Student Research
Student Awards and Accomplishments
Our graduate students are routinely recognized for their accomplishments in research, teaching, and service. See below for profiles of students honored across domains.
To see the type of research our graduate students are doing see the addition menu links for manuscript, conference presentation, and dissertation titles.
- Federally Funded Student Grants
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Predoctoral (F31) National Service Research Awards (NRSA) from NIH
- Emily LoBraico, advisor Greg Fosco (2019): Understanding for Whom Family-Based Substance Use Prevention Programs Work Best: A Person-Centered Approach
- Jacinda Li, advisor Jennie Noll (2018): Prospective longitudinal study of competing mechanisms and modifiers for obesity trajectories and comorbid metabolic outcomes in normative and high-risk females.
- Chelsea Muth, advisor Zita Oravecz (2017): Understanding and impacting well-being through ecological momentary assessment (EMA) design.
- Nicole DePasquale (2015): Family caregiving transitions and sleep among double- and triple-duty caregivers
- Megan Mass, advisor Eva Lefkowitz (2015): HIV and substance use prevention among maltreated and non-maltreated female adolescents.
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Postdoctoral (F32) National Service Research Awards (NRSA) from NIH
- Amanda Griffin (2018): Children's Social and Academic Competence: Integrating Genetically Informed and Prevention Research
- Winners of the Harold Martin Graduate Student Teaching Award
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Each year Penn State honors select graduate students who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and talent in their contributions to undergraduate teaching. HDFS is proud to have have had so many of our graduate students honored.
- Sara Freed -2018
- Briana Sprague -2017
- Kathleen Zadzora -2016
- Student Recognition from Professional Research Societies
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Society for Research in Adolescence
Emerging Scholar Award Recipients
American Psychological Association (APA)
Division 20: Doctoral Dissertation Award in the Psychology of Aging
- Nicole DePaquale, advisors Dave Almeida and Steve Zarit (2017)
Gerontological Society of America
Student representative to the Transportation and Aging Interest Group
- Sara Freed, advisor Lesley Ross (2018)
- Health and Human Development Kligman Fellows
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The College of Health and Human Development selects one student per year as the recipient of the prestigious Kligman Fellowship. Past winners include HDFS students
- Briana Sprague (2018)
- Amanda Griffin (2017)
- Alumni Accomplishments
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Congratulations to David Lydon-Staley (2017 graduate) who was selected as a 2018 winner of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group Dissertation Award.
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Congratulations to alumnus Frank Infurna (2012 graduate), winner of the 2017 APA Springer Early Career Achievement in Research on Adult Development and Aging.
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