Madeleine Miller Named 2025 Morgan T. Sammons Doctoral Student Award Winner

The National Register of Health Service Psychologists is proud to present the 2025 Morgan T. Sammons Doctoral Student Award to Madeleine Miller. 

This award, named in honor of the National Register’s third Chief Executive Officer, is presented annually to a currently enrolled student in good standing in an APA- or CPA-accredited doctoral program in psychology who are student members of the National Register Associate Program.   

The National Register’s Awards Committee honors the recipient of this award with a $5,000 stipend to further the development of a clinically oriented research project.  

Upon receiving the award, Madeleine said, “I am thrilled to receive this award, as it affirms the value of community-centered research in advancing equitable, high-quality care for all populations. It gives me hope to see our field investing in research grounded in real-world, community contexts.”   

Madeleine Miller, MA, is a 4th year doctoral student enrolled in the Health Psychology and Clinical Science Doctoral Program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her program of research is centered on improving access to evidence-based care for historically underserved populations through community-engaged implementation science. 

Madeleine began her work in implementation and dissemination science at the National Center for PTSD, Dissemination and Training Division, where she contributed to efforts expanding the reach of exposure-based psychotherapy to Veterans who might otherwise face barriers to care. In 2022, she joined the Gender Based Violence Lab, where her research shifted towards examining the effects of chronic stress on marginalized populations and the implementation of evidence-based interventions in community settings. 

To date, Madeleine has published 13 peer-reviewed journal articles, including three as first author, and has presented her work at national and international conferences, with a growing focus on addressing health disparities. She has secured both internal and external funding to support a pilot implementation study of a dialectical behavior therapy skills group delivered within a community-based organization for Black transgender women and other sexual and gender minorities of color. 

Madeleine has been banking credentials through the National Register since 2025.

About the National Register of Health Service Psychologists  

The National Register of Health Service Psychologists was established in 1974 and is the largest nonprofit credentialing organization for psychologists and psychology doctoral students. The National Register is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving healthcare by identifying psychologists who meet specific education and training standards, and by verifying these professionals to consumers, healthcare organizations, and regulatory bodies. The National Register currently credentials 10,000 Health Service Psychologists and has approximately 5,000 psychology doctoral student and postdoctoral trainee members in its Associate Program. For more information, visit www.nationalregister.org.  

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