Alexa Muratore was the 2009 recipient of the Elsie Harwood Award. The Award is provided by the APS Interest group on Psychology and Ageing.It aims to raise awareness in the field of psychology and ageing and to encourage students to carry out research in this field. The Award is for the best empirical research project in the field of ageing, submitted as part of an accredited fourth year program in psychology or an accredited Masters by coursework program in psychology. Alexa won the award on the basis of her Masters thesis entitled “Predicting retirement preparation through the design of a new measure” supervised by Dr Joanne Earl. As part of her award Alexa has been invited to present at the Psychology and Ageing Interest Group AGM at the ICAP 2010 conference.

Congratulations Alexa!