Dear SPR Member:
The ballot listing the candidates for President-Elect, Treasurer and two positions on the Board of Directors is now available. For full biographical sketches for all candidates, see below. The candidates are (in alphabetical order):
President-Elect: Drs. Paul Corballis, Johannes Hewig & Cristina Ottaviani
Treasurer: Drs. Lauren Bylsma, Jim Cavanagh & Elizabeth Page-Gould
Board of Directors: Drs. Peter Clayson, James Christopher Edgar, Philip Gable, Pete Gianaros, & Aminda O’Hare
To vote, click the ‘Cast Your Vote Now’ button below or at the bottom of this page, below the candidate biographies. Voting will close on Wednesday, June 25, at 12:00 noon ET. If you have any questions, please email info@sprweb.org.
We hope to see you at the 2025 Annual Meeting in Montréal, Canada!
Best Regards,
Anna Weinberg, SPR Secretary
Please Note: All nominees are listed in alpha order by last name in each category.
President-Elect Nominees
Paul Corballis
Education: BSc in Psychology, University of Auckland, 1989; MSc (1st Class Honours) in Psychology, University of Auckland, 1991; PhD in Psychology, Columbia University, 1997.
Positions: Post-doctoral fellow, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College, 1996-1998; Research Assistant Professor, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College, 1998-2002; Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002-2008; Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-2011; Associate Professor, School of Psychology, University of Auckland, 2011-present.
SPR Involvement: Member since 1993; Reviewer for Psychophysiology since 1995; Program Committee, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2017; Convention Committee, 2009-2103; Ad Hoc Committee on Needs of ERP Researchers, 2006 (Chair); Student Awards Committee 2010.
Research Interests: EEG/ERP; visual perception, attention, and cognition; multisensory integration; cognitive control; temporal dynamics of attentional selection and distractor processing; hemispheric specialization and organization; split-brain; development and integration of psychophysiological and psychophysical methods; ethical and legal aspects of neurotechnology and psychophysiology.
Johannes Hewig
Education: Diploma (MSc.) in Psychology, University of Trier, 2000; Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Trier, 2004; Venia legend & Facultas docendi in Psychology, 2009, University of Jena.
Positions: Research Fellow Dept. of Psychophysiology, Personality Psychology and Methodology, University of Trier, 2000-2004; Assistant Professor Dept. of Clinical and Biological Psychology, University of Jena, 2004-2010; Visiting Professor Differential Psychology, Personality Psychology and Diagnostics, University of Trier, 2007; Full Professor Differential Psychology, Personality Psychology and Diagnostics, University of Würzburg, 2010-present; Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Würzburg 2019-2023, President of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychophysiology und ihre Anwendungen (German Society for Psychophysiology) 2022-2023.
SPR Involvement: SPR Member since 2003; Reviewer for Psychophysiology since 2005; Consulting editor since 2017; SPR Early Careers Conversation Hour 2006; Member, Convention Sites Committee 2008-2012 and 2017-2020 (Co-Chair); Member, Education and Training Committee 2012-2017; Member, Student Poster Award Committee, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017; Member, Board of Directors 2013-2016; Member, Nominations committee 2018 and 2023.
Research Interests: Frontal asymmetry, feedback negativity, reward positivity, error-related negativity, approach and withdrawal motivation, reinforcement learning, behavioral activation and inhibition, altruism, greed, interactions between emotion, motivation, and cognition; social neuroscience; neuroeconomics; gambling and phobia; various psychophysiological methods including EEG, fMRI, and peripheral physiology.
Cristina Ottaviani
Education: Master’s Degree cum laude in Experimental Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy, 1998. PsyD cum laude in Health Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy, 2005. Ph.D. in Psychology (Clinical and Experimental Psychology track), University of Bologna, Italy, 2009.
Positions: Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Psychophysiology, University of Bologna, 2009-2010 and Sapienza University of Rome, 2010-2012. Assistant to Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 2016-2024. Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 2024-present. Director, PsyD Program in Psychological Assessment and Counselling, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, 2021-present.
SPR Involvement: Member since 2005. Board of Directors, 2024-present. Associate Editor Psychophysiology, 2022-present. Consulting Editor, Psychophysiology, 2017-2022. Recipient, SPR Early Career Award, 2017. Co-Chair, Program Committee, 2024. Member, Program Committee, 2018, 2023, 2025. Member, Nominating Committee, 2019. Member, Early Career Award Committee, 2024, 2025. Poster Chair and Student Poster Award Judge, 2023.
