Melissa Schick, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been awarded the G. Alan Marlatt Mid-Career Research Award by the Addictive Behaviors Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT).
The award is given annually to a member of the special interest group who has conducted research in addiction psychology that demonstrates substantial scientific rigor and focuses on understanding mechanisms of addiction or advancing evidence-based clinical practice in addictions.
Recipients must have received their doctoral degree between four and 12 years prior to receiving the award.
The award will be presented at the ABCT Annual Meeting in November.
Schick is director of the Study of Trauma, Addiction, and Recovery (STAR) Lab at Yale School of Medicine. Her research program focuses on the intersection of trauma, addiction, and health equity, with a particular emphasis on how positive emotional and psychological processes shape resilience and recovery.