Awards and Achievements
2023
Name | Award/Achievement |
Dr. Paul Minda | Ontario University Student Aliance "Teaching Excellence Award" |
Anthony Cruz and Maz Mohamed | J. Frank Yates Student Conference Award |
Dr. Carrie Branch | Ned K. Johnson Early Investigator Award |
2022
Name | Award/Achievement |
Joseph Rovetti | Vanier Scholar |
Chloe Lau | 2022 Governor General’s Gold Medal |
Dr. William Fisher and Dr. Adrian Owen | Royal Society of Canada Fellow |
2021
Name | Award/Achievement |
Dr. Rachel Calogero | Informing Prevention Article of the Year 2020 (Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention |
Dr. Jody Culham | Canada Research Chair for immersive neuroscience methods |
Dr. Jessica Grahn | E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship |
2020
Name | Award/Achivement |
Dr. Ken McRae | Fellow The Cognitive Science Society |
Dr. Jessica Grahn | Royal Society of Canada, Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists |
Dr. Daniel Ansari | Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience & Learning (Tier I) |
Dr. David Sherry | Doris Huestis Speirs Award from the Society of Canadian Ornithologists |
Dr. William Fisher | - Award for Application of Personality and Social Psychology from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology - Alfred C. Kinsey Distinguished Researcher Award from the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University |
Dr. Paul Minda | Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Faculty of Social Science, Western University |
Dr. David Dozois | CPA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Profession, Canadian Psychological Association |
2019
Name | Award/Achievement |
Dr. Andrew Pruszynski | Stevenson Award (Canadian Physiological Society) |
Dr. David Sherry | Distinguished University Professor |
Dr. Daniel Ansari | Fellow, Child & Brain Development Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research |
Dr. Adrian Owen | Order of the British Empire |
2018
Name | Award/Achievement |
Dr. Lindsay Bodell | APS Rising Star Award |
Dr. Don Saklofske | Scientific Award: Outstanding Contributions to the Research Advancement of Intelligence, Personality, and Individual Differences. Presented at Second International Conference: Healthier societies fostering healthy organizations. University of Florence. |
Dr. Laura Batterink | APS Rising Star Award |
Dr. David Dozois | Dean’s Excellence Award, Faculty of Social Science, Western University |
Dr. Mel Goodale | Member, Society of Experimental Psychologists (elected) |
Dr. Ryan Stevenson | - Early Researcher Award - Early Career Alumni Award (Indiana University) |
Dr. Daniel Ansari | - Marion Welchman International Award, British Dyslexia Association - Jacobs Foundation Advanced Research Fellowship (2018-2020) |
Dr. Andrew Pruszynski | - Early Career Award, Society for the Neural Control of Movement - Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (Junior Faculty), Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University |
Dr. Paul Gribble | - NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award - Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) operating grant |
2017
Name | Award/Achievement |
Molly Henry | APS Rising Star |
Dr. Jessica Grahn | APS Fellow |
Dr. Don Saklofske | Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology |
2016
Name | Award/Achievement |
Dr. Mike Atkinson Shelley Cross-Mellor Mark Holden Dr. Albert Katz Dr. Paul Minda Dr. Don Saklofske Dr. David Sherry Alexandra Twyman Dr. Lynne Zarbatany |
USC Teaching Honor Roll |
Dr. Don Saklofske | Honorary Member for Life, Educational & School Psychology Section, Canadian Psychological Association |
Dr. Holden Dr. Vernon |
"Top 5" of Western's 2,378 Instructors based on "Rate My Professor" |
Dr. David Sherry | Dean's Excellence Award for Teaching |
Dr. Jessica Grahn | - Faculty Scholar - NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award |
Dr. Mel Goodale | Ivey Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (appointed) |
2015
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. John Meyer | Fellowship: Association for Psychological Science |
Dr. David Dozois | - Fellow, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies - Fellow, Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies |
Dr. Ryan Stevenson | International Society for Autism Research Early Investigator Award |
Dr. Paul Gribble | Faculty Scholar Award |
Ian Lyons | APS Rising Star |
Dianne McCormack | Western Award of Excellence |
Dr. Daniel Ansari | - NSERC Steacie Fellowship - APS Fellow - Postdoctoral Supervisor of the Year Award, Western University |
2014
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. David Dozois | Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association |
Dr. Elizabeth Hayden | APS Fellow |
Dr. John Meyer | Fellowship: International Association for Applied Psychology |
Dr. Daniel Ansari | - Member, College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada - Marie Curie Visiting Professor, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, UK |
