratulations to our grad student winners!
Psychology Graduate Students Receive UO Awards
Several of our graduate students received well-deserved awards from the University of Oregon. Congratulations to the following winners!:
- Michelle Fong, recipient of the Betty Foster McCue Fellowship for Human Performance and Development and recipient of the UO Disseration Fellowship
- Katherine Hagan, recipient of the Gary E. Smith Summer Professional Development Award
- Elizabeth Loi, recipient of the Gary E. Smith Summer Professional Development Award
- Rita Ludwig, recipient of the Sandra Morgen Public Impact Fellowship
Psychology Graduate Students Win NSF Awards
The National Science Foundation afforded the University of Oregon 6 graduate research fellowships this year, and psychology graduate students took home 3 of them. Congratulations to Krista DeStasio, Sarah Horn, and Jonathan Saunders on their well-deserved awards!