May 2011

Congratulations to our Graduating Psychology & Neuroscience Majors!

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Undergraduate Edition for Psychology & Neuroscience Majors

May 2011 Vol. 12 No. 5 College of Arts & Sciences

Psychology News Psychology News

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May 2011

The 2011 PRIME Welcome Reception is right around the corner! It will be held on Tuesday, May 24 at 10:30 a.m. in Flipse 502. This year, Dr. Victoria Noriega will be welcoming 17 PRIME students and their mentors as they begin a summer of research.

PRIME (Psychology Research Initiatives Mentorship Experience) is the summer research program designed for students interested in pursuing careers in the psychological sciences. From 1999 – 2009, the program was funded through a grant by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and administered by the American Psychological Association to increase minority partici-pation in the psychobiological pipeline. The Provost at UM provided supplementary funds during that time to support all students interested in research. The program now continues under the auspices of the Fred C. and Helen Donn Flipse endowment to the Psychology Department.

In addition to PRIME, the Department also offers JUMPSTART (Just for University of Miami Psychology Students to Accelerate Research Training) to students who want to get going in research early in their academic careers (i.e., before having had statistics or experimental psychology. Full PRIME students are required to collect, analyze, and present results on original data at several conferences during the summer and coming year. JUMPSTART students are will work with their mentors to develop a line of research, will do a literature search on the topic, and will present a proposal for future research.

Both Full PRIME and JUMP START students will work closely with their mentors and will present a brief synopsis of their research at the PRIME Poster Session to be held on Friday July 29th. To get the most out of their summer research experience, students will also be assisted by other lab members, the Director, the graduate student coordinator, and other PRIME students.

2011 PRIME and JUMP START Summer Research Fellows

Research, Creativity, & Innovation Forum On Tuesday, March 29, students from every discipline met

to present their research projects at the 2011 Research, Creativity , and Innovation Forum.

Congrats to the following students!

This summer, 11 Neuroscience students will participate in the Lois Pope Under-graduate Summer Research Fellowship. Each student will participate in an intensive Neuroscience research experience in a research laboratory with a UM faculty member. Each student researcher will be given a $2,500 stipend and will spend at least 40 hours per week for 10 weeks doing full-time research. After completing the fellowship, students are to present their work at either the Research, Creativity, & Innovation Day Forum or the Neuroscience Day. Congratulations students!

Lois Pope Student Mentor Alexandra Cocores Dr. Sari Izenwasser Kushal Desai Dr. Kunjan Dave Stephanie Fernandez Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg Daniel Hauth Dr. Ozcan Ozdamar Allison Lapins Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg Alexis Milton Dr. Youngmee Kim Lindsey Salay Dr. John Bixby Daniel Valenzuela Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg

2011 Lois Pope Summer Research Fellows

Biological Sciences

2nd Place Jose Martinez

Social Sciences

1st Place Amy Altszuler 2nd Place Alexis Branca 3rd Place Cristina Garcia

PRIME Student PRIME Mentor Jillian Armstrong Dr. Youngmee Kim Nikhil Banerjee Dr. Amishi Jha Natasha Benitez Dr. Michael Alessandri Gilly Bortman Dr. Rebecca Shearer Andrew Bromley Dr. Jennifer Durocher Tiffany Caldas Dr. Amy Weisman de Mamani Audrey Chen Dr. Alexandra Quittner Randi Franklin Dr. Jutta Joorman Brittany Friedman Dr. Anibal Gutierrez Merissa Goolsarran Dr. Craig Marker Alexandra Monzon Dr. Alexandra Quittner Jenna Oien Dr. Gail Ironson Gayle Rotmil Dr. Michael Alessandri Kristina Samour Dr. Jennifer Durocher Nicholas Shuman Dr. Daniel Messinger Victoria Tamayo Dr. Michael Alessandri Amanda Ting Dr. Youngmee Kim Ashley Tirado Dr. Jennifer Durocher

May 2011

UASP’s Lost & Found If you have lost something, please stop by our office to see if we have it. These items will be donated if they are not claimed by the end of the semester.