Research Interests: 1) Advancing the understanding of mental health by integrating multiple levels of analysis—from biological vulnerability to behavior and sociocultural context—with the goal of supporting precision treatment approaches; 2) Investigating stress-related psychological risk factors contributing to elevated cardiovascular risk, with an emphasis on strategies for early detection and prevention; 3) Examining the psychological and neurobiological mechanisms sustaining perseverative cognition as a transdiagnostic risk factor, using an integrated approach that combines laboratory and neuroimaging studies with ecological momentary assessment and ambulatory physiological monitoring.
Treasurer Nominees
Lauren M. Bylsma
Education: BA in Psychology, 2003, University of Pennsylvania; MLA (Master of Liberal Arts), 2005, University of Pennsylvania; MA in Clinical Psychology, 2008, University of South Florida; PhD in Clinical Psychology, 2012, University of South Florida.
Positions: Clinical Intern, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System-Seattle Division, 2011-2012; Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Pittsburgh, NIMH T32 in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012-2014; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 2014-2021; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 2022-Present; Co-Director, Center for Advanced Psychotherapy, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2017-Present; Assistant Director, Clinical High Risk Clinical Service (Hope Team), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2019-Present. Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Pennsylvania since 2015.
SPR Involvement: SPR member since 2007; Consulting Editor for Psychophysiology, 2017-Present; Early Career Award Committee Member, 2021-Present; Member of WISE, 2019-2022; Co-Chair of WISE, 2023-Present; CPSI Luncheon Mentor, 2024; Member of Ad-Hoc Committee for Award Nomination Process, 2025-Present.
Research Interests: Emotional reactivity and regulation in affective disorders across development; transdiagnostic affective processes; psychophysiological correlates of emotion regulation and dysregulation; ambulatory psychophysiology with ecological momentary assessment; cardiovascular psychophysiology; affective neuroscience; event related potentials.
Jim Cavanagh
Education: PhD, University of Arizona, 2010
Positions: Associate Professor – University of New Mexico
SPR Involvement: Member and conference attendee since 2006; 2017-2023 Program Committee; 2018 Early Career Award; 2023-2026 Board of Directors; 2024-2027 Consulting Editor, Psychophysiology
Research Interests: Cognitive neuroscience; Electrophysiology; Cognitive Control; Reinforcement Learning
Elizabeth Page-Gould
Education: BS in Psychology, BS in Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2002; PhD in Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 2008
Positions: Mind/Brain Behavior Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2008 – 2009; Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough, 2009 – 2014; Associate Professor, University of Toronto, 2014 – 2022; Professor, University of Toronto, 2022 – present; Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Social Psychophysiology, 2014 – 2025; Chair, Graduate Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, 2021 – 2026
SPR Involvement: Member since 2009; Member, Women In Science and Education Committee Ad-hoc Committee, 2015 – 2018; Member, Women In Science and Education Committee Ad-hoc Committee, 2018 – present; Member, Diversity Statement Ad-hoc Committee, 2019-2020; Member-At-Large, Board of Directors, 2018 – 2022
Research Interests: Stress, social interactions, intergroup relations, friendship, physiological synchrony, autonomic nervous system, neuroendocrinology, HPA, HPG, psychophysiological inference, multi-person physiological recording and analysis
Board of Director Nominees
Peter Clayson
Education: BS in Psychology, Brigham Young University, 2010; MA in Psychology, University of California-Los Angeles in 2012; PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of California-Los Angeles in 2017
Positions: Postdoctoral Fellow, Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, 2017-2019; Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 2017-2019; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 2020-current
SPR Involvement: Member since 2011; Student Member, Committee to Promote Student Interests, 2013-2017; Member, Education and Training Committee, 2020-2021; Chair, Education and Training Committee, 2022-current; Roundtable Discussant, Preparing for a Career at Every Stage: Horizons in Academia and Industry; Recipient, Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychophysiology, 2023; Associate Editor, Psychophysiology, 2024-current
Research Interests: My applied research program focuses on understanding adaptive control, which relates to the coordination of cognitive, emotional, and physiological processes associated with identifying problems in the environment and optimizing goal-directed behavior. My methodological work helps to ensure that psychophysiological research is grounded in psychometric principles to promote better understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness and has broad implications for all fields that pursue an individual-differences approach. I support open science practices within psychophysiology to improve the transparency and replicability of psychophysiological research and to promote equitable access to scientific findings.
James Christopher Edgar
Education: BA in English Literature and Philosophy, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 1991; PhD in Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2002; Clinical Psychology Internship, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2002
Positions: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychopathology and Neuroimaging, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Beckman Institute, 2002-2007; Assistant / Associate / full Professor of Radiology, Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, 2007+; Participating Graduate Student Mentor, RWTH Aachen University and Research Center Julich, Aachen, Germany, 2007-2025; Director of The Brains Change Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Department of Radiology, 2025-present.
