Masten, Ip and Eales receive 2025 SRCD Biennial Awards
ICD was well represented in the Society for Research in Child Development's 2025 Biennial Awards, which will be presented at an awards ceremony at the Biennial meeting in May. ICD faculty and a recent doctoral alumnus had winners in each of the three major categories: Senior Distinguished Contributions Awards, Early Career Research Contributions Awards, and Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.
Regents Professor Ann Masten - Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development Award
- For her pioneering contributions to theory and methods focused on understanding and promoting resilience in human development.
- For her work to broaden models of psychopathology beyond risks, deficits, and problems to include assets, protective processes, and adaptive outcomes.
- For her translation of research into practical guidance for clinicians, educators, first responders, service providers, policymakers, and caregivers to reduce risk, boost resources, and nurture resilience in the lives of children.
Assistant Professor Ka I Ip - Early Career Research Contributions Award
- For his pioneering research on cultural influences in emotion regulation development and the impact of early adversity and structural racism on developmental psychopathology.
- For his innovative use of multidisciplinary methodologies to deepen scientific understanding and his unwavering dedication to informing policies that reduce disparities, promote health equity, and foster resilience in diverse communities.
Lauren Eales, PhD '24, current Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA - Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
- For her mixed methods longitudinal dissertation assessing child problematic media use, family functioning, and white parental media-based racial socialization during the dual COVID-19 and whiteness pandemics.