Graduate News

In a new approach to this multi-faceted and seemingly intractable problem, Most is partnering with Dr. Sandra Hassink, director of the Pediatric Weight Management Clinic at A.I. duPont Hospital for Children; Meredith Lutz Stehl, a clinical psychologist at the hospital; and James Hoffman and Robert Simons, professors in UD's Department of Psychology. Their collaborative research is aimed at assessing whether individuals struggling with weight management exhibit characteristic neuro-cognitive indices related to attentional control and self-control.

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Mary Dozier and Johanna Bick will be giving a talk entitled, “Designing early interventions for high risk mother-child dyads: Behavioral and neuro- hormonal mechanisms.”

Professor Carroll Izard’s “Emotion Course” trains teachers to use puppets and story-telling to help Head Start youngsters learn from emotional experiences. Now, Izard and his team of researchers are adding new components to the groundbreaking program.

A student-advisor relationship is a two-way street. Graduate students gain valuable training and support, advisors gain new ideas about research. But why do some grad students say mentors are the key to their success?

The UDaily details how four Department of Psychology graduate students won internships via a process more "structured and systematic than most job searches".

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