FSOS grad students win awards at CEHD Research Day

Graduate students in the Family Social Science doctoral program won “People’s Choice Awards” at the annual CEHD Research & Innovation Day. The event showcased 60 research posters, the most in the event’s history.

In the “Successful Collaboration” category, Lila Khan, Zeba Ahmed, and Emma Worthley were recognized for “Community-based youth mentoring for autistic adolescents by autistic adults.” Khan is a FSOS PhD student, Ahmed is a master’s student in Integrated Behavioral Health, and Worthley is a PhD student in Educational Psychology. Their collaborators were Lindsey Weiler, FSOS associate professor, Rebekah Hudock, Dept. of Pediatrics assistant professor, and Meredith Gunlicks-Stoessel, associate professor, UMN Medical School.

Eunyoung Park. Photo by Jairus Davis.

In the “Innovative Use of Technology in Research” category, Eunyoung Park and Samantha LeBouef won for their project, “Identifying patterns of parent-adolescent communication in person and using technology.” Both are PhD students in Family Social Science and their faculty collaborator was Jodi Dworkin, professor and extension specialist.

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Here’s a list of the all the “People’s Award” winners.

Read more about all the research displayed at the event on the CEHD Research & Innovation Day site.

The U of M’s Foundation produced this recap video of the event.