Dr. Stefan Köhler | Faculty Scholar Award |
Dr. Mel Goodale | Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, UK (elected) |
Dr. Marc Joanisse | Faculty Scholar Award |
Dr. Jessica Grahn | - James S. McDonnell Foundation: 2014 Scholar Award - CIHR New Investigator Award |
2013
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Elizabeth Hampson | NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award |
Dr. Paul Frewen | APA Early Career Award |
Hayden Woodley |
Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence (Master's Thesis) |
Helen Lee |
Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence (Master's Thesis) |
Rachel Rabi |
Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence (Master's Thesis) |
Matthew Maxwel-Smith |
Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence (Master's Thesis) |
Erin Ross |
Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence (Doctoral Thesis) |
Ian Holloway |
Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Academic Excellence (Doctoral Thesis) |
Dr. Adrian Owen | Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research |
Dr. Mel Goodale | - Elected a Fellow of The Royal Society - Researcher of the Month (Canadians for Health Research) |
Dr. Stefan Köhler | Alzheimer Foundation Grant |
Caroline Strang | Western 3-Minute Thesis Competition |
Dr. Elizabeth Hayden | Faculty Scholar Award |
Dr. Scott MacDougall-Shackleton and Dr. David Sherry |
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant |
Stephanie Montgomery-Graham |
Canadian Psychological Association Foundation Grant |
2012
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Elizabeth Hampson |
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award |
Dr. Jody Culham |
Appointed to board of eLife biomedical journal |
Psychology Department |
Western's Department of Psychology 50th in world rankings |
Dr. Daniel Ansari |
- Transforming Education through Neuroscience Award, IMBES & L&B |
Michael Barnett-Cowan |
Banting Postdoctoral Research Fellowship |
Celia Goffin |
McClelland Award (most outstanding thesis of the year) |
Tara Morley |
LRPA Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Psychology Student |
Dr. Jessica Grahn |
Early Researcher Award |
Livia Veselka |
Anna Anastasi Award |
Dr. Richard Neufeld |
Dr. Richard Neufeld on the list of the Top 11 academically productive male clinical psychology professors in Canada |
Dr. John Meyer |
Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research |
Matthew Shanahan |
Richard A. Harshman Scholarship |
Stephanie Bugden |
Marilyn (Pack) McClelland Award in Psychology |
Kazunaga Matsuki |
G. Keith Humphrey Memorial Award |
Joseph Choi |
Douglas N. Jackson Memorial Award |
Tram Nguyen |
Reva Gerstein Felllowship for Masters Study in Psychology |
Tram Nguyen |
Ralph S. Devereux Award in Psychology |
Sarah Stanton |
Leola E. Neal Award |
Livia Veselka |
H. J. Eysenck Memorial Fund’s Award |
Dr. Jessica Grahn |
CFI grant to study links between music, the brain and how we move |
Claire Salisbury |
IGH (Institute of Gender and Health) Award for Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research by the CIHR |
2011
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Elizabeth Hampson |
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award |
Gavin Buckingham |
Banting Fellowship |
Justin Feeney |
John C. Flanagan Award |
Katie Kryski |
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship |
Dr. Marla Wolf |
Angela Armitt Award for Excellence in Teaching by Part-Time Faculty |
Dr. Vicki Esses |
Harold Crabtree Foundation Award in Public Policy |
Caroline Bennett-AbuAyyash |
Harold Crabtree Foundation Award in Public Policy |
Dr. Daniel Ansari |
Boyd McAndless Award |
Dr. Daniel Ansari |
Faculty Scholar Award |
Dr. Jody Culham |
NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship |
Dr. Marc Joanisse |
NSERC Accelerator Supplements Program Award |
Dr. Scott MacDougall-Shackleton |
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award |
Dr. William Fisher |
Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality |
Haitao Yang |
2011 Western Award of Excellence |
Robert D. Hare (PhD Graduate) |
Member of the Order of Canada |
2010
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Peter Jaffe |
Order of Canada |
Livia Veselka |
Certificate of Teaching Excellence (Council of Canadian Departments of Psychology) |
Matthew Maxwel-Smith |
Certificate of Teaching Excellence (Council of Canadian Departments of Psychology) |
Dr. Mel Goodale |
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science |
Dr. Vicki Esses |
Faculty Scholar Award |
Dr. Rod Martin |
University Students’ Council Teaching Award of Excellence |
Dr. Jody Culham |
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) E. W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship |
Dr. Elizabeth Hampson |
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award |
Dr. Mike Atkinson |
University Students' Council 2008-2009 Teaching Honour Roll
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Dr. Shelley Cross-Mellor |
