SIG Posters

Our student members are a pivotal part of our SIG. They advance our research, assist with disseminating our research through our preconference, and are involved in leadership. We also have a longstanding tradition of students who enter their work into the SIG Expo.

Submission Information

• Eligibility: Anyone in the SIG may join the SIG Expo. However, only current undergraduate/graduate students are eligible for the Outstanding Student Research Award.

• Submission Deadline: Our deadline for ABCT 2026 is  August 10th (11:59 PM Pacific).

• How to Submit: Please submit your abstract by emailing it to Dr. Olivia Altamirano (oaltamir@stanford.edu).

• Submission details
  Please submit your poster abstract to oaltamir@stanford.edu with "ABCT 2026 PASS SIG Poster Submission [LAST NAME]" as the subject line. Please aim for 200-300 words for the abstract, but we are flexible with word count. Please include the major sections for typical abstracts as appropriate for your topic (e.g., background, method, results, discussion). For reference, we've attached the abstract by Cameron Wolfram, winner of last year's Student Poster Award, as an example.

• Submissions that are "in process" are accepted as long as you feel confident that you will have something to present in November.

• Please also include contact information for all authors, including: names, email addresses, positions, organizations, and addresses.

• Posters submitted by students (undergraduate, post baccalaureate, or graduate) are eligible for the annual Student Poster Award ($100 and a great CV line!), so please indicate if the first author is a student in your email. Please see our website to view recent awardees.

SIG Expo is a great opportunity, and we can help
The SIG Expo is an excellent time to submit posters relevant to psychosis, serious mental illness (SMI), and/or families of folks with SMI. Preliminary data is welcome! For those who may have institutional funding opportunities, it is worth noting that SIG Expo Posters are peer-reviewed professional conference presentations.

Please do not hesitate to contact Shelby (stkacik@paloaltou.edu), Olivia (oaltamir@stanford.edu), or other PASS SIG leadership team members if you have any hesitations about or barriers to submitting — we are here to support our members and the SMI community in any way we can, including helping to develop presentations. PASS SIG especially welcomes submissions related to lived experiences, sociopolitical context, intersections with race and other sociocultural issues, community-engaged and participatory methodologies, as well as submissions by individuals from underrepresented backgrounds.

Outstanding Student Research Award

The Student Research Award is an annual competition that awards the winner $100. A panel of judges will determine the winner of the award, announce the winner, and award the prize all at the SIG poster session.

Past Outstanding Student Research Award Winners

2025
Wolfram, C., Monroe-DeVita, M., Vaswani-Bye, A., Tennison, M., Marriott, J. (November 2025). Pilot of an Inpatient Family Bridger Model to Support Families with Loved Ones Who Experience Psychosis. Poster Presented at the 59th Annual Convention for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

2022 (two winners):
McCain, C., Tennison, M., Vaswani-Bye, A., Christiansen, M., Michels, C., Blank, J., Monroe-DeVita, M. (November 2022). Final Results from a Family Bridger Pilot Program for Caregivers of Loved Ones with Early Psychosis: Experiences, Feasibility, and Future Directions. Poster Presented at the 56th Annual Convention for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Meeting, New York, NY.

Velarde, F., Graham, P., Zajac, J., Steinberg, A., Silva, J., Bosnak, L., Choi, J. (November 2022). A Pilot Study Combining Cognitive Training and Exergaming for Adolescents with Psychosis. Poster Presented at the 56th Annual Convention for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Meeting, New York, NY.

2021:
Monette, M., Kwapil, T. (November 2021). Trauma and Multidimensional Schizotypy Amongst Students of Color. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Convention for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Meeting, virtual.

2020 (two winners):
Nutting, E., Kopelvich, S., Spigner, C., Buckland, H., Blank, J. (November 2020). An Estimated Prevalence of CBT for Psychosis Providers in the US and Canada. Poster presented at the 54th Annual Convention for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Meeting, virtual.

Mercado, R., Ben-David, S., Kolomejac, S., Treichler, E. (November 2020). Person-First Language, Identity-First Language, and Their Effect on People with Serious Mental Illness: A Scoping Study. Poster presented at the 54th Annual Convention for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Meeting, virtual.

2019:
Halverson, T. F., Hajdúk, M., Pinkham, A. E., Harvey, P. D., Jarskog, L. F., Nye, L., & Penn, D. L. (November, 2019) Poster presented at the 53rd Annual Convention for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. [see current paper]

2018:
Browne, J., Mueser, K.T., Meyer-Kalos, P., Gottlieb, J.D., Estroff, S.E., & Penn, D.L. (November, 2018) The Therapeutic Alliance in Individual Resiliency Training for First Episode Psychosis: Relationship with Treatment Outcomes and Therapy Participation. Poster presented at the 52nd Annual Convention for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Meeting in Washington D.C.

2017: 
Montague, E., Hochheiser, J., & Spaulding, W.D. (November, 2017) From dysregulated emotions to social dysfunction: Mediating effects of emotion regulation problems on social functioning in schizotypy. Poster presented at the 51st Annual Convention for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Meeting in San Diego.

2016: 
Lesser, R. E., Davidson, C., Fiszdon, J. (November, 2016).  Psychometrics for social cognition in schizophrenia. Poster presented at the 2016 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.  

2015: 
Schwehm, A., Robinson, D. G., Gallego, J. A., Harlsgodt, K. H., Ikuta, T., Peters, B. D., Malhotra, A. K., & Szeszko, P. R. (November, 2015). Comparable white matter abnormalities in first-episode and chronic psychosis. Poster presented at the 2015 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.