UASP Says Farewell Hats Off!

On Saturday, April 2nd, Team UASP participated in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. To raise money, UASP hosted Café UASP where the PALs sold hot coffee and bagels do- nated by Coral Bagels. The PALs also planted “bugs” in the offices of Faculty and Staff in Flipse which would be removed and relo- cated by a PAL after a donation of at least $1. Several of the PALs participated in the onsite activities, which included wing and pie eating contests, corn hole, twister, bubble gum chewing contest, a relay and tug of war. Dr. Noriega and Sean Kilpatrick were both

put in “jail,” one of the many onsite fundraisers. UASP’s on site fundraiser included a friendship ring toss and a chance drawing for an opportunity to win two 50-yardline football tickets to the Kansas State game this fall, kindly donated by President Shalala. Congratulations to Kim Reyes, an Engineering student, for winning the grand prize! The Psychology Department also generously matched our first $300 in fundraising, bringing the UASP total to over $1,400! Special thanks to PALs Ross Feldgreber and Christine Pao, who were on the Relay for Life planning committee, for all their help throughout the event. Thanks also goes to Team UASP captain, Alida Lambert for all her hard work. On behalf of UASP, thanks to everyone for you support!

“Team UASP” Supports Relay for Life

Every year, UASP must bid farewell to our senior Peer Ad-vising Liaisons (PALs), who have been the backbone of our comprehensive advising operation. PALS serve as the first point of contact, prepare students for their advising sessions, and work with our new students in the FACT FORUM and TUMS programs.

Having built strong relationships with each one, it will be difficult to say goodbye, but know they will keep in touch! Please join us as we congratulate our senior PALs on their achievement:

Alida Lambert plans to work as a research assistant before she applies to graduate programs in psychology.

Charlie Levinson will return home to St. Louis, Missouri, where he has accepted a position with College Bound (through AmeriCorps) to help under-resourced high school students prepare for, matriculate into, and complete a college degree.

Christine Pao chose to remain at the University of Miami to pursue her M.D. at the Miller School of Medicine.

Jennifer LeMay accepted a research position with Dr. Anibal Gutierrez in the UM Department of Psychology where she will work for one year as she applies to medical school.

Jessica Weiss plans to attend the University of South Florida for a Master’s in Medical Sciences and apply to medical school in the future.

Kiara Wesley accepted an offer to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Michael Sheffield will work as a research assistant and apply to psychology graduate programs in the future.

Ross Feldgreber will attend the College of Veterinary Medicine at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he will pursue his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine.

Stephanie Novotny will pursue her Ph.D. in Human Development at the University of California, Davis, working under Dr. Peter Mundy.

We wish you all a ton of success and only the best in the future!

Adam Margol, former Peer Advising Liaison plans to pursue his Psy.D. at George Washington University. Good luck Adam!

Amelia Rowley, recent graduate and former Peer Advising Liaison, will be pursuing her Psy.D. at Nova Southeastern University. Best wishes Amelia!

Recent graduate Catherine Hoeppner has been shadowing at the Judeo Christian Health Clinic in Tampa Bay while finishing premedical courses. Catherine has put her study abroad experience in Granada Spain to good use by translating between patients and doctors. She is planning on applying to medical school this fall.

Junior Psychology and Political Science double major Melanie Baez will be interning with the New York City Commis-sion on Human Rights this summer. The Commission does as much as possible to enforce Human Rights laws and educate New Yorkers about them through forums and events.

Marytery Fajardo, a former Psychology Peer Advisor and current medical student at the Miller School of Medicine was recently tapped into Iron Arrow, the highest honor at UM! Congratulations!

Congratulations to Jennifer Hughes who after spending time doing research at Brown University will pursue her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Tennessee.

