Student Award Winners

Child Neuropsychology Student Paper Awardees

2023

First place winner ($1000 award): Shyfuddin Ahmed

Effect of exposure to maternal diabetes during pregnancy on offspring’s brain cortical thickness and neurocognitive functioning – Shyfuddin Ahmed, Miguel Ángel Cano, Marian Sánchez, Nan Hu & Gladys Ibañez.

Runners-up ($500 award): Sophie Leib and Adam John Privitera

Latent structure of working memory and emotional regulation in pediatric ADHD – Sophie Leib, Steven Miller & Ester Chin.

Inhibitory control as Significant Predictor of Academic Performance in Chinese High Schoolers – Adam John Privitera, Yu Zhou & Xiaoyi Xie.

TCN Student Project Competition Winners

2023

First place winner ($1000 award): I. Aviv

Aviv, I., Shorer, M., Fenning, S., Aviezer, H., Singer-Rarel, D, Apter, A., & Pilowsky Peleg, T. (2023). From Acute Stress to Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms: The Role of Parental Accommodations and Child’s Coping Strategies.

Runners-up ($500 award): M.R. Whitman and M. Gereau Mora

Whitman, M.R., Gervais, R.O., Ben-Porath, Y.S. (2023). Virtuous Victims: Disability Claimants Who Over- and Under-report.

Gereau Mora, M. & Suchy, Y. (2023). Know Thyself: Executive Functioning and Sex Predict Self-appraisal of Functional Abilities in Community-dwelling Older Adults.

2022

First place winner ($1000 award): Jennifer Thompson

Thompson, Jennifer L.; Beltran-Najera, Ilex; Johnson, Briana; Morales, Yenifer; & Woods, Steven Paul. (2022). Evidence for neuropsychological health disparities in Black Americans with HIV disease. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vol 36 (2), 388-413.

Runners-up ($500 award): Rachel Greene and Jordan Stiver

Greene, Rachel K.; Vasile, Iulia; Bradbury, Kathryn R.; Olsen, Aarika; & Duvall, Susanne W. (2022). Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) elevations in a clinical sample of children and adolescents who do not have autism: Phenotypic profiles of false positives. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, published online ahead of print.

Stiver, Jordan; Staffaroni, Adam M.; Walters, Samantha M.; You, Michelle Y.; Casaletto, Kaitlin B.; Erlhoff, Sabrina J.; Possin, Katherine L.; Lukic, Sladjana; Le Joie, Renaud; Rabinovici, Gil D.; Zimmerman, Molly E.; Gorno-Tempini, Maria Luisa; & Kramer, Joel H. (2022). The Rapid Naming Test: Development and initial validation in typically aging adults. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, published online ahead of print.

2021

First place winner ($1000 award):

Marra, David; Hamlet, Kristin, Bauer, Russell, & Bowers, Dawn (2020). Validity of Teleneuropsychology for Older Adults in Response to COVID-19: A systematic and Critical Review. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vol 34 (7-8), 1411-1452.

Runner-ups ($500 award):

Guayara-Quinn, Crystal; Nester, Caroline, Katz, Mindy; Tuberville, David; Saykin, Andrew; Lipton, Richard, & Rabin, Laura (2021). Re-evaluation of psychometric evidence and update of normative data for the Test of Practical Judgment. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, in press.

Ratajska, Adrianna; Lopez, Francesca; Lauren, Kenney; Jacobson, Charles; Foote, Kelly; Okun, Michael; Bowers, Dawn (2021). Cognitive Subtypes in Individuals with Essential Tremor Seeking Deep Brain Stimulation. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Published online ahead of print.

2020

First Place ($1,000 award): 

John W. Lace, Alex F. Grant, Phillip Ruppert, David A. S. Kaufman, Carson L. Teague, Kimberly Lowell & Jeffrey D. Gfeller (2019) Detecting noncredible performance with the neuropsychological assessment battery, screening module: A simulation study, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2019.1694703

Runners Up ($500 award):

David P. Sheppard, Anastasia Matchanova, Kelli L. Sullivan, Saniah Ishtiaq Kazimi & Steven Paul Woods (2020) Prospective memory partially mediates the association between aging and everyday functioning, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 34:4, 755-774, DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2019.1637461

Madison A. Niermeyer & Yana Suchy (2020) Walking, talking, and suppressing: Executive functioning mediates the relationship between higher expressive suppression and slower dual-task walking among older adults, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 34:4, 775-796, DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2019.1704436

2019

First Place ($1,000 award): Damian Leitner

Leitner, Damian; Miller, Harry; & Libben, Maya (2019). Assessing the Predictive Value of a Neuropsychological Model on Concurrent Function in Acute Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vol 33 (5).

