2025 MSPS award winners

Mind, Brain and Behaviour 1 Prize – Bachelor students

• Ovin Kalindu Jayawardana
• Eli (Baoqi) Xiang

Mind, Brain and Behaviour 2 Prize – Bachelor students

• Elsie Yip

Mind, Brain and Behaviour 1 Prize – Graduate Diploma students

• Phoebe Elizabeth Wild

Mind, Brain and Behaviour 2 Prize – Graduate Diploma students

• Phoebe Elizabeth Wild

Biological Psychology Prize

• Shanice Hoo

Cognitive Psychology

• Isabella Hindley Walker

Developmental Psychology

• Angelica Tseytlin
• Juliana Czarina Santiago

Personality and Social Psychology Prize

• Sheanne Yee Goh
• Zoe Wen Yi Tee

Research Methods for Human Inquiry Prize

• Vanessa Famdanny

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life Prize

• Tanishqa Mathur
• Amelia Frances Waldie
• Mia Fomiatti
• Lawson Burn
• Kassandra Renee Tilley

Lifespan Social & Emotional Development Prize

• Matilda Clare Prescott

Perception, Memory and Cognition Prize

• Flynn John Catterall

Neuroscience and the Mind Prize

• Florence Eileen Aitken

Development of the Thinking Child Prize

• Grace Emma Donnelly

The Integrated Brain Prize

• Sherleen Lenita Kurniawan

Psychological Science: Theory & Practice Prize

• Katherine Elizabeth Doherty

Personality & Social Psychology Prize

• Tatjana Nicole Plitt

Advanced Psychological Theory & Practice Prize

• Tatjana Nicole Plitt
• Rebecca Whittall

Advanced Research Methods in Psychology Prize

• Charity Calypso Lane

Dean’s Award for the Graduate Diploma

• Tatjana Nicole Plitt

Dwight Final Assessment Prize

• Junyi Pan

Jeff Pressing Prize

• Giuliano Ferla

Norma Grieve Prize

• Junyi Pan

The Australian Psychological Society Student Excellence Award

• Annabel Kate Hudson

MSPS Clinical Psychology Student Award

• Sarah Pearse

MSPS Clinical Neuropsychology Student Award

• Claire Salmon

Dean’s Award for top Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) Student

• Grace Louise Van Veenendaal

Dean’s Award for top Master of Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology) Student

• Sara Taylor Bitton

Master of Applied Psychology Award

• Isabella Barclay

MSPS Professional Psychology 1st Year Student Award

• Jessie-Marie Goldie

MSPS Professional Psychology 2nd Year Student Award

• Taren Mieran
• Adam Curley

Maureen Molloy Medal for Clinical Neuropsychology

• Sara Taylor Bitton

Elgin Prize for Clinical Psychology

• Grace Louise Van Veenendaal

Postgraduate Student Research Excellence Award – runners up

• Uyen Doan
  ‘The Predictive Power of Autobiographical Memory in Shaping the Mental Health of Young People: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis’ – Psychological Bulletin
• Shima Rouhi
  ‘Chronic sleep deficiency and its impact on pain perception in healthy females’– Journal of Sleep Research
• Allyson Alblas
  ‘Herding cats: Using the Big Five to organise Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory scales’ – Personality Science

Postgraduate Student Research Excellence Award – winner

• Lindsie Arthur-Hulme
  ‘Hormonal contraceptive use, not menstrual cycle phase, is associated with reduced interest in competition’ – Evolution and Human Behavior

MSPS Prize for Excellence in the PHD thesis

• Feiven Lee Fan
  ‘Post-Traumatic Headache in Paediatric Concussion: A Biomarker Approach’

The John Trinder Early Career Research Award in cognitive and behavioural neuroscience

• Fiore D’Aprano

The Leon Mann Early Career Research Award in social and personality psychology

• Hayley Jach

The Margot Prior Early Career Research Award in clinical science

• Courtney Walton

The Pip Pattison Early Career Research Award in cognitive and mathematical psychology

• Lyulei Zhang

Friends of Psychology Early Career Award

• Gezelle Dali
• Anh Tran

Outstanding Graduate Research Supervision Award

• Katie Greenaway

The ReWire Hines Early Career Research Award

• Gezelle Dali

Professional Services Award

• Elizabeth Davie
• Hazel Tran

MSPS Emerging Excellence in Learning and Teaching

• Lisa Catania

MSPS Sustained Excellence in Learning and Teaching

• Benita Green

MSPS Excellence in Tutoring Award

• Asha Bartlett
• Duncan Hunt

MSPS Excellence in Tutor Leadership

• Lindsie Arthur-Hulme