GEORGE M. SLAVICH, PH.D.
Contact
Information
Cousins
Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
University of California, Los
Angeles
UCLA Medical Plaza 300, Room 3156
Los Angeles, CA
90095-7096, U.S.A.
Tel: +1 310-825-2576
Fax: +1 310-794-9247
Email:
gslavich at mednet.ucla.edu
University Employment
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of
California, Los Angeles, 2010-Present
Research Scientist and Director,
Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, University of
California, Los Angeles, 2010-Present
Education and Training
B.A. in Psychology, with Honors, Stanford University, 2000
M.A. in Personality Psychology, Stanford University, 2001
M.A. in Communication, Stanford University, 2001
M.S. in Clinical Psychology, University of Oregon, 2002
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Oregon, 2006
Clinical Psychology Internship, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2006-2007
NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Psychology, Department of Psychiatry,
University of California, San Francisco, 2007-2009
NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychoneuroimmunology,
Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2009-2010
Honors and Awards
Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research Neal E. Miller New Investigator Award, 2011
Western Psychological Association Enrico E. Jones Early Career Award for Research in Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Best Clinical Research Abstract, 8th Annual Basic and Translational Science Symposium, UCLA Center for Neurobiology of Stress, 2011
UCSF Robert E. Harris Award for Health Psychology, 2009
Society in Science: Branco Weiss Fellowship, 2009-2013
Beck Institute Scholar, Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, 2008-2009
Oregon Psychology Association Student Research
Award, 2006
Western Psychological Foundation Student Scholarship
Award, 2006
Society for the Teaching of Psychology Instructional
Resource Award, 2006
American Psychological Association Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award, 2005
Society for the Teaching of Psychology Wilbert J. McKeachie Teaching Excellence Award, 2005
Association for Psychological Science Albert Bandura Graduate Research
Award, 2004
Society for Research in Psychopathology Smadar Levin Award (Honorable Mention), 2004
Western Psychological Association/Multivariate Software Outstanding Research Award, 2004
Robert L. Solso Graduate Student Research Award, 2004
Oregon Daily Emerald Graduate Teaching Fellow of the Year,
University of Oregon, 2003
University of Oregon Graduate School Research Award, 2003
Finalist, Graduate Teaching Fellows Award, University of Oregon, 2002
Department of Psychology Travel/Research Award, University of Oregon, 2002
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Oregon, 2001-2005
Outstanding Service Award, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 2001
Graduation commencement speaker, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 2001
Inductee, Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology, Stanford Chapter, 2000
Departmental Honors, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 2000
Member, Stanford University Honors College, Stanford University, 1999
Publications
Available
Here
Professional Activities (Selected)
Scientific Meetings Organized
Genes &
Environment: Finding the Missing Heritability of Complex Traits (http://www.gxe2010.org),
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2010
1st Annual Stanford
Undergraduate Psychology Conference (http://www.stanfordconference.org),
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2001
Leadership Positions and Committees
Co-Founder, President-Elect, President, and Past-President,
Society
of Clinical Psychology's Section on Graduate Student and Early Career Psychologists, 2006-2009
Member, Board of Directors,
Western
Psychological Association, 2002-2006
Founder and Chair, Western Psychological Association Student Council, 2001-2005
Editorial Experience
Editor, Student
Forum, The Clinical Psychologist, 2006-2009
Ad-Hoc
Reviewer: Anxiety, Stress, and Coping; Biological
Psychiatry; BMC Psychiatry; Brain, Behavior, & Immunity; Child Abuse & Neglect;
Gender Medicine; Genes, Brain, and Behavior;
Journal of Abnormal Psychology; Journal of Affective
Disorders; Journal of Health Psychology; Journal of
Social and Clinical Psychology; Psychological Medicine; Teaching of Psychology
