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 2025 is  August 6th (11:59 PM Pacific).

• How to Submit: Please submit your abstract by emailing it to Dr. Emily Treichler (etreichler@health.ucsd.edu).

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

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.