Laura-Ann Petitto - Research Awards

Research Awards

Petitto is the recipient of over twenty international prizes and awards for her distinguished scientific achievements, including, for example,

• “Fellow” of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Elected October 2008. Presented at the Fellow Forum, 14 February 2009, Chicago.
• “Fellow” of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). December 2008.
• The Justine and Yves Sergent International Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience, Université de Montréal Honorary Diploma, Faculty of Medicine, Quebec, Canada, 2004
• Guggenheim Award (for her “unusually distinguished achievements in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment” in the discipline of Neuroscience), conferred in Spring, 1998
• Visiting Resident Scholar (1998–1999) in the Departments of Nuclear Medicine & Cognitive Science, at the Università & Ospedale Istituto San Raffaele, in Milan, Italy.
• Fellow (1991–1992) at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, Stanford, California (1991–1992)
• Visiting Resident Scholar (1987–1988) in the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, and the Medical Research Council (Speech and Language Group), in Cambridge, England, in conjunction with the Medical Research Council (Cognitive Development Unit), in London, England
• American Psychological Association Boyd R. McCandless “Young Scientist Award” (for “outstanding early career contributions to, and achievements in Developmental Psychology”), conferred at the APA Convention, Atlanta, GA., 1988,
• American Psychological Association “Young Psychologist Award,” conferred at the 24th International Congress of Psychology, Sydney, Australia, 1988