2024
Giulio Fernandes receives a McNair Scholar Summer Fellowship and Luka Kazanjian and Julia Swenson-Wilkes receive Summer Internship Awards!
Josh Spaulding and Luka Kazanjian receive the First Place Award for Excellence in the Brain and Behavior Section for his poster presentation at the AAAS Conference!
Dr. Hales receives the 2024 Glenn D. White Jr. '78 Faculty Research Award!
Dr. Hales receives the 2024 McNair Faculty Mentor of the Year Award!
2023
Maria Tavares and Turley Duque receive McNair Scholar Summer Fellowships, Shukriya Osman receives a Pre-Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) Award, and Anisa Beckett, George Kobzeff, and Sophia Skubic receive Summer Internship Awards!
Maria Tavares receives the Outstanding Research Presentation Award in Neuroscience at the 2023 National Diversity in STEM SACNAS Conference!
2022
Viviana Castro and Turley Duque receive McNair Scholar Summer Fellowships, Umi Sharif receives a Pre-Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) Award, and James Ghaly and Madison Wyatt receive Summer Internship Awards!
Dr. Hales is nominated for the USD Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (OURMA)!
2021
Akemi Ito and Anahi Salazar receive McNair Scholar Summer Fellowships, Michelle Zaichik receives a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Award, Emmanuel Anjeh receives a Pre-Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) Award, and Salma Godoy receives a Summer Internship Award!
Dr. Hales is granted tenure and promotion to Associate Professor!
2020
Anahi Salazar and Akemi Ito receive McNair Scholar Summer Fellowships, Daniela Abouchedid and Annette Vo receive Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Awards, Salma Godoy receives a Pre-Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) Award, and Kayla Cayanan receives a Summer Internship Award!
Dr. Hales is nominated for the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN) Mentor Award!
2019
Larissa Olivas receives a McNair Scholar Summer Fellowship, Greer Marshall, Nina Tabrizi, and Tyler Walker receive Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Awards, and Landon Cendejas receives a Pre-Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) Award!
Dr. Hales receives the USD Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (OURMA)!
2018
GQ Collins and Larissa Olivas receive McNair Scholar Summer Fellowships, Ellie Petty and Nina Tabrizi receive Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Awards, and Daniela Abouchedid receives a Pre-Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) Award!
Dr. Hales is nominated for the USD Woman of Impact Award!
2017
Teddy Fisher receives a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Award and Megan Mir receives a Pre-Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) Award!
Dr. Hales is nominated for the USD Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (OURMA)!
2016
Nicole Reitz and Jon Vincze receive Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Awards and Samantha Calac receives a Pre-Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) Award!
Dr. Hales is nominated for the USD Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (OURMA) and Woman of Impact Award!
2015
The Hales Lab is established in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of San Diego!