Graduate Student Scholarship Recipients

The Institute is pleased to announce the following 2024-2025 Scholarship and Research Allowance Award Recipients:

Project: Another one bites the ads: How pre-exposure to gambling-related advertisements might change betting preferences
Program: Master's (Psychology, U. of Alberta)
Supervisor: Dr. Dana Hayward

Project: Emotion regulation, eating pathology, and gambling in men
Program: PhD (Psychology, U. of Calgary)
Supervisor: Dr. Kristin von Ranson

Project: Maximizing user engagement with technology-mediated self-guided interventions for gambling problems
Program: PhD (Clinical Psychology, U. of Calgary)
Supervisor: Dr. David Hodgins

Project: Getting lucky: A comparison of compulsive sexual behavior, gambling disorder, and intermittent explosive disorder
Program: PhD (Psychology, U. of Calgary)
Supervisor: Dr. David Hodgins

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: An examination of gambling behaviours among Canadian university students
Program: PhD (Psychology, U. of Calgary)
Supervisor: Dr. Daniel McGrath

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: 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: A spatial analysis of gambling and crime
Program: PhD (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, U. of Alberta)
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Soebbing