Awards and Scholarships

    Paper Awards

    • AOM Dissertation Award Finalist, Academy of Management Conference, August 2012,
      Sah, S. Essays on Conflicts of Interest in Medicine.

    • AOM Best Paper Award and Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Conference, August 2011,
      Sah, S., & MacCoun, R. Unconvinced but Persuaded: How Confident Advisors Influence You.

    • Poster Presentation Award (1st place), Society for Judgment and Decision Making, November 2010, for
      Sah, S., & Loewenstein, G. More Affected = More Neglected: Amplification of Bias in Advice to the Unidentified and Many.

    • Best Conference Paper Award, Society for Business Ethics, August 2010, for
      Sah, S., Loewenstein, G., & Cain, D. Unburdening Disclosure.

    • IACM-DRRC (International Association of Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution Research Center, Kellogg School of Management) Scholar Award, June 2010, for 
      Sah, S., Loewenstein, G., & Cain, D. The Burden of Disclosure, and
      Sah, S., Moore, D. & MacCoun, R. Cheap Talk and Credibility.

    • Poster Presentation Award and Honorable Mention (2nd place), Society for Personality and Social Psychology, January 2010, for
      Sah, S., Moore, D., & MacCoun, R. Cheap Talk and Credibility: The Consequences of Confidence and Accuracy on Advisor Credibility and Persuasiveness.

    • Best Paper Award (Organizational Behavior), London Business School Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference, May 2009, for
      Sah, S., & Loewenstein, G. Burdening Patients with Doctors’ Conflicts of Interest.

    Scholarship Awards

    • Edmond J. Safra Center non-residential Fellowship Award, Harvard University, 2011-2013,
      for research on conflicts-of-interest and disclosure.

    • National Institute of Mental Health, 2010-2012,
      for research on physician prescribing behavior and events affecting prescribing patterns such as the introduction or changes to conflict of interest laws/policies.

    • William Larimer Mellon Fellowship Award, Carnegie Mellon University, ($70,950 per year, 2008-2010),
      in recognition of past academic achievements and doctoral work potential.

    • Society of Personality and Social Psychology Judgment and Decision-Making Pre-Conference, Las Vegas, 2010, awarded two travel awards (from total of 10 grants) for
      Sah, S., Loewenstein, G., & Cain, D. The Burden of Disclosure, and
      Sah, S., Moore, D. & MacCoun, R. Cheap Talk and Credibility.

    • National Science Foundation Grant, November 2009,
      for presentation at Society of Medical Decision Making, Hollywood, CA, USA, on
      Sah, S., Loewenstein, G., & Cain, D., Burdening Patients with Doctors’ Conflicts of Interest.

    • fMRI Training Course and Decision Neuroscience Workshop Scholarship Award, August 2009,
      University of Michigan, MI, USA.

    • MBA funding, IMS Health, 2003-2005,London, UK (£31,500).

    • Women's Scholarship Prize for Leadership Potential, 2003, London Business School, UK (£10,500).

    • Medical Research Council Scholarship (UK), 1994, Psychology B.Sc. Hons (full tuition plus grant of £2,200).