George M. Slavich

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 Biographical Sketch

I am a Society in Science: Branco Weiss Fellow and NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychoneuroimmunology at the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA, where I work with Naomi Eisenberger, Connie Hammen, and Shelley Taylor. I completed undergraduate and graduate coursework in psychology and communication at Stanford University, working with Ian Gotlib and B.J. Fogg, and received my Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Oregon, working with Scott Monroe and Anne Simons. After receiving my Ph.D., I was a clinical psychology intern at McLean Hospital, a clinical fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and an NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology and Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, where I worked with Margaret Kemeny and Elissa Epel. In addition to my research, which examines the psychobiology of stress and disease, I am deeply devoted to teaching and mentoring, and to developing groups and forums that promote student development while advancing psychological science.

Education and Training

B.A. in Psychology, with Honors, Stanford University, 2000

M.A. 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 Intern, McLean Hospital, and Clinical Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 2006-2007

NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology and Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 2007-2009

NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychoneuroimmunology, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2009-present

Honors and Awards

Academic


Valedictorian and graduation commencement speaker, Santa Clara High School, 1996

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

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

 

Research


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

University of Oregon Graduate School Research Award, 2003

Robert L. Solso Graduate Student Research Award, 2004

Western Psychological Association/Multivariate Software Outstanding Research Award, 2004

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

Psi Chi/American Psychological Society Albert Bandura Graduate Research Award, 2004

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

Western Psychological Foundation Student Scholarship Award, 2006

Oregon Psychological Association Student Research Award, 2006

Robert E. Harris Award for Health Psychology
, 2009

Society in Science: Branco Weiss Fellowship, 2009-2013

 

Teaching


Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Oregon, 2001-2005

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

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

Society for the Teaching of Psychology McKeachie Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award, 2005

Society for the Teaching of Psychology Instructional Resource Award, 2006

 

Clinical


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

 

Service


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

Professional Service (Selected)

Founder and Executive Director, Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference, 2001

Founder and Chair, Western Psychological Association Student Council, 2001-2005

Member, Board of Directors, Western Psychological Association, 2002-2006

Co-Founder, President-Elect, President, and Past-President, Society of Clinical Psychology's Section on Graduate Student and Early Career Psychologists, 2006-2009

Founder, Stanford Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Research in Psychology, 2010-present



  

George Slavich :: UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology
Medical Center Plaza
300, Room 3156 :: Los Angeles, CA 90095-7076
310-825-2576 :: gslavich at mednet.ucla.edu