Recent Awards
Trainees at the Health Cognition and Behavior Lab regularly receive prestigious awards and grants.
Parth Shah – UNC Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in Social Sciences, 2018
M. Justin Byron – invited speaker, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2016 ($250 cash prize)
Marissa Hall – first place prize, Population and Prevention Sciences poster competition, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2016 ($250 cash prize)
Jennifer Morgan – UNC Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2016-2017
Parth Shah – Health services fellowship, Sheps Center for Health Services, 2016-2018.
Jennifer Moss – Outstanding Dissertation Award, Society for Behavioral Medicine, 2016 ($500 cash prize)
Sabeeh Baig – Meritorious Student Abstract Award, Society for Behavioral Medicine, 2016
Jennifer Moss – Student Presentation Award, Medical Care Section, American Public Health Association, 2015
Teri Malo – invited speaker, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2015 ($250 cash prize)
Humberto Parada – first place prize, Population and Prevention Sciences poster competition, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2015 ($250 cash prize)
Jessica Pepper – second place prize, Population and Prevention Sciences poster competition, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2015 ($150 cash prize)
Jessica Pepper – Outstanding Dissertation Award, Society for Behavioral Medicine, 2015 ($500 cash prize)
Marissa Hall – Meritorious Student Abstract Award, Society for Behavioral Medicine, 2015
Jennifer Moss – Meritorious Student Abstract Award, Society for Behavioral Medicine, 2015
Jennifer Moss –Student SIG Abstract Award, Society for Behavioral Medicine, 2015
Jessica Pepper – New Investigator Award for Best Abstract, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2015
Jennifer Moss – NRSA doctoral fellowship, National Cancer Institute, 2014-2016
Jennifer Morgan – doctoral fellowship, UNC Center for Regulatory Research on Cancer Communication, 2014-2016
Melissa Gilkey – K22 career development award, National Institutes of Health, 2014-2017
Jennifer Moss – doctoral fellowship, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2014-2016
Marissa Hall – Meritorious Student Abstract Award, Society for Behavioral Medicine, 2014
Melissa Gilkey – first place prize, Population and Prevention Sciences poster competition, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2013 ($250 cash prize)
Melissa Gilkey –Young Investigator Award, Academic Pediatric Association, 2013 ($10,000 research grant)
Jennifer Moss – Graduate Education Advancement Board Impact Award, UNC, 2012 (incl $500 cash award)
Jennifer Moss – Meritorious Student Abstract Award, Society for Behavioral Medicine, 2012
Jessica DeFrank – second place prize, Population and Prevention Sciences poster competition, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2012
Jessica Pepper – third place prize, Population and Prevention Sciences poster competition, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2012
Emily Elstad – Predoctoral Fellowship in Health Services Research, UNC Sheps Center, 2012-2014
Jessica Pepper – Society for Behavioral Medicine’s Health Decision Making SIG Award, 2011
Jessica DeFrank – postdoctoral fellowship, UNC Cancer Care and Quality Training Program, 2010-2011; doctoral fellowship, 2009-2010
Paul Reiter – UNC Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence, 2010-2011
Jessica Pepper – UNC University Cancer Research Fund Fellowship, 2010-2011
Annie-Laurie McRee – Jessie Ball DuPont Fellowship in Adolescent Research, UNC Society of Fellows Program, 2010-2011
Ed Morrill – dissertation fellowship, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2009-2010, 2010-2011
Annie-Laurie McRee – honorable mention, Society for Behavioral Medicine’s Award for Outstanding Trainee Abstract in Health Decision Making, 2010