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Dr. Peter Hoaken |
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Dr. Albert Katz |
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Dr. Gary Rollman |
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Dr. David Sherry |
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Dr. Mary Lou Vernon |
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Dr. Tony Vernon |
2009
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Lorne Campbell |
Elected a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology |
Dr. David Dozois |
- Psychology Service Provider of the Year, London Regional Psychological Association |
Dr. Elizabeth Hayden |
Early Researcher Award |
Dr. Vicki Esses |
- 2009 Distinguished Service to SPSSI (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) Award |
Dr. Jim Neufeld |
Elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences |
Dr. Elizabeth Hampson |
CIHR/IGH Senior Career Research Chair |
Ian Holloway |
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship |
Ben Bowles |
Brain Star Prize (CIHR) |
Pralle Kriengwatana |
2nd place in the SOGS Western Research Forum |
Aimee Coulombe |
2008 OPA Public Education Award |
Vanessa Hamill |
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Vivien Lee |
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Patricia Jordan |
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Agnes Massak |
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Erin Ross |
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Alex McIntyre-Smith |
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Kathryn Turnbull |
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Francois Botha |
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Lyndsay Evraire |
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Naomi Gryfe |
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Megan Hancock |
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Sol Rovillard |
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Katie Kryski |
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Tara Morley |
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Kathleen O’Connor |
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Pamela Seeds |
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Matthew Shanahan |
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Juliana Tobon |
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Ya Xue |
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Dr. Scott MacDougall-Shackleton |
Faculty Scholar Award University of Western Ontario |
Dr. Daniel Ansari |
Early Career Research Contributions Award Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) |
Dr. William Fisher |
University of Western Ontario Students Council Teaching Honor Roll |
Dr. Natalie Allen |
Fellow, Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology |
Dr. Jody Culham |
Senior Fellowship, University of Bologna |
2008
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Daniel Ansari |
USC Teaching Honor Roll |
Dr. Mike Atkinson |
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Dr. Elizabeth Hampson |
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Dr. Rod Martin |
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Dr. Harry Murray |
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Dr. Tony Vernon |
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Bethany Butzer |
The 10th Annual Martin E.P. Seligman Award for Outstanding Dissertation Research in Positive Psychology |
Agnes Massak |
London Regional Psychological Association (LRPA) Award for an "Outstanding Contribution by a Psychology Student" |
Rachel Lechcier-Kimel |
GSTA Award |
Matthew Shanahan |
GSTA Award |
Dr. Scott MacDougall-Shackleton |
- One of NSERC’s one hundred 2008 Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS) |
Dr. William Fisher |
- Distinguished University Professorship Award |
Dr. Jody Culham |
Faculty Scholar Award |
Dr. Daniel Ansari |
- Ontario Research Fund Award |
Dr. Mel Goodale |
Richard C. Tees Award for Distinguished Leadership (CSBBCS) |
Dr. Lorne Campbell |
Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellowship Award |
Dr. Rod Martin |
Doug Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor |
2007
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Natalie Allen |
Distinguished Contributions to I-O Psychology in Canada Award |
Dr. John Meyer |
Distinguished Contributions to I-O Psychology in Canada Award |
Laurie Bertrand |
McClelland Award (most outstanding thesis of the year) |
Megan Johnston |
Clark and Mary Wright Scholorship |
Talia Troister |
Psych 385 f/g |
Stephanie Reid |
Linda Smith-Holbert Award |
Dr. Daniel Ansari |
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair Award |
Dr. Mel Goodale |
Allen L. Edwards Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle |
Dr. Bill Roberts |
NSERC's inaugural list of of the Top 50 Discoveries for 2006 (publication) |
Krista Macpherson |
NSERC's inaugural list of of the Top 50 Discoveries for 2006 (publication) |
