The John A. Swets Memorial Award for Excellence in Collaborative Research in Psychological Science honors the memory of John A. Swets. While at Michigan, Professor Swets co-developed the Theory of Signal Detection with Wilson P. Tanner and David M. Green (Psychological Review, 1954), exemplifying the powerful influence that collaborations can have on science. The award is granted biennially to honor and promote the research of University of Michigan faculty members in the Department of Psychology who are engaged in ongoing and potentially transformative collaborative research across disciplinary boundaries.
The 2025 Swets Award was granted to the project “MultimOdal eXploration of psychological challenges in Interactive Environments (MOXIE study),” which is an in-depth investigation of physiological and immunological responses to challenges. The team ultimately seeks to "reduce distress to modulate treatment outcomes and survival among cancer patients.”
Congratulations to the investigators.
From the Psychology Department:
- Annelise Madison, PI, clinical psychologist, lead faculty investigator
- Jack Chermside, research assistant, post-baccalaureate psychology student
From other U of M Departments:
- Muneesh Tewari, co-PI, oncologist at Michigan Medicine
- Lizbeth (‘Libby’) Benson, consultant, Data Science for Dynamic Intervention Decision Making Center
- Erin Sandford, research scientist, genetics
- Aditya Jalin, research assistant, bioinformatics PhD student
- Rashmi Madhukar, research assistant, bioinformatics PhD student