May 2011

College of Arts and Sciences: Psychology

Neuroscience

School of Communication

School of Education

Emmanuelle Abitbol Diana Abreu-Molnar Clayton Armstrong Dillon Baete Jakub Bartkowiak Pietro Bortoletto Lindsay Conner Gordon Dale Odalys Echevarria Liliana Ein Daniel Escobar

Kasey Faulkner Jorge Feria Michaela Gaffley Shijia Geng Sophia Hassor Allyson Hodgkins Robert Hurley Clayton Jackson Deepa Kamarsu Erin Kelly Allison Lamb

Charlotte LaSenna Janice Leon Jenelle Lin Lindsey Lonadier Jose Martinez Elizabeth Mathenge Colin Mayer Melia McManus Teresa Micotto Randa Obid Angelica Ortiz

Christine Pao Nageena Parasher Kavita Patel Emily Payton Karishma Reddy Gracielena Rodriguez Matthew Sacino Stephanie Sandhu Chloe Spertus Markus Spurlock Brandon Swed

Kathryn Taylor Mai Tran Danielle Weiss Sierra Winings Matthew Wolfson Willa Xiong Michael Young Rita Zeidan

Nicole Adlman Alexandra Andrial Alexandra Arteaga Leah Auster Jillian Avratin Lauren Balukonis Brittney Bomnin Anna Brickner Laura Bries Vanessa Colvett Rachel Cooper

Jacob Crows Annalis Garrido Sean Goldfaden Calli Goldstein Marina Granziera Elizabeth Hayes Samantha Hickey Jessica Hruska Lara Israelson Erica Kirshner Joanna Lamb

Ariel Lease Laura Ledesma Steven Levy Michael LoPreto Loren Lostritto Natalie Lowis Nicholas Marchese Anthony Mendez Nicole Meyers Genevy Milian Darrell Moore

Denise Nosko Alejandro Palli Carolina Parets Cristina Pavon Katherine Petz Juliana Posess Chelsea Rademaker Lucas Rodriguez Nikki Schuster Stacy Sendler Craig Shervin

Alex Silverstein Gregory Snyder Jamie Stephens Loubna Turjuman Tara Winston Olivia Woolbright Xiaoyi Xu Jaclyn York

Victoria Angelo Jennifer Colson Carell Dorce Ashley Dukes Elena Fajardo

Isabella Giorno Amber Howard Brittany Locke Alicia Martinez Hannah Maurer

Jennifer Olesiewicz Angela Pape Stephanie Parrish Alexandra Robbins Silvia Rodriguez

Victoria Santos-Buch Stephanie Spy Nisha Jani Delia Prieto Matthew Rosen

School of Music Patricia Chaviano Meghan Gunning Anthony Yeung

School of Nursing Ivette Medrano

Congratulations Graduates! Omosalewa Adenikinju Kyle Aguilar Tanny Aguirre Aria Aloi Amy Altszuler Jessica Alvarez Gabriella Ambrose Amy Altszuler Jessica Alvarez Gabriella Ambrose Mariel Anastasio Lauren Anderson Alvar Andollo Ruchi Babriwala Matthew Baredes Alivia Barker Nicole Barron Caridad Bassols Andrea Bellino Amanda Berthold Taylor Biancone Elspeth Black Diana Borrero Joi Bottino Mouriel Boucher Alexis Branca Nicole Brenson Alyssa Brown Tierra Brown Mysha Browning Alanna Buz Montgomery Campbell Michael Cardozo Dianna Castillo Monika Cernovska Tiffany Chang Cecile Chin Jennifer Cook Kelly Costello Joseph Cotler

