We are seeking applications from prospective graduate students interested in mathematical modeling of animal movement and social behavior. The successful candidate will join a collaborative effort between the labs of Tony Di Fiore, Mevin Hooten, and Timothy Keitt at the University of Texas at Austin. The project seeks to develop and estimate models that capture key features of primate space and resource utilization and social dynamics as recorded in observational studies conducted over several decades in the western Amazon. Highly motivated candidates with excellent
Dr. Mike Mauk receives the 2023 Pavlovian Society Gantt Award. The Pavlovian Gantt is awarded to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the fields of psychology, physiology, behavioral neuroscience, psychophysiology, mental health or medicine within the confines of Pavlovian conceptual models.
Jamie Palmer, graduate student in the Donegan Lab, was awarded a 2023 Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA) award from the Society of Neuroscience. This award recognizes undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who demonstrate scientific merit and excellence in research by providing a stipend to offset the registration and travel costs to attend the 2023 SfN Meeting. Jamie will present their research at a TPDA poster session on Saturday, November 11 and attend two professional development workshops during the meeting.
Dr. Angela Ozburn's Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA at OHSU) grant application was funded by NIGMS. Drs. Angela Ozburn, Letisha Wyatt, and Peter Barr-Gillespie at OHSU partnered with Drs. Andy Saultz and Talina Corvus at Pacific University to create this structured
Dr. Dayne Mayfield was invited by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to serve a 3 year term on the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The Council will advise and make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) on the policies and activities carried out by the NIAAA.
As new cases of COVID-19 are increasing at the end of this summer, Dr. Jaquelin Dudley, LCID Associate Director, talked with the Daily Texan about this peak in COVID. She also discussed the risks involved in coming back to school in crowded classrooms and stressed the need to continue taking precautions as well as self-care actions to help the body's immune system fight illness.