SPR Involvement: SPR member 2002-2007, 2024+; Digital Signal Processing pre-convention Workshop presenter 2024; author of self-paced tutorial material freely available at github.com/BrainsChange/Digital-Signal-Processing-Courseware
Research Interests: I have over 30 years of experience using non-invasive imaging (EEG, MEG, and structural and functional MRI) to study brain structure and function in infants and young children, as well as in psychiatric and neurological patient populations. I conduct basic research to assess the strengths and weaknesses of neuroimaging methods, as well as to inform the development of more sophisticated analysis techniques. My most recent research has focused on studying maturation of brain structure and function, with a current focus on children with autism spectrum disorder as well as typical infant and toddler brain development. I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Pennsylvania with expertise in clinical neuropsychology assessment and psychotherapy and Director of The Brains Change Program in the Department of Radiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a program devoted to understanding the maturation of neural function, brain chemistry, and brain structure in children 0 to 18 years old via longitudinal studies.
Philip Gable
Education: Ph.D. in Psychology, Texas A&M University 2010; B.A. Psychology and History, Ouachita Baptist University 2005
Positions: Assistant Professor, 2010 – 2015 The University of Alabama; Associate Professor, 2015 – 2020 The University of Alabama; Associate Professor, 2020 – 2022 University of Delaware; Professor, 2023 – current University of Delaware; Social Area Director, 2012 – 2014 The University of Alabama; Director of Experimental Psychology, 2014 – 2020 The University of Alabama; Social Area Director, 2021 – 2024, University of Delaware, Psychological and Brain Sciences; Graduate Director, 2023 – 2024, University of Delaware, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience; Program Director, 2024 – current, University of Delaware, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience
SPR Involvement: Member since 2005; 2024: Fellow for the Society for Psychophysiological Research; 2024-current: Chair Membership Committee; 2021-2022: Chair Education and Training Committee; 2019-2022: Public Relations Committee member; 2021: Chair Webinar Committee; 2019-2020: Program Committee; 2019: 60th Anniversary Program Committee; 2019: Poster Judge; 2018: Education and Training Roundtable Leader; 2018: Diversity Committee; 2018: Chair, External Funding Opportunities for Psychophysiological Research; 2017-2016 Chair of the Early Career Conversation Hour; 2015-2017: Committee to Promote Student Interest; 2016-2017: Student Fellowship Committee; 2015-2017: Poster Judge; 2010-2005: Committee to Promote Student Interest – Student Member; 2010-2005: Newsletter Sub-committee Committee to Promote Student Interest;
Research Interests: examining the interplay of motivation with emotion, personality, substance use, and attentional scope. establishing motivation as a mechanism influencing emotion, cognition, and psychopathology. using neurophysiological processes such as EEG frequency, event-related potentials, reflex physiology, and rTMS
Pete Gianaros
Education: BS in Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1995; PhD in Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2000.
Positions: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pittsburgh, 2000-2004; Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, 2004-2009; Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, 2009-2014; Professor, University of Pittsburgh, 2014-current; Co-Director, NIH Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Training Program, 2020-current; Chair, Biological and Health Psychology Graduate Training Program, University of Pittsburgh, 2024-current.
SPR Involvement: SPR member since 1995; Member, Committee to Promote Student Interests, 1999-2004; Member, Nominating Committee, 2005-2006; Member, Bylaws Committee, 2008-2010; Member, Program Committee, 2012-2013.
Research Interests: Central neural control and representation of cardiovascular and autonomic stress physiology; social health inequalities; psychological stress and risk for coronary heart disease.
Aminda O’Hare
Education: BA in Psychology, University of Wyoming, 2005; PhD in Experimental Psychology with a concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience and a minor in Quantitative Psychology, University of Kansas, 2010
Positions: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois, 2010-2012; Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2012-2018; Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2018-2019; Assistant Professor of Psychological Science and Neuroscience, Weber State University, 2019-2022; Director of Neuroscience, Weber State University, 2020-current; Associate Professor of Psychological Science and Neuroscience, Weber State University, 2022-current
SPR Involvement: Member since 2007; Member, Public Relations Committee, 2019-2023; Chair, Science Advocacy Subcommittee of Public Relations Committee, 2022-2023; Member, Ad Hoc Webinar Committee, 2022-2023; Organizer, Infographics Webinar, June 2023; Member, Women in Science and Education Committee, 2017-current; Co-Chair, Women in Science and Education Committee, 2023-current.
Research Interests: Psychophysiological correlates of cognition-emotion interactions, specifically attention and anxiety; psychophysiological and cognitive correlates of dual-anxiety models; impact of mindfulness meditation trainings on the brain, cognition, and emotion; training psychophysiology at primary undergraduate institutions; representation of gender and ethnic minorities in STEM fields.