2014 Lachman Memorial Lecture & Psychology Student Recognition Day
Sponsored by PSI CHI and The Department of Psychology. Supported by The Sheldon Lachman Memorial Fund.
Time and location
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Lecture and Awards at 11:30 a.m. in the Welcome Center Auditorium
About Carl Hart, Ph.D.
Dr. Hart is an assistant professor of clinical neurobiology in the Department of Psychiatry and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Columbia University. He is also a Research Scientist in the Division of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Hart received his undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Maryland (1991) and completed his graduate training in experimental psychology and Neurobiology at the University of Wyoming, where he received an M.S. (1994) and a Ph.D. (1996). Dr. Hart's graduate research was conducted in the laboratory of Dr. Charles Ksir, where he studied dopamine clearance in the nucleus accumbens and locomotor activation following systemic nicotine administration.
During the course of Dr. Hart's graduate education, he earned an NIH Intramural Research Training Award, which allowed him to study the metabolism of brain catecholamines following acute and chronic stress in the laboratory of Dr. Irwin J. Kopin. Following graduate school, Dr. Hart participated in postdoctoral research training at the University of California at San Francisco, Yale University, and Columbia University. After completing the Substance Abuse Postdoctoral Training Program at Columbia University with Drs. Marian W. Fischman, Richard W. Foltin, and Herbert D. Kleber, he joined the faculty in the Division on Substance Abuse. Since arriving at Columbia, Dr. Hart's research has focused on the evaluation of drug effects on workplace-relevant behaviors and the development and implementation of new executive cognitive tasks that can be used to assess the functioning of drug abusers.
| Award | Recipients |
|---|---|
| Psi Chi Acknowledgements and Certificates of Appreciation | Scott Bowen, Emily Grekin, Michelle Tomaszycki, Carla Barron, Cathy Lysack, Jeffrey Kuentzel, Shelly Seguin |
| The Distinguished Achievement Undergraduate Scholarships | Fatin Dubaybo Nicholas Johnson Jolin Yamin |
| The Charles L. Gdowski Memorial Award | Erin Tobin |
| The Norine G. Johnson Clinical Psychology Award | Dinah Ayna |
| The Gerald Rosenbaum Clinical Psychology Award | Elyse Thakur |
| The John Teahan Memorial Award | Michael Sugarman |
| The Julie A. Thomas Memorial Scholarship Award | Ana Daugherty |
| The Steven A. Lewis Memorial Award | Holly Reid |
| Graduate Student Service Award | Sheri Pegram |
| Graduate Student Service Award | Erin Tobin |
| Psychology Department Teaching Award- Independent Course | Amy Kohl |
| Psychology Department Teaching Award- Laboratory Course | Shan Ran |
| The Ross & Margaret Stagner Memorial Award | Keith Welker |