Faculty Chair: Amanda Hahn-Ketter
Trainee Chair: Daliah Ross
The Student Paper Competition Subcommittee oversees the annual student and trainee paper competitions in collaboration with The Clinical Neuropsychologist (TCN) and Child Neuropsychology (CN). The committee develops and updates all selection criteria (with EC and BOD approval), reviews submissions, and selects the winners each year. Through this process, the subcommittee works to highlight exceptional trainee research, promote scholarly engagement, and support the visibility of student contributions within both adult and pediatric neuropsychology.
2025 TCN Student Paper Competition Winners
First Place — $1,000
Mira Leese
Leese, M. I., Finley, J. A., Roseberry, J. E., & Hill, S. K. (2025). The Making Change Test: Initial validation of a novel digitized performance validity test for tele-neuropsychology.
Runners-Up — $500
Michelle Blumberg
Blumberg, M. J… & Gicas, K. M. (2024). Differential sensitivity of intraindividual variability dispersion and global cognition in the prediction of functional outcomes and mortality in precariously housed and homeless adults.
John-Christopher Finley
Finley, J. A., Robinson, A. D., Soble, J. R., & Rodriguez, V. J. (2024). Using machine learning to detect noncredible cognitive test performance.
2025 Child Neuropsychology Student Paper Competition Winners
First Place — $1,000
Allison Payne
Payne, A., Smith, Z. R., & Holbeck, G.N. (2024). Development of inattention and executive dysfunction in youth with spina bifida: condition severity variables as predictors.
Runners-Up — $500
Eviliina Joensuu
Joensuu, E., Munck, P., Nyman, A. N., Setanen, S., Rautava, & Stolt, S. (2024). Finnish children born very preterm have good reading comprehension but weak reading fluency at age 11 years – a longitudinal cohort study.
Sofia Lesica
Lesica, S., Skeel, R., Fust, B. E., & Jepsen, A. (2024). Further validation of the Parent-Reported ADHD Symptom Infrequency Scale (PRASIS) in parents of children with oppositional defiant disorder and anxiety.
2024 TCN Student Paper Competition Winners
First Place — $1,000
Jacob Varela
Varela, J. L., Sperling, S. A., Block, C., O’Leary, K., Hart, E. S., & Kiselica, A. M. (2024). A survey of neuropsychological assessment feedback practices among neuropsychologists.
Runners-Up — $500
John-Christopher Finley
Finley, J. A., Cladek, A., Gonzalez, C., & Brook, M. (2024). Perceived cognitive impairment is related to internalizing psychopathology but unrelated to objective cognitive performance among nongeriatric adults presenting for outpatient neuropsychological evaluation.
Melanie Mascarenhas
Mascarenhas, M. A., Cocunato, J. L., Armstrong, I. T., Harrison, A. G., & Zakzanis, K. K. (2023). Base rates of non-credible performance in a post-secondary student sample seeking accessibility accommodations.
2024 Child Neuropsychology Student Paper Competition Winners
First Place — $1,000
Samantha Levick
Levick, S., Staples, A. D., Warschausky, S., Huth-Bocks, A., Taylor, H. G., Gidley Larson, J. C., … & Lajiness-O’Neill, R. (2024). Caregiver-reported infant motor and imitation skills predict M-CHAT-R/F.
Runners-Up — $500
Jared B. Hammond
Hammond, J. B., Fortner, S. G., & Lichtenstein, J. D. (2024). Kids name the darndest things: confrontation naming in pediatric neuropsychology.
Samantha Joplin
Joplin, S., Gascoigne, M., Barton, B., Webster, R., Gill, D., Lawson, J., … & Lah, S. (2023). Repeat testing enhances long-term verbal memory in children with epilepsy.
Amanda Hahn-Ketter
Faculty Chair
Daliah Ross
Trainee Chair