Announcements
July 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Yuliya Kotelnikova on receiving the 2024-2026 Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, Innovation Grant ($60,000 CAD) for the project How Does Ability to Self-Regulate Relate to Risk for Depression and Anxiety in Young Children? Please visit our funding page to see all current funders.
Congratulations to our collaborator Dr. Pan Liu from the Department of Psychology at the University of Alberta on also receiving the 2024-2026 Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, Innovation Grant ($60,000 CAD) for her project How Thinking About Oneself is Associated with Problematic Eating Behaviors and Depressed Mood in Young Women.
May 2024
The SAMPL Lab is pleased to welcome Katherine Wujcik and Sabina Fassbender, who are recipients of the Roger S. Smith Undergraduate Research Award from the Faculty of Education. Please see the team page for more information.
Congratulations to Kiran Ghag, who joined the SAMPL lab in January of 2024, on receiving the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship.
October 2023
On October 18, 2023, Kelsie Slater and Amanda Santarossa presented at the Women & Children's Health Research Institute's Annual Research Day. Amanda and Kelsie presented their poster Construct Validity of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality-Youth Version in Middle Childhood. Congrats Amanda and Kelsie!
On October 3, 2023, Sissi Kerboua, recipient of the Roger S. Smith Undergraduate Research Award and the Fall 2023 Undergraduate Research Award, presented her poster Evidence-Based Assessment of Temperament in Preschoolers at the Undergraduate Research Awards Ceremony, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta. Congrats Sissi!
September 2023
On September 21-24th, 2023, Caroline Wisell presented on her project The Interaction of Social Contextual and Temperament Constructs on Levels of Adolescent Alcohol Use and Onset of Alcohol Use Disorder at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology in St. Louis, MO, USE. This project is a collaboration between the SAMPL Lab (University of Alberta) and the Crescent City Substance Use Lab (University of New Orleans). Congrats Caroline!
July 2023
Amanda Santarossa and Kelsie Slater travelled to Regina, Saskatchewan on July 27th-July 29th to participate in the Future Directions Forum hosted by the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (JCCAP). They delivered poster presentations on Construct Validity of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality-Youth Version in Middle Childhood and, Evidence-Based Assessment of Temperament in Preschoolers: A Measure Development Project. These travel opportunities were funded by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR) at the University of Alberta; including the Dr. Lorraine Bray Educational Psychology Clinic Fund, EDPY Travel Award, and the J. Gordin Kaplan Graduate Student Award (grand total of $2,000+). A big thank you to the FGSR for supporting these professional development opportunities. Congrats Amanda and Kelsie!
June 2023
The SAMPL Lab is pleased to welcome Sissi Kerboua, recipient of the Roger S. Smith Undergraduate Research Award from the Faculty of Education.
April 2023
We humbly welcome a new doctoral-level graduate student from the School and Clinical Child Psychology (SCCP) program, Amanda Santarossa, to the SAMPL lab! Please see the team page for further details on Amanda.
Also, congratulations to Kelsie Slater for obtaining the Walter H Johns Graduate Fellowship ($7,100) from the University of Alberta! These funding opportunities will support further research in the multi-method assessment battery of temperament across the lifespan project - we look forward to ongoing development of this project for the 2023/2024 academic year!
November 2023
We extend our sincere gratitude for the grant support that is facilitating our ongoing research endeavours in the lab! Please see the funding tab for more details. In addition, congratulations to Kelsie Slater, who has been awarded the Professor Mian Muhammad Afzal Graduate Scholarship in Education ($1,000)!
August 2022
Dr. Kotelnikova, formerly Assistant Professor at Concordia University of Edmonton, accepted a position at the University of Alberta in the School and Child Clinical Psychology (SCCP) program and started in the Fall of 2022! Kelsie Slater, formerly attending Concordia University of Edmonton's Doctor of Psychology program, has transferred with Dr. Kotelnikova to the SCCP program and began the Master's program in the Fall of 2022 as well! Congratulations to both Dr. Kotelnikova and Kelsie for these exciting new opportunities! Find updates regarding ongoing research in the projects tab.
June 2022
On June. 17th-19th, 2022, Kelsie Slater presented her poster Evidence-Based Assessment of Temperament in Preschoolers: A Measure Development Project at the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) annual conference in Calgary, AB. Congratulations to Kelsie and a special thank you to our collaborators for your contributions!
April 2022
Congratulations to Kelsie Slater, who was awarded the SSHRC CGS-M award of $17,500 for the 2022-2023 academic year!
February 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Kotelnikova, who was awarded a Seed Grant by the Concordia University of Edmonton Office of Research for a project on developing an integrated model of self-regulation in childhood and adolescence!
Dr. Kotelnikova was awarded a teaching reduction for 2022-2023 academic year by the Concordia University of Edmonton Office of Research to facilitate her research program on multi-method assessment of temperament in youth!
Congratulations Kelsie Slater, who was awarded the Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) for $14,000!
2020-2021
Dr. Kotelnikova, formerly of the University of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A, has accepted a position at Concordia University of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada! She is now an Assistant Professor for the Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program in clinical psychology!
Congratulations to Kara Maughon for receiving the Jason Stamps Memorial Scholarship, awarded to a returning student majoring in Psychology!
Congratulations to Nicole Webre for receiving 2nd Place in Oral Presentations at INNOVATEUNO for her work on Evidence-based Assessment of Temperament in Preschoolers: A Measure Development Project!!!
Congratulations to our team member Nicole Webre for receiving a 2021 Tolmas Scholar award. Tolmas Scholars are awarded student worker positions in UNO faculty members' labs to pursue research and creative inquiry!
Congratulations to Dr. Kotelnikova for receiving the 2020 American Psychological Foundation’s John and Polly Sparks Foundation Early Career Grant for the forthcoming project "Multi-method assessment of Negative Emotionality in preschoolers: If my child looks sad, should I worry about depression?"
Congratulations to our team member Kara Maughon for receiving the Virginia Rosanne Amato Memorial Scholarship, to recognize undergraduate women who exhibit hard work, ambition, and motivation, and academic success!