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Wiebe Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for Child and Family Health Research

March 24, 2021
The Society of Behavioral Medicine Child and Family Health Special Interest Group has recognized Professor Deborah Wiebe with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to child and family health. She is the Society’s second Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from UC Merced’s Department...

Dr. Wiebe receives 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Child and Family Health

February 24, 2021
Deb Wiebe has been selected by the Society Behavioral Medicine's Child and Family Health Special Interest Group to receive its 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Child and Family Health. She will be presented with this award at the SBM annual meeting....

Subramoney Wins Best Poster Award at SPSP Emotion Preconference

February 10, 2021
Sivenesi (Siv) Subramoney was the co-winner of the Best Poster Award at the 2021 SPSP Emotion Pre-Conference.  The poster was titled: “Emotion brokering: Navigating cross-cultural differences in emotion norms”

Hamilton Receives Early Career Researcher Award

February 2, 2021
Kyle Hamilton, a PhD Candidate in Health Psychology, was awarded an Early Career Researcher Award from the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science. The award was in recognition for his developing and publishing meta-analysis software and conducting workshops,...

Prestigious Biennial Grant Program Includes Funding for Ag-labor and Wildfire Research

January 14, 2021
Two new projects designed and led by UC Merced researchers will address challenges facing many Californians — wildfire recovery and agricultural labor — but will also have global reach. Both are funded through the University of California’s prestigious Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives...

Breast Milk Shows Promise for Treating COVID-19 and Protecting Babies

December 14, 2020
Health psychology Professor Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook and incoming grad student Jessica Marino have a new study suggesting that the breastmilk of mothers who have recovered from COVID-19 contains strong antibodies to the virus. In the fight against the global pandemic, there is an urgent need to...

Recent findings from research by graduate student Lukas Lopez featured in the news outlet Medical Research

December 4, 2020
Lukas Lopez gave an interview with MedicalResearch.com where he discussed his research. CAREGIVER’S RESPONSE TO BABY BABBLING CAN IMPROVE INFANT’S VOCABULARY

Hagger among Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers 2020 (Top 1% in citations)

November 19, 2020
Martin Hagger has been recognized as among the Highly Cited Researchers 2020 by the Web of Science, meaning his research publications has been so frequently cited that it places him among the top 1% of ALL scientists in the world for citations. More information about this recognition is available...

Professor Walle organizes special issue on emotional development

November 2, 2020
Professor Walle served as guest editor of a recent special section of the journal Emotion Review that focused on emotional development. The issue brings together international leaders in the study of emotion and emotional development, consisting of 4 target articles, 8 commentaries, and 4 author...

Pradyumna Lanka Receives Dr. Donald and Effie Godbold Fellowship

September 21, 2020
Developmental psychology gradaute Pradyumna Lanka Received the Dr. Donald and Effie Godbold Fellowship for internation gradaute students.  According to the award website, "The Dr. Donald and Effie Godbold Fellowship Award is designed to recognized the unique challenges that...

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