Student/Trainee Presentation Awards

The Foundation for Rehabilitation Psychology (FRP) sponsors awards recognizing student/trainee research at the annual Mid-Winter meeting and other venues. 

The Foundation provides yearly awards for student/trainee presentations at the annual Mid-Winter meeting and/or other venues. The number of awards and amounts vary but are typically for the best poster and best invited trainee oral presentation. Information about awards and procedures for applying for them are described in the annual invitation pages for the Mid-Winter meeting. 


Heerak Choi

Unveiling Self-Stigma in Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities: Profiles and Key Implications

Clara O’Brien

Body Compassion in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis:  Disability Identity, Illness Stigma, and Everyday Discrimination

Timea Tozser

Use of Mobile Health Technology to Monitor Lifestyle Fitness in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury and Co-Morbid Hypertension and/or Diabetes

Heerak Choi

Quality of Family Life Among Women Caregivers of Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease


J. Gabrielle Springer, MPH

Post-Traumatic Growth Mediates the Association Between Perceived Stress and Life Satisfaction Among Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries

Erica J. Ho, PhD

Do Hypnosis, Mindfulness Medication, and Pain Education Positively Influence Illness Perception? Secondary Outcomes from the Chronic Pain Skills Study


Ted Allaire, MS

Measurement and Structural Invariance of the GAD-7 Across Acute Rehabilitation Populations


Jeremiah Lum, MS

Depression as a Moderator of the Relationship between Perceived Injustice and Neuropsychological Performance Validity in Traumatic Brain Injury


Chelsea Schoen, PhD

Subjective and Objective Fall-Related Factors and Dual-Task Performance in Older Adults: Implications for Rehabilitation


Brennan Hickson, BS

CI Biofeedback Therapy (CIBT) in Two Patients with Initially Motor Complete Tetraplegia following High Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries


Amanda Childs

Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

MMPI Profiles of Outpatients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: What’s the norm?


Joshua McKeever

Drexel University

Prospective Memory Acquisition in Multiple Sclerosis


Trey Anderson

Texas A&M University

Depression Among Persons with Sensory Disabilities in a Rural, Underserved Region


Emily M. Lund, MEd

Utah State University

Developing a Contextual Model of Caregiver Burden: Examining Abuse, Depression, and Problem-Solving

— mentored by Timothy R. Ellliot, PhD, at Texas A&M University.


Sara Martindale

Baylor University

Action and Emotion-focused Coping Styles as a Mediator Between Neuropsychological Functioning and Quality of Life Outcomes in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans

Laura Coffey

Dublin City University, Ireland

Psychosocial Adjustment to Lower Limb Amputation: The Role of Tenacious Goal Pursuit and Flexible Goal Adjustment