Edward Cotton Courtney Cross Johnson Irene Daboin Shachar Dagan Angela Decrow Christina Demaria Carissa DeMello James Dimino Avesta Ebrahimi Mia Esposito Anna Feagan Ross Feldgreber Jennifer Fernandez Mariana Fernandez-Soto Daniela Ferro Joanna Finazzo Nathalie Fleitas Alejandra Forero Briana Fountain Elizabeth Fuller Blair Funk Cristina Garcia Julieta Garcia David Goldberg Alexandra Golovac Yvan Gonzalez Anna Halliday Jasmine Hanson Madelyn Hernandez Meghan Holub Shifat Hossain Lisa Jimenez Derreck Johnson Lily Johnson-Ulrich Sandy Joseph Stephanie Karapetian Emaad Khansur Caitlin Knapp Leigh Kroeker Edward Kuhn

Adriana Lamas Alida Lambert Jesse Leeds Katelyn Leidy Margarita Leira Jennifer LeMay Alec Levien Melissa Levine Charles Levinson Melissa Levinson Catherine Lopez Chisel Lopez Rachelle Louis-Jeune Andrea Lundberg Meredith Magill Ashley Makulowich Edmund Mandell Elise Mantell Saily Martinez Jessica Maura Jessica Maxsween Vanessa McGaughey Scott McNeil Michael Mejia Andrew Melis Milena Mendez Jenna Mennona Samantha Mergler Kristi Mesmer Morgan Meyer Ingrid MirandaAlvarez Madison Moore Andrea Munoz Sonya Nanda Molly Niemiec Stephanie Novotny Stephanie Nunez Michael O'Brien Jason O'Connor Casey Page

Kristin Parker-Fahey Megan Pearl Kristen Pena Kristyna Pena Anna Petracca Alexandra Pizarro Keegan Potter Darcy Pratt Sarah Pruitt Ashleigh Quinn Gabrielle Ressa Laura Robertson Michelle Rodriguez Lauren Roebuck-Donald Tania Rojas Kristi Mesmer Morgan Meyer Ingrid MirandaAlvarez Madison Moore Andrea Munoz Sonya Nanda Molly Niemiec Stephanie Novotny Stephanie Nunez Michael O'Brien Jason O'Connor Casey Page Kristin Parker-Fahey Megan Pearl Kristen Pena Kristyna Pena Anna Petracca Alexandra Pizarro Keegan Potter Darcy Pratt Sarah Pruitt Ashleigh Quinn Gabrielle Ressa Laura Robertson Michelle Rodriguez

Lauren Roebuck-Donald Tania Rojas Alysa Romano Maddison Saalinger Sabrina Saieh John Salerno Michael Sanchez Erika Sandler Marina Sarno Michael Scanlon Carolina Scaramutti Addison Seitter Pooja Shankar Michael Sheffield Faith Shelzi Nanki Singh Claire Smith Alexis Spears Andrew Stiles Jessica Stinnett Phillip Tai Mario Tarabillo Theresa Tarzia Kristina Torres Sovannchampa Touch Joanna Tsikis Brian Valdes Vanessa Valdes Parris Vargas Miguel Velasco Jessica Vondrak Jessica Weiss Kiara Wesley Emily Wilkins Miranda Wilson Shaunkysheia Wimbley Mary Woody Nicole Yehudai Elena Young

