Holly Tuokko Undergraduate Research Scholarship
The scholarship honours the 21 years Dr. Tuokko has given to research at the Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health and student mentoring in the Department of Psychology at the University of Victoria. Complementing the Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA) program, which encourages undergraduates to pursue innovative and original research to enhance their leaining, this scholarship will provide research funding to students in their fourth year or above to undertake and complete research in the areas of health and aging. Celebrating Dr. Tuokko's legacy to UVic and the Department of Psychology, this scholarship will showcase the contributions she made to implementing innovative strategies for highlighting research on aging on- and off-campus, interdisciplinary and clinical mentorship and her unfailing service to our community.