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)