Matthew Gormley, assistant professor of educational psychology, has been named a 2017 Young Scientist Research Award recipient by CHADD, the National Resource Center on ADHD. The award recognizes the impactful ADHD research that Gormley conducts among children and adolescents.
Gormley’s research was evaluated on significance, rigor of methodology-design, clarity of the problem, relevance/adequacy of literature review, and contribution of new knowledge. The award was presented this week at the 2017 Annual International Conference on ADHD in Atlanta.
His research submission was titled “Consistency in Transition: Supporting Students with ADHD Through Their Academic Carriers.” Gormley earned his Ph.D. in School Psychology from Lehigh University in 2016 where he received the Elizabeth V. Stout Dissertation Award. Dr. Gormley completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Munroe-Meyer Institute in the Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology in Omaha and his post-doctoral fellowship was completed at Geisinger Health System in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.
For more information about the award visit https://go.unl.edu/6p4z.