Graduate Student Scholarship Recipients
The Institute is pleased to announce the following 2025-2026 Scholarship and Research Allowance Award Recipients:
Project: Emotion regulation, eating pathology, and gambling in men
Program: PhD (Psychology, U. of Calgary)
Supervisor: Dr. Kristin von Ranson
Project: The influence of pace of play on gambling motivation
Program: Master's (Neuroscience, U. of Lethbridge)
Supervisor: Dr. David Euston
Project: Developing a predictive and explanatory model of gambling-related harm
Program: PhD (Psychology, U. of Calgary)
Supervisor: Dr. David Hodgins
Project: Effects of intimate partner violence on problem gambling among new parents during the pandemic
Program: PhD (Clinical Psychology, U. of Calgary)
Supervisor: Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen
Project: Longitudinal study of gambling addiction development using a new animal model
Program: Master's (Neuroscience), U. of Lethbridge)
Project: An examination of gambling behaviours among Canadian university students
Program: PhD (Psychology, U. of Calgary)
Supervisor: Dr. Daniel McGrath
Project: Is more always the merrier: How slot machine availability affects betting behaviours
Program: PhD (Psychology), U. of Alberta)
Project: Association between sports-bettor characteristics, gambling play, and responsible gambling behaviors compared to Canadian casino patrons
Program: Master's (Psychology, U. of Lethbridge)
Supervisor: Dr. Darren Christensen
Project: Exploring HEXACO personality traits and cryptocurrency usage: A comparative study on problematic and non-problematic users
Program: Master's (Psychology, U. of Calgary)
Project: Problem gambling and postpartum mental health in new parents during COVID-19
Program: PhD (Psychology, U. of Calgary)
Supervisor: Drs. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen, Andrew Kim & Andrew Szeto
Project: Do the words influencers’ use in gambling advertisements impact gambling participation?
Program: PhD (Business, U. of Calgary)
Supervisor: Drs. Scott Radford & Ruth Pogacar
Project: Motivations for sports betting among Alberta student-athletes
Program: Master's (Psychology, U. of Lethbridge)
Project: Examining the neurophysiological indices of reward sensitivity as transdiagnostic risk markers for eating
and gambling pathology in young women
Program: PhD (Psychology, U. of Alberta)
Project: A spatial analysis of gambling and crime
Program: PhD (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, U. of Alberta)
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Soebbing
Project: Betting on goals: How winning and losing motivations shape gambling decisions
Program: PhD (Psychology, U. of Alberta)