
Her lab investigates how different neuronal regions interact to form the basis of learning experiences and how these processes go wrong in psychopathology. at the University of New South Wales and then was a joint postdoctoral scholar at the National Institute on Drug Abuse and Princeton Neuroscience Institute. Sharpe joined UCLA in 2018 and her research lab is in the psychology department’s behavioral neuroscience area. Sharp & Fellows, Inc., has employed expert design teams and skilled engineers to handle every aspect of rail constructionfrom concept to completion. Blank specializes in cognitive psychology, and his current research centers on language comprehension and the brain. He previously worked as a postdoctoral associate at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Finance (2001), the Journal of Empirical Finances Biennial Best Paper Prize (2006). The UCLA Hellman Fellows Program was established by the Hellman Family Foundation to support and encourage the research of promising assistant professors who show the capacity for great distinction in their research.īlank, who received his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, joined UCLA in July 2019.


Idan Blank and Melissa Sharpe, assistant professors of psychology in the UCLA College, were selected as 2021-22 UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows.

Editor’s note: This post was updated July 21 with additional biographical information for each professor.