May 2011

2011 Graduates Plan to... Tanny Aguirre plans to pursure her Masters at ESMAS Universidad Vallanueva Jessica Alvarez will pursue her Psy. D. at Nova Southeastern University Lauren Anderson plans to pursue her Master’s in Applied Behavioral Analysis at Auburn University Amy Altszuler will attend Florida International University to pursue her Ph.D. in Child Clinical Psychology Dillon Baete plans to attend Baylor University in Waco Texas where he will pursue his Ph.D. in Neuroscience Matthew Baredes plans to work for UBS Financial Services Nicole Barron plans to pursue a culinary arts degree at the Art Institutes International in Minnesota Brittney Bomnin will participate in a summer internship as a photo and video journalist at the Miami Herald Pietro Bortoletto will pursue his M.D. at either Northwestern University. University of Miami, University of Michigan or Baylor University Alexis Branca will pursue her M.A. in School Psychology at Columbia University in New York City Tierra Brown plans to be a professional track and field athlete Joseph Cotler will attend Florida International University for his Master’s in Developmental Psychology Edward Cotton will work as the Volunteer Manager for the Eat Atlanta Kids Company, a non-profit organization that focuses on education and public health Courtney Cross-Johnson will work for Teach For America in Houston Texas Avesta Ebrahimi will work at the National Institute of Health in Microbiology and Immunology Mia Esposito plans to work for Teach for America in Miami Florida Kasey Faulkner plans to work for AmericCorp Cristina Garcia plans to work in a cognitive neuroscience research lab before applying to Clincal Ph.D. programs Michaela Gaffley will pursue her M.D. David Goldberg will remain in Miami and attend the University of Miami School of Law Yvan Gonzalez will pursue his Law Degree at the University of Miami Nisha Jani plans to stay in Miami and pursue her Master’s in Exercise Physiology here at UM Lisa Jimenez plans to enter the University of Miami’s Master’s in Mental Health Program Lily Johnson-Ulrich plans to work on a horse farm for the summer before volunteering on a wildlife preserve in Africa for year Priya Joshi will work as a research coordinator at Bascolm Plamer before she begins school in the fall at Union College of Optometry Leigh Kroeker plans to work as a Research Assistant before applying to Social Psychology Ph.D. programs Elaine LaSenna will remain in Miami and pursue her M.D. at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Katelyn Leidy will pursue her Psy. D at the University of Denver Melissa Levine will attend Nova Southeastern University's Mental Health Counseling Master's program Melissa Levinson plans to work in research before applying to Clinical Ph.D. programs Steven Levy will work at a video company directing, producing and editing videos Andrea Lundberg plans to pursue her M.D. at Creighton Medical School Ashley Makulowich is planning to work at The Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington at the University of Maryland Elise Mantell will enter the Accelerated Bachelors in Nursing Program at UMiami this fall. Colin Mayer after spending the summer in Uganda, to work at a medical clinic, and India he will continue to work as a Paramedic and help train UM student EMTs with the American Medical Academy Milena Mendez is in the process of applying to Speech Pathology Master’s programs Jenna Mennona plans to attend George Washington Law School Samantha Mergler will pursue her Psy. D. at Nova Southeastern University Kavita Patel plans to attend either the University of Miami’s or the University of Florida’s Medical school Kristen Pena will pursue her Master’s of Science in Mental Health Counseling at Nova Southeastern University Anna Petracca will attend La Salle University and pursue her Psy. D. Alexandra Pizarro will pursue her Master’s in Biomedical Sciences at Barry University Delia Prieto will remain and Miami and pursue her Master’s in Community Development and Action here at UM Gabrielle Ressa plans to work at the EPIC hotel in Miami Michelle Rodriguez will be moving to Italy to teach English with Language Corps. Matthew Rosen will work for Cartoon Network in LA and display his work at www.cartoonsbymatt.deviantart.com Marina Sarno plans to pursue her Psy. D. at Nova Southeastern University Nanki Singh plans to work at Dynamite Yacht Management Andrew Stiles will attend the University of Maryland Dental School Sovannchampa Touch will be a commissioned second Lieutenant in the US Army and will enter into an Human Resources related specialty Miranda Wilson will pursue her M.S.Ed. In Mental Health Counseling here at UM Shaunkysheia Wimbley plans to pursue her M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy at Nova Southeastern Mary Woody will pursue her Ph. D. in Clinical Psychology at Binghamton University

Graduates … Are you making plans in 2011? We want to know! Email smkilpatrick@miami.edu to see your name in the next newsletter!

