Funding & Awards
Funded Projects
“Biological mechanisms and efficacy of cerebellar tDCS in ASD”
Site PI: Catherine Stoodley
PI: Peter Tsai, UT Southwestern
Funding body: Department of Defense
Period: 8/1/2019-7/31/2024
“Cognitive and neural predictors of comorbidity between reading and attention problems"
Site PI: Catherine Stoodley
PI: Lauren McGrath, University of Denver
Funding body: National Institute of Mental Health
Period: 9/22/2016-9/21/2020
“The vulnerable preterm cerebellum: Elucidating mechanisms and consequences of injury”
PI: Catherine Limperopoulos, Children's National Medical Center
Funding body: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Period: 10/1/2016-9/30/2021
“Effects of age and lesion location on motor and cognitive outcomes in pediatric posterior fossa tumors”
PI: Catherine Stoodley
Funding body: National Cancer Institute
Period: 8/1/2022-7/31/2025
“Cerebellum and autism: Regional modulation of social and executive functions"
PI: Catherine Stoodley
Funding body: National Institute of Mental Health
Period: 1/1/2022-12/31/2024
“Cerebellum and Autism: Neural mechanisms and modulation of predictive processing”
PI: Catherine Stoodley
Funding body: National Institute of Mental Health
Period: 4/1/2015-3/31/2020
Awards
Best Oral Presentation by a Graduate Student in the Natural Sciences, Joe Dust, Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, 2024.
Best Poster Presentation by a Graduate Student in the Natural Sciences, Rebecca Tegiacchi, Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, 2024.
NASA/STEM and CAS Undergraduate Summer Research Award, Alexandra Kauffman, 2023.
American University Summer Scholars Award, Emily Barnes, 2023.
Outstanding Scholarship at the Graduate Level, Laura Rice, American University, 2022.
NASA/STEM and CAS Undergraduate Summer Research Award, Emily Barnes, 2022.
Best Workshop Presentation by a Graduate Student in the Natural Sciences, Marissa Marko, Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, 2022.
NASA/STEM and CAS Undergraduate Summer Research Award, Sarisha Jagasia, 2021.
Provost's Award for Outstanding Faculty Mentorship in Undergraduate Research, Catherine Stoodley, 2020.
NASA/STEM and CAS Undergraduate Summer Research Award, Nicole Loy, 2020.
American University Summer Scholars award, Hayli Spence, 2019.
Best Paper Presentation by a Graduate student in the Life Sciences, Laura Blevins, Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, 2019.
Best Poster Presentation by an Undergraduate student in the Life Sciences, Rachel Weger, Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, 2019.
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science, Catherine Stoodley, 2018.
Morton Bender Prize for outstanding scholarship by an Associate Professor, Catherine Stoodley, American University, 2018.
Best Poster Presentation by a Graduate student in the Life Sciences, Laura Blevins, Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, 2018.
University Award for Outstanding Scholarship at the Graduate Level, Anila D'Mello, American University, 2017.
Best Oral Presentation by an Undergraduate in the Life Sciences, Caitlin Barrett, Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, 2017.
Dean’s Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, Brianne Drury, College of Arts and Sciences, American University, 2016.
Best Poster Presentation by an Undergraduate in the Life Sciences, Caitlin Barrett, Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, 2016.
Doctoral Dissertation Award, Anila D'Mello, American University, 2016.
Dean’s Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, Sophie Kotik, College of Arts and Sciences, American University, 2015.
Best Poster Presentation by a Graduate Student in the Life Sciences, Anila D’Mello, Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, American University, 2014.
