LIFE Outstanding Alumni Award

In 2012 LIFE received the APA Board of Educational Affairs Award to Advance Interdisciplinary Education and Training in Psychology.

It was decided to use the prize money to establish an annual award for LIFE alumni recognizing continued excellence in interdisciplinary developmental science post PhD. This early career award is focused specifically on the continued realization of the objectives of LIFE in the candidate's independent research career.

Award Winner 2023

Congratulations!
The LIFE Outstanding Alumni Award 2023 has been bestowed on Christopher R. Beam, UVA alumnus, now University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. He will be invited to give his Award Lecture at the Spring Academy 2024 at the University of Virginia. more

Previous Awardees

2022

2022

Alvin Thomas, UM alumnus, now University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA
Award Lecture at Spring Academy 2023 at the University of Michigan:
Where They Dare Not Roam: Positive Child Development, Fatherhood, and Contexts
2021

2021

Matthew D. Lerner, UVA alumnus, now Stony Brook University, USA
Award Lecture at Spring Academy 2022 at the University of Virginia:
Rethinking Social Competence Across the Spectrum and the Lifespan
2020

2020

Jessica A. Bernard, UM alumna, now A&M Texas University, USA
Award Lecture at the Virtual Spring Academy at the University of Michigan:
Shaky Scaffolding: Cerebellar Structure, Networks, and Function in Aging
2019

2019

Marie Hennecke, UZH alumna, now University of Siegen, Germany
Award Lecture at Fall Academy 2021 at the University of Zurich:
Many Goals Lead to Rome: The Role of Regulatory Flexibility for Self-Control in Daily Life
2018

2018

Gizem Hülür, HU alumna, now Universität Bonn, Germany
Award Lecture at Spring Academy 2019 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor:
Cognitive and Psychosocial Aging: Emerging Potentials and Challenges
2017

2017

Igor Grossmann, UM alumnus, now University of Waterloo, Canada
Award Lecture at Spring Academy 2018 at the MPI for Human Development, Berlin:
Wisdom as a Meta-Cognitive Framework for Sound Judgment: Measurement, Ecology, and the Self
2016

2016

Elliot Tucker-Drob, UVA alumnus, now University of Texas at Austin, USA
Award Lecture at Spring Academy 2017 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor:
Gene–Environment Interplay and Lifespan Psychological Development
2015

2015

Cristine H. Legare, UM alumna, now University of Texas at Austin, USA
Award Lecture at Spring Academy 2016 at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville:
The Ontogeny of Cultural Learning
2014

2014

Natalie Ebner, MPIB alumna, now University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Award lecture at the Spring Academy 2015 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor:
Social and Emotional Aging: A Neurobehavioral Analysis
2013

2013

K. Paige Harden, UVA alumna, now University of Texas at Austin, USA
Award lecture at the Spring Academy 2014 at the University of Virgina, Charlottesville:
The Development of Risk-Taking in Adolescence
2012

2012

Nilam Ram, UVA alumnus, now Stanford University, USA
Award lecture at the Spring Academy 2013 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor:
Time-Oriented Design and Data Analysis: Playing With New Mediums

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