Six ICD doctoral students honored in annual NSF Graduate Research Fellowship competition

Congratulations to current ICD doctoral students, Brandon Almy, Michelle Brown, Christina Mondi, and Katherine Ridge who have been awarded prestigious three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Awards. Congratulations also go out to Colleen Doyle and Jyothi Ramakrishnan, who received Honorable Mentions. The NSF Fellowship Program draws applications from across the country from many of our nation’s most accomplished students. Both Fellowship awards and Honorable Mentions are a great testament to the outstanding quality of an applicant’s work and ideas.

The National Science Foundation says of this program: The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science and engineering.  The GRFP provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering.

The fellowships were awarded for the following projects: Investigating Neural Correlates of Adolescent Decision-Making, Brandon Almy; Uncovering the modifiable pathways to revictimization and mental and physical health problems: A longitudinal, multi-level study with adolescent victims of child maltreatment and victimization, Michelle Brown; Psychological Wellbeing Following Adverse Childhood Experiences: An Investigation of Longitudinal Developmental Processes, Christina Mondi; and Selective Trust in Maltreated Children, Katherine Ridge.