*Dr. Ostrov (Lab Director) plans on recruiting a new PhD students for Fall 2024 in the Clinical Psychology PhD program. Interested students should read more about the lab under the prospective student tab and reach out with questions. 

2023

*Congratulations to Gretchen Perhamus on receiving the SUNY Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) Award to further support her excellence in research and professional development.

*Congratulations to Gabriela “Bri” Memba on starting her Clinical Psychology Doctoral Internship at University of Chicago Medicine (UCM).

*Congratulations to Dr. Kristin Perry on receiving the 2023 American Psychological Foundation (APF)/APA Division 49 Richard Moreland dissertation of the year award!

2022

*Congratulations to Dr. Kristin Perry who received her PhD in Clinical Psychology and is now a Post-Doctoral Fellow at The Pennsylvania State University in the Prevention and Methodology T32 NIH Supported Training Program. 

*Congratulations to Gretchen Perhamus (5th year doctoral candidate) who received a NRSA F31 Fellowship from NICHD to support her training for the next two years. Gretchen was also named a 2022 Young Investigator at the International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA) World Meeting and was the recipient of the SUNY Great Award as well as the 2022 Murray Levine Graduate Award for Community Engagement in Psychology and the 2022 PAWNY sponsored Morton D. Brooks Scholarship Award! 

*Congratulations to Gabriela “Bri” Memba (5th year doctoral candidate) who received the 2022 Department of Psychology Excellence in Teaching Award and an award for her research presentation at the 8th Research Conference on Relational Aggression in July 2022.  

*The Lab recently received a competitive supplement to the NICHD supported FRIENDS grant to fund research on the impact of child masking on children’s adjustment as they transition from preschool to kindergarten. 

*The Lab received a new 5-year R01 grant (NICHD R01HD105496-01A1) to study a RCT of the Early Childhood Friendship Project with a teacher-coaching model. More information will be forthcoming under lab projects. New staff positions are anticipated and will be posted on the UB jobs site.