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Senior Honors Theses for the Spring 2011 Graduating Class Psychology Amy Altszuler – Dr. Monica Webb Hooper – Associations of ADHD Symptoms and Cigarette Use Among College Students Lauren Anderson – Dr. Anibal Gutierrez – Commenting, Requesting, and Smiling as Collateral Effects of a Joint Attention Intervention for Children with Autism Irene Daboin – Dr. Heather Henderson – Situational Influences on Children’s Compliance: the Effects of Temperament and Parenting Michaela Gaffley – Dr. Heather Henderson and Leena Mohapatra – Variations in Social Functioning Among Younger Siblings of Children with Autism: the Role of Executive Functions Cristina Garcia – Dr. Amy Weisman de Mamani and Stephanie Sacks - Neurocognition, Cognitive Biases, and Symptomatology in Patients with Schizophrenia Jasmine Hanson – Dr. Craig Marker – Viewing of Emotional Faces in Social Anxiety Using the Approach-Avoidance Task Caitlin Knapp – Dr. Jutta Joormann and Kim Arditte – The Effect of Attention Biases on the Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Heart Rate Reactivity during a Stressor Margarita Leira – Dr. Heather Henderson - Early Temperament as a Predictor or Social Interactions in Toddlerhood Jennifer LeMay – Dr. Jennifer Durocher and Dr. Anibal Gutierrez – The Relationship Between Engagement and Joint Attention Skills as a Predictor of Intervention Success Stephanie Novotny – Dr. Michael Alessandri – Executive Joint Attention and Language Development: Mechanisms of Symptom Severity in Preschool Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders Michael Sheffield – Dr. Debra Lieberman – Domain-Specific Memory Differences in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Jessica Weiss – Dr. Michael Antoni – Positive Health Behaviors, Benefit Finding, and Immune Status in Recently Diagnosed Non–Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Emily Wilkins – Dr. Michael McCullough – Do Religious Primes Down– Regulate Adaptions on Quality of Life of Cancer Patients Sierra Winings - Dr. Youngmee Kim - Effects of Similarity of Adult Attachment on Quality of Life of Cancer Patients Mary Woody – Dr. Jutta Joorman – Gender Differences in Stress Reactivity of Depressed Individuals Neuroscience Dillon Baete – Dr. Vance Lemmon and Dr. Anthony Oliva – Ectopic Expression of Glutathione Peroxidase 2 Promote Growth in the Central Nervous System Dale Gordon - Dr. Rober Keane – Identification of Inflammasome Activity Within Rat Microglial Cells Daniel Escobar – Dr. Gail Ironson – The Association Between Social Support and Adherence to Medication, Purpose and Satisfaction in Life and Health Related Quality of Life Allyson Hodgkins – Dr. John Bixby – Psychoactive Drugs Improve Neutrite Growth on Substrates that Prevent Regeneration after CNS Injury Clayton Jackson – Dr. Ian Hentall – Electrical Stimulation of the Nucleus Raphe Magnus Up-Regulates the CAMP-dependent PKA Pathway Following Spinal Cord Injury Elaine Lasenna – Dr. Michael Vigoda – Age at Presentation as Predictor of Number of Hospital Visits Over Four-Year Follow- up Period in Retinoblastoma Patients Janice Leon – Dr. Youngmee Kim - Effects of Caregiving Burden and Social Support on the Medical Morbidity of Caregivers Maadison Saalinger – Dr. Tatiana Perrino and Dr. Gianna Perez – Sleep and the Relationship Between Physical Activity and Depression Matthew Sacino – Dr. Murray Blackmore, Dr. Vance Lemmon, and Dr. John Bixby – Kruppel-like Transcription Factors Role in Molecular Regulation of Neuronal Regeneration Chloe Spertus – Dr. John Bethea – Sexual Dimorphism in Hippocampal Neurogenesis of Wild-Type and Astrological NF-kB inhibited Transgenic Mice

