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From: Coad, Garnett
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 1:15 PM
To: Authorized Users Only
Subject: 2010 President-elect election results
As you know the 2010 President-elect election was launched on September 15. The election closed Monday, November 1. Our election firm, Intelliscan, Inc. has tallied the results, the Election Committee has certified the election and the candidates have been informed of the outcome. On behalf of the Election Committee, the Election Office is pleased to announce that Suzanne Bennett Johnson, PhD, has been elected the 2011 APA President-elect. Dr. Bennett Johnson will begin her term as President-elect on January 1, 2011 and January 1, 2012 as President. Please join our office in congratulating Dr. Bennett Johnson
Following are the number of votes each candidate received in the order of finish and below is Dr. Bennett Johnson’s biographical statement. The tally sheet will be made available upon request.
Suzanne Bennett Johnson, PhD 7662 votes
Donald N. Bersoff, PhD, JD 5264 votes
Paul L. Craig, PhD 3459 votes
Robert “Bob” H. Woody, PhD, ScD, JD 2553 votes
Armand R. Cerbone, PhD 1563 votes
Election Office
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Suzanne Bennett Johnson, PhD
Biographical Statement
Suzanne Bennett Johnson, Ph.D., ABPP, is an APA Fellow and Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University (FSU) College of Medicine. She received her B.A. in psychology from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from SUNY at Stony Brook. She was Director of the Center for Pediatric and Family Studies at the University of Florida Health Science Center until 2002, when she became the chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences at FSU College of Medicine, the first new medical school to be established in 25 years. For more see SBJforAPA.com
Science. With 30+ years of research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), her work has focused on medical regimen adherence, childhood diabetes, pediatric obesity, and the psychological impact of genetic screening on children and families. She received awards for her research contributions from the Society of Pediatric Psychology, the Association of Medical School Psychologists, and the American Diabetes Association.
Practice. A licensed psychologist and ABPP, for 30+ years, she saw children and families in a pediatric diabetes clinic, as part of an integrated multidisciplinary care team. She worked with the American Diabetes Association to develop standards for the psychological care of patients with diabetes and worked with the APA Practice Directorate to establish the Health and Behavior CPT codes, permitting psychological services to be reimbursed as part of the medical benefit.
Education. She has chaired 56 completed master’s theses and doctoral dissertations and has been instrumental in developing an innovative, integrated biopsychosocial curriculum for FSU’s new College of Medicine. She received awards for her mentorship from both the McKnight Foundation and APA’s Division 54 (Pediatric Psychology).
International. As Co- Chair of the psychosocial studies committee of a NIH’s The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study, she is responsible for all psychological components of this international study. The National Academy of Science’s report on International Collaborations in Social and Behavioral Research was a product of her work as Chair of the US National Committee for the International Union of Psychological Science. She is currently a member of the International Union of Science’s Planning Group on Health and Well-being in the Changing Urban Environment.
Leadership and Service to Psychology. She served as President of the Society of Pediatric Psychology (now Division 54), President of Division 38 (Health Psychology) and was an APA Council Representative from a State (Florida) and a Division (38). She chaired APA’s Board of Professional Affairs and its Board of Scientific Affairs and is currently a member of APA’s Board of Directors. Her leadership and service has been acknowledged by awards from the Florida Psychological Association, Division 38 (Health Psychology) and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
Health Policy/Advocacy. Serving as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow for Senator Hillary Clinton, she helped developed Senator Clinton’s response to the mental health needs of New York City children after 9/11. The Lifespan Respite Care Act, which Dr. Johnson wrote during her fellowship, became law in 2006.
