The Sexual Psychophysiology Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin is an extremely productive and prolific research lab. Graduate students work on multiple studies simultaneously starting in their first year of graduate studies and often collaborate with other lab members on publications and conference presentations. Dr. Meston has a record of graduating highly successful Ph.D.s. Her first graduate student, Penny Frohlich, changed supervisors after three years in the clinical program to work under Dr. Meston’s mentorship. At that time, Penny had no publications, no professional research presentations, and no research awards. Under Dr. Meston’s mentorship, she defended her dissertation four years later and left for internship with eight publications, ten conference presentations, and four prestigious research awards including the 1999 Best Manuscript Award presented by the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health for a manuscript she co-authored and published in 2005 with Dr. Meston, and the 2002 Lee Willerman Award for Research Excellence for a manuscript she co-authored and published in 2000 with Dr. Meston. Dr. Frohlich now has a highly successful clinical practice in Austin Texas where she specializes in sex therapy and couples treatment.

Dr. Meston’s second Ph.D. graduate student, Alessandra Rellini came to work under her supervision in 2001 already having a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology. She entered Dr. Meston’s lab with one publication, one conference presentation, and no research awards. Five years later, she defended her dissertation and left for internship with 16 publications of which she co-authored 15 with Dr. Meston, 27 conference presentations of which she co-authored 25 with Dr. Meston, and 12 research awards including a NRSA, the 2003 Best Manuscript Award presented by the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health for a manuscript she co-authored and published in 2005 with Dr. Meston, the Bjorn Lundquist New Investigator Award presented by the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health for a manuscript she co-authored and published in 2005 with Dr. Meston, and the 2006 Lee Willerman Award for Research Excellence for a manuscript she co-authored and published in 2006 with Dr. Meston. She is now a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont.

Dr. Meston’s third graduate student, Katie McCall received her Ph.D in 2008 and graduated with 7 publications and 21 conference presentations, all of which she co-authored with Dr. Meston. She was the recipient of the prestigious Graduate Dissertation and Mentor Award/Grant from the Social Science Research Council, Ford Foundation, New York and is currently completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the Portland VA Medical Center. One of Dr. Meston’s most recent Ph.D. graduates, Andrea Bradford is currently completing her internship at Baylor Medical School in Houston. During her 6 years in the Sexual Psychophysiology Laboratory, she published 12 manuscripts and book chapters of which she co-authored 11 with Dr. Meston, and she gave 23 conference presentations, of which she co-authored 22 with Dr. Meston. Andrea has received numerous research awards including the 2005 Best Manuscript Award presented by the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health for a manuscript she co-authored with Dr. Meston, and the 2007 Bjorn Lundquist New Investigator Award presented by the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health for a manuscript she co-authored with Dr. Meston.

Each and every one of Dr. Meston’s graduate students has produced several publications and participated in numerous conference presentations by their second year in the UT Clinical Psychology Program. Click here to see a list of graduate students’ professional publications while under Dr. Meston’s supervision. Click here to see a list of graduate students’ professional presentations while under Dr. Meston’s supervision. Click here to see a list of graduate students’ awards received while under Dr. Meston’s supervision.