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, 2010-2015

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 2015-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

M.A. in Personality Psychology, Stanford University

M.A. in Communication, Stanford University

M.S. in Clinical Psychology, University of Oregon

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Oregon

Clinical Psychology Internship, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School

NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco

NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychoneuroimmunology, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, University of California, Los Angeles

Honors and Awards

Member, Stanford University Honors College, Stanford University, 1999

Inductee, Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology, Stanford Chapter, 2000

Departmental Honors, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 2000

Outstanding Service Award, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 2001

Graduation commencement speaker, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 2001

Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Oregon, 2001-2005

Finalist, Graduate Teaching Fellows Award, University of Oregon, 2002

Travel/Research Award, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, 2002

Oregon Daily Emerald Graduate Teaching Fellow of the Year, University of Oregon, 2003

University of Oregon Graduate School Research Award, 2003

Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award, Association for Psychological Science, 2004

Smadar Levin Award (Honorable Mention), Society for Research in Psychopathology, 2004

Multivariate Software Outstanding Research Award, Western Psychological Association, 2004

Robert L. Solso Graduate Student Research Award, Western Psychological Association, 2004

Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award, American Psychological Association, 2005

Wilbert J. McKeachie Teaching Excellence Award, Society for the Teaching of Psychology, 2005

Student Research Award, Oregon Psychological Association, 2006

Student Scholarship Award, Western Psychological Foundation, 2006

Instructional Resource Award, Society for the Teaching of Psychology, 2006

Beck Institute Scholar, Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, 2008-2009

Society in Science — Branco Weiss Fellowship, 2009-2013

Robert E. Harris Award for Health Psychology, UCSF, 2009

Neal E. Miller New Investigator Award, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, 2011

Enrico E. Jones Early Career Award for Research in Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, Western Psychological Association, 2011

Best Clinical Research Abstract, 8th Annual UCLA Basic and Translational Science Symposium, 2011

Raymond D. Fowler Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Professional Development of Graduate Students, American Psychological Association, 2012

Theodore H. Blau Early Career Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology, Society of Clinical Psychology and the American Psychological Foundation, 2012

Early Career Research Award, Western Psychological Association, 2012

Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, 2012

Outstanding Undergraduate Student Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, 2014

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Early Career Research Award, Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, 2015

Early Career Award, Society for Research in Psychopathology, 2015

Early Career Investigator Award, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2015

Herbert Weiner Early Career Award, American Psychosomatic Society, 2016