Awards
Dr. Cohen’s Honors and Award
Michael C. Roberts Award for Outstanding Mentorship, APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) (21)
Distinguished University Professor, Georgia State University (19-29)
Outstanding Graduate Director Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University (19)
Awarded the Georgia State University College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Senior Faculty Award (15 – 16)
Article “Single-case research in pediatric psychology: Considerations regarding data analysis”, received the honorable mention for the Diane Willis Award for Outstanding Article in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology for 2014 (15)
Outstanding Diversity Teaching Award, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University (5/13)
Recognition for Outstanding Service as Listserv Manager 2006-2012, APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) (10/12)
Fellow, APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) (8/10 – present)
Awarded the Georgia State University Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching, and Service (08 – 09)
APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) International Travel Award recipient (08)
Awarded the David Parkin Visiting Professorship, University of Bath, England, United Kingdom (8/08 – 8/09)
Invited outside expert regarding pain management and participant retention for the National Institutes of Health project, The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) (9/07)
Collaborated/mentored a medical colleague on a project, which was awarded “Young Investigator Award” from the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia/American Academy of Pediatric Anesthesiology (3/07)
APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Donald Routh Early Career Award Nominee (03)
Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT) President’s New Researcher Award (00)
Manuscript entitled ‘Comparative study of distraction versus topical anesthesia for pediatric pain management during immunizations’ selected by the Continuing Education Committee of APA Division 38 (Health Psychology) for outstanding scientific merit and clinical application (99)
University Wide Scholarship and Merit Supplement Award, University of Georgia (97 – 98) Boardman Award, University of Georgia, Faculty Nominee (98)
Zimmer Research Award, University of Georgia Faculty Nominee (96, 98)
A. S. Edwards Award, University of Georgia Faculty Nominee to represent the clinical program (98) Florene M. Young Clinical Award, University of Georgia Faculty Nominee (95, 96, 98)
APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Routh Student Research Grant Award Recipient (95)
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Research Award Finalist (95)
Departmental Honors awarded for independent project working with children with behavioral, emotional, and intellectual problems, Middlebury College (90)
Dean’s List, 8 semesters, Middlebury College (86 – 90)
CHAMP Lab Student Honors and Awards
Graduate advisee (Faust), APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Student Travel Award (24)
Graduate advisee (Robbertz), Morrell Outstanding Graduate Student Awards, Georgia State (22)
Undergraduate Advisee (Stan), APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Neonatology Special Interest Group Poster Award (21)
Graduate Advisee (Shneider), APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Diversity Poster Honorable Mention (21)
Graduate Advisee (Shneider), APA Student Poster Award (20)
Graduate Advisee (Shih), GSU Dissertation Grant (20)
Graduate Advisee (Mougianis) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Diversity Poster Award (18)
Graduate advisee (Martin) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Pain Poster Award (17)
Graduate advisee (Cousins) awarded an APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Student Travel Award (17)
Graduate advisee (Cousins) awarded the GSU Psychology Outstanding Graduate Student Award (16)
Graduate advisee (Martin) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Diversity Poster Award (16)
Graduate advisee (Cousins) awarded the APA, Division 38 (Health Psychology) Graduate Student Research Award (2015)
Graduate advisee (Mougianis) awarded a grant from the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society (2014)
Graduate advisee (Bishop) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Diversity Poster Award (14)
Graduate advisee (Cousins) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Student Poster Award (14)
Graduate advisee (Cousins) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Pain SIG Poster Award (14)
Graduate advisee (Martin) awarded the GSU Psychology Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award (14)
Student advisee (Rodrigues) awarded the Bailey M. Wade Fellowship to the outstanding first-year graduate student (14)
Student advisee (Martin) thesis publication, “Sequential analysis of mothers’ and fathers’ reassurance
and children’s postoperative distress”, awarded the Diane Willis Award for Outstanding Article in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology for 2013 (14)
Student advisee (Cousins) thesis awarded APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) inaugural Mary Jo Kupst Grant for Research in Resilience (13)
