Student Achievements, 2011-2012 Academic Year

Naomi McKay
PhD Student, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Psychology Department
Advisor: Derek Daniels, PhD

Buffalo Chapter Nominee, Society for Neuroscience Graduate Student Travel Award, Fall 2012 meeting in New Orleans


Tom Covey
PhD student, Neuroscience Program
Advisors: David Shucard, PhD, Janet Shucard, PhD

Gina M. Finzi Memorial Summer Graduate Fellowship from the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., awarded twice, Summer of 2011, Summer of 2012

Society for Neuroscience Graduate Student Travel Award, awarded for Fall 2011 meeting in Washington D.C.


Jennifer Dolan
PhD student, Neuroscience Program
Advisor: John Kolega, PhD

Young Investigator’s Award, 7th International Symposium on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology and Cardiovascular Disease at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA, April 2012


Sarah Hayes
PhD student, Neuroscience Program
Advisor: Richard Salvi, PhD

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Research Fellowship from the Department of Defense, 2012-2015.

Student Research Grant from the American Tinnitus Association, 2012-2013


Peter Vento
PhD student, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Psychology Department
Advisor: Derek Daniels, PhD

Department of Psychology Travel Award, University at Buffalo, 2011

Mark Diamond Research Fund Dissertation Grant, University at Buffalo, 2011

Neuroscience Graduate Student Association Travel Award, University at Buffalo, 2012

Psychology Department Dissertation Award, University at Buffalo, 2012