Demystifying Clinical Psychology

CUDCP is pleased to host an annual Demystifying Clinical Psychology Networking Program.

DCP represents an opportunity for participants to interact with, and learn from, our wonderful current grad student coordinators and a small group of DCT volunteers. Participants learn how to present posters, have their CVs reviewed, learn about careers in clinical psychology, and how to put together a compelling graduate school application. 

There is also a poster session, a Networking Session where students and DCTs interact informally, and lastly, the award ceremony for the winners of the poster competition.

The 2026 DCP conference included over 100 undergrad and post-bac students in clinical psychology. Forty participants submitted abstracts for posters they presented. 

2026 Winners:
First: Subjective Well-Being in Ghana: A Social Well-being-centered Perspective, Seyram J. B. Agudu, Drexler James

Tie for Second: Examining the Influence of Student Records on Teachers’ Anticipated Outcomes, Natalie Terry, Kelly Lynn Mulvey

Choreography creation is associated with increased dispositional flow and changes in theta and beta activity in experienced dancers. Noor Tasnim, Zoe Zarnegar, Mackenzie Aychman, Stephen P. Diesel, Chynna Golding, Courtney Liu, Julia C. Basso

Three way Tie for Third: Interoceptive efficacy beliefs moderate the association between acute & chronic stress and wellbeing outcomes. Abigail Koehler, Rachael Sharon-Gupta, Tehya M. LePage Drummond, Jennifer K. MacCormack

Hispanic Bilingual Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors Perceived Workloads on the CVLT.  Andrea Vargas Ramírez, María Isabel del Villar Basauri, Paulina Natalia Arévalo Torres, Natalie Gevoglanian, Daniel W. López Hernández

Building Trust to Advance Equity: Community-Partnered Engagement of Older Black Adults  
N. Stewart, R. Mace, A. Acquaah, W. Charlot, K. Craddock, J. Callahan, R. Reed, F. Atkinson, D. Obler, O. Okereke, A.M. Vranceanu

2025 Winners:
Tie for First: The Experience of Suicidal Thoughts: Associations between modes of thinking and features of suicidal ideation. Alexis Bamfo, Michael N. Hallquist, Aidan G.C. Wright, Alexandre Y. Dombrovski, Aliona Tsypes

Alzheimer's Disease Affects Mexican Females Nonverbal Memory Efficiency, Maria Isabel del Villar Basauri

Tie for Third: Mood Lifters for College Students: Examining changes in social functioning throughout a peer-led mental wellness intervention, Chelsea Coon, Elena Pokowitz, Patricia Deldin

Examining the role of race and ethnicity on social goalsetting for adolescence, Julianna Martinez