Graduate advisee (Rosales) awarded the APA, Minority Fellowship Program Dissertation Award ($4,120) (13)
Graduate advisee (Feinstein) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Complementary and Integrative Medicine SIG Poster Award (13)
Graduate advisee (Martin) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Student Travel Award (13)
Graduate advisee (Mougianis) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Diversity Poster Award (13)
Graduate advisee (Feinstein) awarded the GSU Psychology Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award (13)
Graduate advisee (Rosales) awarded the GSU Clinical Program John Warkentin Memorial Award for excellence in therapy (13)
Graduate advisee (Rosales) Dissertation awarded a GSU Dissertation Research Award (12)
Graduate advisee (Martin) received an honorable mention from the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Student Research Award (12)
Graduate advisee (Bearden) received the Edith Kaplan Award for Best Trainee Poster Presentation at the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology conference (12)
Graduate advisee (Rosales) received the APA Minority Fellowship Program, Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MHSAS) Predoctoral Fellowship (approximately $66,000) (12-14)
Graduate advisee (Bearden) received American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Sponsored Travel Scholarship ($500) (12)
Graduate advisee (Rosales) received an honorable mention from the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Diversity Grant (11)
Graduate advisee (Rosales) awarded a Mark Alleyne Student Travel Grant and an Institutional Support Grant from the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies ($500) (11)
Graduate advisee (Feinstein) awarded the American College of Rheumatology, Research and Education Foundation, Abbott Health Professional Graduate Student Research Preceptorship ($5,500 grant) (11)
Graduate advisee (Welkom) awarded the Morrell Outstanding Graduate Student Awards, Georgia State (11)
Graduate advisee (Martin) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Diversity Poster Award (11)
Graduate advisee (Rosales) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Diversity Poster Award (11)
Graduate advisee (Cobb) awarded the John Warkentin Memorial Award for clinical skills, Georgia State (10)
Undergraduate advisee (Burton) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Student Spotlight Award (09)
Undergraduate advisee (Burton) poster awarded the Best Poster Award from the Georgia Psychological Association annual conference (09)
Graduate advisee (Lim) awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Diversity Poster Award (09)
Graduate advisee (Welkom) was a finalist for the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Diversity Poster Award (09)
Graduate advisee (Cobb) awarded the Walt Daves Teaching Award, Georgia State (09)
Graduate advisee (Woods) awarded the Morell Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Georgia State (09)
Graduate advisee (Welkom) awarded a National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Research Service Award (NRSA) F31 (09-11)
Graduate advisee (Woods) awarded a National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Research Service Award (NRSA) F31 (08 – 10)
Graduate advisee (Lim) Dissertation received an honorable mention for the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Diversity Award (08)
Graduate advisee (Welkom) awarded an APA Travel Award (08)
Graduate advisee (Lim) awarded a National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Research Service Award (NRSA) F31 (07 – 09)
Graduate advisee (Lim) awarded the Morell Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Georgia State (07) Undergraduate advisee (Bearden) awarded Outstanding Honors Student in Psychology (07)
Graduate advisee (MacLaren) awarded the John T. Goodman Award for Research in Pediatric Pain (06) Graduate advisee (Lim) awarded an APA Travel Award (06)
Graduate advisee (MacLaren) Dissertation awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Student Research Award (06)
Graduate advisee (Lim) Dissertation awarded a GSU Dissertation Research Award (06)
Graduate advisee (Lim) Master’s thesis received an honorable mention for the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Routh Student Research Grant Award (06)
Undergraduate advisee (Bearden) honor’s thesis poster received the Best Poster Award from the Georgia Psychological Association annual conference (06)
Undergraduate advisee (Bearden) honor’s thesis poster received the Best Student Poster Award from the Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (06)
Graduate advisee (MacLaren) Dissertation was awarded an American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award (05)
Graduate advisee (MacLaren) Masters thesis was awarded the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT) First Annual Behavioral Medicine SIG Student Research Award (03)
Graduate advisee (MacLaren) Masters thesis was awarded the APA, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) Routh Student Research Grant Award (02)
An undergraduate advisee (Little) honor’s thesis was awarded “Pass with Distinction” for “Superior Quality” at Washington State University (00)