The University of Texas at Dallas
The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
September 19, 2023
Dear Faculty, Students, and Staff Colleagues,

Greetings from the Dean’s Office, and welcome to a new academic year in BBS!

It is my great pleasure to send this congratulatory message to those members of our community who have recently received honors.

It’s a proud moment when we can recognize these achievements. Congratulations to all!

Best wishes,
Steven Small


Graduate Fellowship Awards

Bio-Behavioral Sciences Research Award
  • Pan Gu (Advisor: Dr. Jerillyn Kent, Neuroscience)
  • Yue Li (Dr. Jiyoung Park, Psychology)
  • Athul Sudheesh (Dr. Richard Golden, Neuroscience)
James C. Bartlett, PhD Fellowship
  • Linlin Fan (Dr. Amy Pinkham, Psychology)
Dianne Cash Fellowship
  • Sreoshi Chowdhury (Dr. Francesca Filbey, Psychology)
  • Carole Leung (Dr. Yune Lee, Speech, Language, and Hearing)
Nancy M. O’Neil and John Q. Stilwell, JD, PhD Fellowship in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • Denise Williams (Dr. Heidi Kane, Psychology)
Matthew S. Perry Fellowship in Cognition and Neuroscience
  • Ya-Yu Hu (Dr. Christa McIntyre, Neuroscience)
Matthew K. Weddle Fellowship in Cognition and Neuroscience
  • Debora Calderon (Dr. Christa McIntyre, Neuroscience)

Graduate Student Awards

30 Under 30 for Science by Forbes magazine
  • Desiree Jones MS’20 PhD’23, Psychology
Best Dissertation Award
  • David Hoagey PhD’22, Psychology (Structural Heterogeneity in Neuronal Aging: Insights from Micro and Macro Structural Neuroimaging)

Undergraduate Student Awards

IRB HIVE (Habits, Ideals, Values, and Ethics in human subjects research) Award
  • Gayathri Batchalli Maruthy (Mentor: Dr. Bart Rypma, Psychology)
  • Dr. Colleen Frank (Dr. Kendra Seaman, Psychology)
2023-2024 Archer Fellows
  • Aaiyma Ghufran, Psychology
  • Samyuktha Senthil Kumar, Neuroscience
  • Aryan Verma, Neuroscience