Alexandra Bicki Gilly Bortman

Alexandra Cocores Jennifer Cook Irene Daboin Mia Esposito Daniela Ferro

Nathalie Fleitas David Goldberg Haley Gordon

Francisco Gortes Jessica Johns

Lily Johnson-Ulrich Alida Lambert Alexandra Lee

Jenna Mennona David Painter Bryan Pardo

Anna Petracca Caleb Pitcairn

Gayle Rotmil Jacqueline Sandler

Maria Sarno Jaclyn Schroder

Yashna Shah Ishna Sharma Michael Ullo

Danielle Weiss Jaime Williams Mary Woody

Outstanding Psychology Major

Cristina Garcia

Outstanding Neuroscience Major Matthew Sacino

Psi Chi Award Angelica Ortiz and Margarita Leira

Eber Award Winner Irene Daboin

2011 Undergraduate Awards Psychology & Neuroscience

Phi Beta Kappa

May 2011

Go Canes!

The Psi Chi and TUNS Connection News & Briefs for University of Miami Psi Chi Vol. 12 Num. 5

President’s Message

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Thanks to the outgoing officers for all their hard

work this past year!

Dr. Victoria

Noriega Psi Chi Advisor

The Undergraduate Neuroscience Society President’s Message

By: Dale Brown

Congratulations to everyone for persevering through another semester of classes! We’ve pushed through those last-minute projects and late-night cramming sessions; we’ve made it to the finish line. It’s time to dive straight into summer! I would like to introduce myself as President of The Undergraduate Neuroscience Society (TUNS) for this upcoming academic year. TUNS is a student-run organization for individuals interested in Neuroscience and Psychology. At our meetings we hold seminars by leading faculty, scientists, and medical doctors, have round-table discussions on current research, participate in neurological service projects, and foster a mentor program, among other activities. Our speakers are a defining component to the club, and provide invaluable networking opportunities. From these presentations, numerous members (including myself) have been inspired by and found the researchers with whom they want to work. Thanks to our former President, Matt Sacino, we have hosted many great speakers this past year, such as: Dr. Vance Lemmon with his work on axon growth guidance, Dr. Coleen Atkins with her work on traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg with his work on developmental control of axon growth, and Marc Buonticonti, President and Co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. We have also enjoyed our continued participation in the annual Miami Brain Fair. Thanks to Dr. McCabe, our faculty advisor, and the Psychology Department, everyone is able to enjoy a full FREE year of membership! If you are interested in graduate or medical school, or simply want to be a leader in the field of neuroscience, please join us for the upcoming year. I look forward to seeing each of you in the fall. I have big ideas for our organization and plan to expand to more events, more speakers, and a greater presence in the University and local communities. If you have any questions or want to be added to the list-serve, please email tuns_um@yahoo.com, or contact me directly at d.brown22@umiami.edu.

TUNS

Advisor Dr. McCabe

Margarita Leira Psychology

Angelica Ortiz Neuroscience

2010-2011 Psi Chi Executive Board

Margarita Leira - Co-President Angelica Ortiz - Co-President

Natalie Garcia - Treasurer Ashley Tirado - Secretary

Mia Esposito - Public Relations Kiara Wesley - Historian

Remember - you do not have to be a member of Psi Chi to attend our meetings and events! Please join us!

For general information about PSI CHI go to www.psichi.org.

Questions? Email us!UmiamiPsiChi@gmail.com

May 2011

Department of Psychology Undergraduate Academic Services for Psychology P.O. Box 248185 Coral Gables, FL 33124-0751

101972 Psychology News Thanks to . . . Sonya Richards. B.A. Sean Kilpatrick, M.S.Ed. Rod Wellens, Ph.D. Richard Williams, Ph.D. Psychology & Neuroscience Peer Advising Liaisons Editor Victoria Noriega, Ph.D.

In this issue . . . PRIME and JUMP START Research Fellows Lois Pope Research Fellows Research and Creativity Forum Results Team UASP supports Relay for Life UASP Says Farewell Hats Off! Congratulations Graduates! 2011 Graduates Plan to… 2011 Undergraduate Awards Senior Honors Thesis for Spring 2011 The Psi Chi and TUNS Connection