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
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2023 TCN Student Paper Competition Winners
First place winner ($1,000 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.
2023 Child Neuropsychology Student Paper Competition Winners
First place winner ($1,000 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.
2022 TCN Student Paper Competition Winners
First place winner ($1,000 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 TCN Student Paper Competition Winners
First place winner ($1,000 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 TCN Student Paper Competition Winners
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 TCN Student Paper Competition Winners
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 TCN Student Paper Competition Winners
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 TCN Student Paper Competition Winners
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 Neuropsychologist, 31(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 TCN Student Paper Competition Winners
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 Neuropsychologist, 29(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 Neuropsychologist, 29(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 Neuropsychologist, 29(7), 985-1001.