Kacey Finch successfully defended her thesis entitled: A Translational Analysis of Renewal Following DRO with Human Subjects. Congratulations!
Committee Members: Drs. Claire St. Peter and Barry Edelstein
Dr. Owsiany successfully defended her dissertation!
Congratulations to Jenni Owsiany for successfully defending her doctoral dissertation, “Evaluating the Use of Lottery-Based Contingency Management to Increase Physical Activity in Adults” on October 9, 2019. Jenni will graduate with her PhD in December!
The Kestner Lab in Sweden
The Kestner Lab recently attended ABAI in Stockholm, Sweden.
Jenni Owsiany, Kacey Finch, and Dr. Kestner (Left to right) presented a symposium on translational research on choice.
At the conference, we were able to unite 4 generations of the academic family tree. (From left to right: Jenni Owsiany, Kacey Finch, Dave Wacker, Stephanie Peterson, Katie Kestner)
2018 Stevenson Scholarship
Congratulations to Jenni Owsiany!
Jenni is an awardee of the 2018 Stevenson Scholarship. Jenni's dissertation will explore the role of reinforcement in contingency management for increasing physical activity in adults.
"The Stevenson Scholarship was established to recognize graduate students in fields related to Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences at West Virginia University as they pursue further education and professional development. The scholarship is in recognition of Dr. James Stevenson for his devotion to the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University."