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2025 Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2025 Recipients
The ABCT Awards and Recognition Committee, chaired by Anne M. Donnelly, Ph.D., is pleased to announce the 2025 award recipients.
Career/Lifetime Achievement
Raymond A. DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., ABPP
St. John’s University
Distinguished Friend to Behavior Therapy
Seymour Weingarten
Guilford Press
Francis C. Sumner Excellence Award
Geneva K. Jonathan, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Anne Marie Albano Early Career Award for Excellence in the Integration of Science and Practice
Emily Becker-Haimes, Ph.D.
Penn Medicine
Outstanding Service to ABCT
Rita Hitching, M.Sc.
The University of Newcastle
Virginia Roswell Student Dissertation Award
Anne Knorr, M.A.
"Stress Experiences as Markers of Person-level Vulnerability and Temporal Risk for Near-term Suicidal Ideation"
University of Notre Dame
Michael J. Kozak Critical Inquiry and Analytical Thinking Award
Norah C. Feeny, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Outstanding Training Program
The Master of Arts Program in Clinical Counseling Psychology at Assumption University
Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Education/Training
Stefanie T. LoSavio, Ph.D., ABPP
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Learn more about Stephanie T. LoSavio, Ph.D., ABPP
“If I can train hundreds of people, then that’s really thousands of patients whose lives we can touch.”
Dr. LoSavio, expert in PTSD treatments, embodies the confluence of research and clinical practice in this brief discussion of her approach to training, early and professional influences, and challenges. She delves into the cornerstone of her work’s focus: how to make treatments more effective and efficient, and how to improve the reach of these treatments. Along the way she touches on training nonlicensed providers, the necessity of adapting treatments, the potential influence of AI, and the importance of therapists’ beliefs.
Dr. LoSavio is also the co-author of CPT self-help book, Getting Unstuck from PTSD: Using Cognitive Processing Therapy to Guide Your Recovery.
Leonard Krasner Student Dissertation Award
Jenna Bagley, M.A.
“A Novel, Single-Session Intervention for Sexual Assault Related Psychopathology among College Students”
Case Western Reserve University
John R.Z. Abela Student Dissertation Award
Emily Hutchinson, B.S.
"The Bidirectional Dynamics Between Affective States During Peer Interactions and Suicidal Thoughts in Daily Life Among Adolescents”
University of Pittsburgh
The President’s New Researcher Award
Awarded by the President’s New Researcher Committee
Briana Last, Ph.D.
Stony Brook University
Student Research Grant
Spencer Chen, M.A.
“Beyond Suicide Risk: A Cross-Cultural Grounded Theory Study of Life-Oriented Processes in Suicidal Individuals Across Western and Eastern Cultures”
Simon Fraser University
Student Research Grant — Honorable Mention
Simon M. Li, M.A.
“Emotion Regulation in Context: How Daily Life Shapes Suicidal Ideation"
Columbia University
Charles Silverstein Lifetime Achievement Award in Social Justice
Jillian Shipherd, Ph.D.
National Center for PTSD
2025 Champions
Omar Aziz, Ph.D.
International Rescue Committee, Atlanta Office
Face-the-Fight Leadership Team
- Tiffany Benjamin
- Sonya Medina Williams
- Justin Schmitt
Kiki Fehling, Ph.D.
Vanessa Holm, LMFT
Pacific Clinics
Rachel Kim, Ph.D.
Magnolia Psychological Counseling
Stephanie Renno, DSW, LCSW
A-G Associates
Shaina Siber-Sanderowitz, LCSW
AFFIRM Mental Health, LLC
Elsie Ramos Memorial Student Poster Winners
Callum Chertavian, B.S.
The Baker Center for Children and Families
Joshua Steinberg, M.A.
Harvard University
Wing Lam Yip, M.S.
University of Oxford
Student Travel Award
Jolie Ho, M.A., M.S.
University of Waterloo
Liana Parrish, B.A.
San Diego State University
Spotlight on Mentors
Nathaniel Herr, Ph.D.
American University
Kelsey Pritchard, Ph.D.
University of Michigan Medicine & VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Stanley Seah, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Spotlight on a Researcher
Alayna Park, Ph.D.
University of Oregon
Kelsie Okamura, Ph.D.
The Baker Center for Children and Families
Fellows Class of 2025
Joel Becker, Ph.D.
Cognitive Behavior Associates & University of California Los Angeles
Melanie S. Harned, Ph.D., ABPP
VA Puget Sound Health Care System & University of Washington
Travis L. Osborne, Ph.D., ABPP
Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle
Ann M. Steffen, Ph.D., ABPP
University of Missouri — St. Louis
Kate Wolitzky-Taylor, Ph.D.
University of California Los Angeles
Shona N. Vas, Ph.D., ABPP
The University of Chicago
2025 ABCT Youth Community Leader Award
Max Williams
- Senior, New Harmony High School
- Member, Children and Youth Planning Board for the City of New Orleans
Jamal Beverly Jr.
- Senior, Benjamin Franklin High School
Mary Jane Eimer Student Convention Scholarship
- Olufunke Mary Benson, Ph.D. Student, Oklahoma State University
- Gray Bowers, Ph.D. Student, The Graduate Center City University of New York
- Kate Conroy, Ph.D. Student, University of Washington
- Gabriella Epshteyn, Ph.D. Student, University of Rhode Island
- Abigail Fischbach, Ph.D. Student. University of Cincinnati
- Madison Forde, Ph.D. Student, New York University
- Victoria Hart-Derrick, Post Baccalaureate trainee, Yale University
- Felipe Herrmann, Post Baccalaureate Trainee, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Chase Isaacs, Post Baccalaureate Trainee, George Washington University/University of Rhode Island
- Emmarald Jean-Francois, Post Baccalaureate Trainee, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Atulya Kharbanda, Ph.D. Student, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Jae Eun Kwak, Ph.D. Student, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Hyein Sarah Lee, Ph.D. Student, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
- Julianna Martinez, Post Baccalaureate Trainee, University of California, Los Angeles
- Nina Micanovic, Ph.D. Student, Queen’s University
- Patrick Mulkern, Ph.D. Student, Boston College
- Kellyann May Navarré, Post Graduate Trainee, University of Toronto
- Christopher Palmer, Ph.D. Student, Wayne State University
- Daisy Ramos, Ph.D. Student, University of New Mexico
- Tiffany Yip, MSc Student, University of Oxford