Dr. Derrick MacFabe and the Autism Research Group |
NSERC's inaugural list of of the Top 50 Discoveries for 2006 (publication) |
Dr. William Fisher |
Hellmuth Prize for Scientific Achievement |
Dr. William Fisher |
Aesculapius Award for Excellence in Health Communication, Health Institute |
Dr. Mel Goodale |
Distinguished University Professor Award |
Dr. Scott MacDougall-Shackleton |
Faculty Scholar Award |
Dr. Daniel Ansari |
Canada Research Chair (Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience), Tier II Award |
Sheri Madigan |
CIHR Brain Star Award |
Dr. Susan Pepper |
Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching |
Dr. Susan Pepper |
Western Psychology Association Professor of the Year Award |
Dr. Susan Pepper |
Teaching Honour Roll Award of excellence from the University Students Council |
Dr. Mary J. Wright |
YMCA London Women of Excellence Award |
Dr. Scott MacDougall-Shackleton |
CFI grant |
Dr. David Sherry |
CFI grant |
Western's Department of Psychology |
Third place ranking among medical/doctoral Canadian Universities according to a recently released report issued by Research Infosource |
Dr. Lorne Campbell |
Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Relationship Researchers Interest Group Close Relationships Early Career Award |
Dr. Rod Martin |
Annual Book Award, Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor |
Dr. Jody Culham |
UWO Faculty of Medicine Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research in the Team category, CIHR Group on Action and Perception |
Dr. Marv Simner |
CPA Member of the Year |
2006
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Lorne Campbell |
- The 2007 Early Career Award by the Relationship Researchers Interest Group (RRIG) |
Dr. John Meyer |
- Fellowship: American Psychological Association |
Dr. Stefan Köhler |
Grant from the Academic Development Fund (ADF) at the University of Western Ontario |
Dr. Bruce Morton |
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Dr. Elizabeth Hayden |
Young Investigator Award from National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) |
Dr. Lorne Campbell |
SSHRC Grant |
Dr. Mel Goodale |
The British Psychological Society Book Award |
Mel Goodale |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Award |
Brian Corneil |
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Jody Culham |
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Stefan Everling |
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Paul Gribble |
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Stefan Köhler |
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Tutis Vilis |
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Dr. David Dozois |
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award |
Dr. Mike Atkinson |
Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching |
Dr. Stefan Köhler |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) operating grant |
2005
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Lorne Campbell |
University Student Centre's (USC) Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence |
Dr. Daniel Ansari |
- Junior Faculty Fellowship, Dartmouth College |
Dr. William Fisher |
United Nations World Summit Award, for the best e-health website e-health websites in the world for sexualityandu.ca/masexualite.ca (core founder group and core contributor) |
Dr. Natalie Allen |
Teaching Honour Role Award of Excellence University Students’ Council |
Dr. David Dozois |
Faculty Scholar Award |
2004
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. David Dozois |
Fellow, Academy of Cognitive Therapy |
Dr. Greg Moran |
Bowlby-Ainsworth Award: Centre for Mental Health Promotion and the New York Attachment Symposium for singular contributions to attachment theory and research |
Dr. David Pederson |
Bowlby-Ainsworth Award: Centre for Mental Health Promotion and the New York Attachment Symposium for singular contributions to attachment theory and research |
2003
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Paul Gribble |
Ontario Premier’s Research Excellence Award |
Dr. David Dozois |
- University Students Council Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence, University of Western Ontario |
Dr. Mel Goodale |
Honorary Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Durham |
Dr. William Fisher |
University of Western Ontario First Year Medical Student Class "Best Curriculum on Earth" Award |
Dr. Jody Culham |
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award |
Dr. Marv Simner |
CPA Fellow |
2002
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Paul Gribble |
CIHR New Investigator Award |
Dr. Daniel Ansari |
Bogue Research Fellowship, University College London |
Dr. Natalie Allen |
Visiting Research Fellowship, The British Academy |
2001
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Mel Goodale |
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
Dr. David Dozois |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA) Brain Star Award |
Dr. Natalie Allen |
- Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association |
2000
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Lorne Campbell |
American Psychological Association (APA) Dissertation Research Award |
Dr. Mel Goodale |
- Alkek Lecture in Neuroscience, Rice University |
1999
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. William Fisher |
University of Western Ontario Students Council Teaching Honor Roll |
Dr. Mel Goodale |
- Distinguished Lecturer in Psychology, University of Alberta |
Dr. Rick Goffin |
Best Paper Award, Human Resources Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (Co-winner) |
1998
Name | Award/Achievement |
Dr. John Meyer | Fellowship: Canadian Psychological Association |
1997
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Natalie Allen and Dr. John Meyer |
Choice Magazine Academic Book of Year Award for 1997: Meyer, J. P. and Allen, N. J. "Commitment Workplace: Theory Research and Application" |
1996
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Marv Simner |
OPA Award of Merit |
1995
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Richard Neufeld |
Ontario Mental Health Foundation Senior Research Fellowship (Mathematical Clinical Science) |
1994
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Elizabeth Hampson |
OMHF New Faculty Research Fellowship Award |
Dr. Jim Neufeld |
Charter Member: American Board of Assessment Psychology, Fellow: American Academy of Assessment Psychology |
Dr. Mel Goodale |
Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching |
1993
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Elizabeth Hampson |
OMHF New Faculty Research Fellowship Award |
Dr. Jim Neufeld |
Mentor: Best Dissertation in Clinical Psychology published in 1993 (APA, Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology) |
Dr. William Fisher |
Winner, International Film and Video Festival "Just Like Us" A 39 min. documentary interviews with 5 young heterosexual men and women and 1 young homosexual man who contracted HIV/AIDS at a young age via sexual contact. (Co-Director and Co-Producer) |
Dr. William Fisher |
Bronze Medal, Columbus International Film and Video Festival "Just Like Us" A 39 min. documentary interviews with 5 young heterosexual men and women and 1 young homosexual man who contracted HIV/AIDS at a young age via sexual contact. (Co-Director and Co-Producer) |
Dr. William Fisher |
Finalist International Health and Medical Film Festival "Just Like Us" A 39 min. documentary interviews with 5 young heterosexual men and women and 1 young homosexual man who contracted HIV/AIDS at a young age via sexual contact. (Co-Director and Co-Producer) |
Dr. William Fisher |
Finalist, National Council on Family Relations "Just Like Us" A 39 min. documentary interviews with 5 young heterosexual men and women and 1 young homosexual man who contracted HIV/AIDS at a young age via sexual contact. (Fisher, W.A., Co-Director and Co-Producer) |
1992
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Elizabeth Hampson |
OMHF New Faculty Research Fellowship Award |
Dr. Jim Neufeld |
Joey and Toby Tannenbaum Distinguished-Scientist Award in Schizophrenia Research (1992; second recipient/first psychologist recipient) |
Dr. Vicki Esses |
Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award |
Dr. Rick Goffin |
Honorable mention in APA Division Five Dissertation Award competition |
1989
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Jim Neufeld |
UWO Faculty of Social Science Research Professorship |
Dr. William Fisher |
Awards for Excellence in Teaching Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations |
Dr. William Fisher |
Awards for Excellence in Teaching University of Western Ontario |
Dr. Elizabeth Hampson |
Curt P. Richter Prize, International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (one award given internationally each year to recognize outstanding research achievement in the field of neuroendocrinology) |
1986
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. William Fisher |
- Fellow, Society of Experimental Social Psychology |
1985
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Marv Simner |
Award of Distinction, Faculty of Part-Time and Continuing Education, University of Western Ontario |
1983
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. Jim Neufeld |
Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association |
1982
Name |
Award/Achievement |
Dr. William Fisher |
Awards for Excellence in Teaching Department of Psychology University of Western Ontario |
Award Nominations
2012 Western Award of Excellence:
Daniella Chirila
Advocacy Through Action: Students Bringing Psychology to our Community" (AtoA) one of the three finalists for the Pillar Community Innovation 2009 award
2009 Western Award of Excellence:
John Cesarini
Steve Bamford
Rick Cornwall
Jim Ladich
Davor Linkes
2008 Western Award of Excellence:
Daniella Chirila
Faith Hennessy
University Laboratory Labschool Staff
2007 Western Award of Excellence:
Lynne Mitchell
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