Runners Up ($500 award): Erin Trifilio and Daniel van Helvoort

Trifilio, Erin; Tanner, Jared; Butterfield, London; Mangal, Paul; Maye, Jacqueline; Marsiske, Michael; Price, Catherine; & Bowers, Dawn (2019). A Tale of Two Stories: Validity of an Alternative Story Memory Test in a Sample of Older Adults. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vol 33.

van Helvoort, Daniel; Merckelbach, Harald; & Merten, Thomas (2019). The Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SRSI) is Sensitive to Instructed Feigning, but not to Genuine Psychopathology in Male Forensic Inpatients: An Initial Study. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vol 33.

2018

First Place ($1,000 award): Robert Kanser

Kanser, R., Rapport, L., Bashem, J., & Hanks, R. (2018). Detecting Malingering in Traumatic Brain Injury: Combining Response Time with Performance Validity Test Accuracy. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. Published on line ahead of print.

Runners Up ($500 award): Justin Karr and Dana Rosado

Karr, J., Garcia-Barrera, M., Holdnack, J., & Iverson, G. (2018). Advanced Clinical Interpretation of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System: Multivariate Base Rates of Low Scores. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 32 (1), 42-53.

Rosado, D., Buehler, S., Botbol-Berman, E., Feigon, M., Leon, A., Luu, H., Carrion, C., Gonzales, M., Rao, J., Grief, T., Seidenberg, M., & Pliskin, N. (2018). Neuropsychological Feedback Services Improve Quality of Life and Social Adjustment. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 32 (3), 422-435.

2017

First Place ($1,000 award): Elizabeth Gromisch

Gromisch, Elizabeth S.; Zemon, Vance; Holtzer, Roee; Chiaravalloti, Nancy D.; DeLuca, John; Beier, Meghan; Farrell, Eileen; Snyder, Stacey; Schairer, Laura C.; Glukhovsky, Lisa; Botvinick, Jason; Sloan, Jessica; Picone, Mary A.; Kin, Sonya & Foley, Frederick W. (2016). Assessing the criterion validity of four highly abbreviated measures from the Minimal Assessment of Cognitive Function in Multiple Sclerosis (MACFIMS). The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 30(7), 1032

Runners Up ($500 award): Robert Kanser and Paul Ingram

Kanser, Robert J; Rapport, Lisa; Bashem, Jesse R.; Billing, Nia M.; Hanks, Robin A.; Axelrod, Bradley N. & Miller, Justin B. (2017). Strategies of successful and unsuccessful simulators coached to feign traumatic brain injury The Clinical Neuropsychologist31(3), 644–653.

Ingram, Paul B. & Ternes, Michael S. (2016). The detection of content-based invalid responding: a meta-analysis of the MMPI-2-Restructured Form’s (MMPI-2-RF) over-reporting validity scales. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 30(4), 473–496.

2016

First place ($1,000 award): Phillip Martin

Martin, P. K., Schroeder, R. W., & Odland, A. P. (2015). Neuropsychologists’ validity testing beliefs and practices: A survey of North American professionals. The Clinical Neuropsychologist29(6), 741-776.

Runners up ($500 award): David Sheppard and Jacob Lafo

Sheppard, D. P., Woods, S. P., Bondi, M. W., Gilbert, P. E., Massman, P. J., & Doyle, K. L. (2015). Does Older Age Confer an Increased Risk of Incident Neurocognitive Disorders Among Persons Living with HIV Disease?. The Clinical Neuropsychologist29(5), 656-677.

Lafo, J. A., Jones, J. D., Okun, M. S., Bauer, R. M., Price, C. C., & Bowers, D. (2015). Memory Similarities Between Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Disease: A Final Common Pathway? The Clinical Neuropsychologist29(7), 985-1001.

Student Representative to the AACN Board of Directors

Amanda Wisinger, PhD2023-2024
Tasha Rhoads, PhD2022-2023
Erin Kaseda, PhD2021-2022
Katherine Dorociak, PhD2020-2021
Benjamin Brett, Ph.D.2019-2020
Angelina Polsinelli, Ph.D.2018-2019
Joyce Tam, Ph.D.2017-2018
Seth Margolis, Ph.D.2016-2017
Stephanie Towns, Psy.D.2015-2016
Alissa Butts, Ph.D.2014-2015
Michelle Reinlieb, Ph.D.2013-2014
Amanda Gooding, Ph.D.2012-2013
Leslie Guidotti-Breting, Ph.D.2011-2012