Support Student RP Research.

FRP supports student research awards at the Annual Rehabilitation Psychology Conference. These funds make the educational meeting more affordable for graduate students and recognize their research accomplishments. Thirty-four individuals have won dissertation awards totaling more than $86,000 since 2012.

Support Student RP Leaders.

FRP provided inaugural resources for establishment of the Rehabilitation Psychology Student Leadership Network and has continued its support.

Support RP Education.

Since 2012, FRP has supported unrestricted funding to the Annual Rehabilitation Psychology Conference .

Support Early RP Professionals.

FRP provided support to the Division 22’s Early Career Psychologist Committee for their ongoing activities.

2020 - 2021 Dissertation Award Recipients

2020 Leonard Diller Dissertation Award

Jenna Cohen, M.A., Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University

Falls, Mood and Driving Safety in Multiple Sclerosis

Advisor: Frederick Foley, PhD

Ted Allaire, M.S., Eastern Michigan University

Measurement and Structural Invariance of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Across Acute Rehabilitation Populations

Advisor: Michelle Meade, PhD

Jonathan Tsen, M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology

Caring for the Caregiver: Interpersonal Factors and Depression as Serial Mediators between Stigma and Suicidal Ideation

Advisor: Eun-Jeong Lee, PhD

Caroline Hinkle, M.A., University of Maryland, Baltimore County

The Mediating Role of White Matter Integrity and Gray Matter Volume in the Relationship between pain and Neurocognitive Function

Advisor: Raimi L. Quiton, PhD

Jeremiah Lum, M.S., Seattle Pacific University

Depression as a Moderator of the Relationship between Perceived Injustice and Neuropsychological Performance Validity in Traumatic Brain Injury

Advisor: Jacob Bentley, PhD, ABPP

2019 -2020 Dissertation Award Recipients

Jillian Tessier, Clinical Psychology, Drexel University

(Inaugural Leonard Diller Dissertation Award in Neurorehabilitation)

Functional Outcomes in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: Goal Attainment in Rehabilitation

Advisor: Maria Schultheis, PhD

Andrew D. May, Clinical Psychology, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

The Nature and Prevalence of Anxiety in an Intensive Care Unit: Risk Factors, Patient Outcomes, and Trends in Psychological Care

Advisor: Brian Sharpless, PhD

Amanda Parker, Clinical Psychology, Yeshiva University

Injustice, Quality of Life, and Psychiatric Symptoms in People with Migraine

Advisor: Elizabeth Seng, PhD

Dana Bakula, Clinical Psychology, Oklahoma State University

Parent Uncertainty, Self-Care, and Adjustment in the Pediatric Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting

Advisor: Larry Mullins, PhD

Jamie Tingey, Clinical Psychology, Seattle Pacific University

Self-efficacy Trajectories in Newly Diagnosed Individuals

with Multiple Sclerosis

Advisor: Jacob Bentley, PhD

Rosie Shrout, Interdisciplinary Social Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno

Couples and Nonvisible Chronic Illness: An Integrated Model of Dyadic Coping

Advisor: Daniel Weigel, PhD

Mercedes Zapata, School Psychology, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley

Personal Disability Identity Measurement: Self-Worth and Personal Meaning

Advisor: Frank C. Worrell, PhD