Our internationally recognized research programs span such fields as addictions and drug abuse, animal learning, mate preference and mate choice, spirituality, assessment of knowledge structures, psychotherapy outcomes, cognitive neuroimaging, health psychology, and traumatic brain injury. Last year the Psychology Department's external research grants exceeded $8 million in funding. Faculty and graduate students conduct research in collaboration with many superb organizations, including Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions (CASAA) the MIND Institute, Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, and the Veterans Administration. Our research projects and collaborations are constantly evolving. Psychology is widely recognized for teaching excellence, and our professors have won every award offered by the University.