INFO: CECP 2012 Call for Nominations

From Keith Cooke, kcooke@apa.org:

2012 Call for Nominations

COMMITTEE ON EARLY CAREER PSYCHOLOGISTS

The Committee on Early Career Psychologists (CECP) is seeking nominations for two representatives to serve a three-year term (2012-2014):

APA Divisions Representative:

• Represent early career members in the Divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA)
• Serve as CECP liaison to the Committee on APA/Division Relations (CODAPAR) and as the point of contact for relationships with the APA divisions and affiliated groups.
• Work closely with the State, Provincial and Territorial Associations Representative to manage and direct activities of the Early Career Psychologist Leadership Network (ECPLN), including collaborations with the ECPLN Steering Committee.  The ECPLN is an online forum for early career members to discuss early career priorities, convention programming ideas, strategies for increasing recruitment, retention, and involvement of early career members, and to provide feedback on early career initiatives and activities
• Attend and actively participate in CODAPAR’s annual Division Leadership Conference
• Develop initiatives and programs focused on the needs of early career members in divisions
• Promote and support activities, projects, and programs that foster joint membership and participation between early career members and divisions
• Serve as a liaison to the Membership Board and help advise the board on successful recruitment, retention, and engagement efforts aimed at early career professionals
• Responsible for contributing to CODAPAR’s online newsletter re CECP activities and highlighting division’s best practices in early career member involvement
• Write a report of activities for the Fall consolidated meeting for distribution to the committee and inclusion in CECP’s annual report

 

Science Representative:

• The Science Representative must have work experience as a psychological scientist and have leadership experience. 
• Also must have the ability to develop and support projects focused the needs of early career members in psychological science and research,
• Assist in scientific activities to advance psychological science and promote early career relations, contributions, and approaches in scientific psychology with other APA groups and scientific bodies. 
• In addition, this individual will be required to attend and actively participate in APA’s annual Science Leadership Conference.
• Applicants for the science slate will be evaluated on scientific activities and leadership experience.

 

Candidates must be an APA member within seven years’ receipt of their doctorate degree on January 1, 2012.

In addition, you must be able to attend mandatory committee meetings; one in the spring, and two in the fall.  Some committee members may be asked to attend additional meetings depending on their position.  Meeting expenses are reimbursed by APA. 

Although not reimbursed, committee members are highly encouraged to attend APA’s annual convention and participate in developing early career programming for the convention.  The committee works extensively through listserv and email. Applicants should expect to spend a minimum of five hours per week engaged in committee activities.

 

All candidates should include:

1. Statement of Interest from the nominee  

2. Current Curriculum Vitae

3. One Letter of Recommendation

 

Nomination materials must be received by March 15, 2011.  Applicants will be notified in July 2011.

Send nominations via email, mail, or fax to:         Kraig Ronald Scott

American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002

Fax: (202) 216-7628
Email: kscott@apa.org

CECP seeks to represent the interests and concerns of early career psychologists throughout APA.  For more information about the committee and other early career resources, please visit the APA early career website at www.apa.org/earlycareer.  

If you have any questions, please contact the current Chair, Oksana Yakushko, PhD at oyakushko@gmail.com.

CONFERENCES: 2011 Call for Applications to the Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology

From Keith Cooke, kcooke@apa.org:

From: Miles-Cohen, Shari
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:56 PM
To: Cooke, Keith
Subject: please forward to divisions

 

The APA Committee on Women in Psychology is pleased to invites applications from  mid-career women psychologists in clinical, consulting, academic, or academic medicals settings to apply for the 4^th annual Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology.  Please access the call for applications directly at http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/leadership/call.aspx.

 

 

2011 Call for Applications to the Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology

4th Annual Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology

The American Psychological Association Committee on Women in Psychology (CWP) announces its Fourth Annual Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology (LIWP) to be held on Tuesday, August 2, and Wednesday, August 3, 2011, in Washington, DC. This year in addition to accepting approximately 30 mid-career women psychologists who work full time in academic or academic medical settings, we will also be accepting approximately 30 mid-career women psychologists who work primarily in clinical or consulting settings. While there will be some overlap in the curriculum, there will also be separate sessions for each of the groups. This is a competitive process, and you must  complete the application for the group with which you most clearly identify.
 
The overall mission of the LIWP is to empower, prepare and support women psychologists as leaders to promote positive changes in institutional, organizational and practice settings as well as APA and State, Provincial, and Territorial Associations (SPTA) governance, and increase the diversity, number, and effectiveness of women psychologists as leaders. The program’s mission supports APA’s goal to advance psychology as a science and profession and as a means of promoting health, education and human welfare.

Institute Objectives

1.     Ensure that mid-career and senior women in psychology have the knowledge and skills necessary to compete for leadership/senior management positions in academic, practice, and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.

2.     Enhance the number and effectiveness of women psychologists holding leadership positions in academic, practice, and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.

3.     Increase the diversity of women psychologists in academic, practice, and other leadership positions as well as APA and SPTA governance.

4.     Create networks of women psychologists in leadership/senior management positions in varied professional settings including APA and SPTA governance.

5.     Document the career movement, professional advancement as well as the perceived impact of the LIWP among participants.

Who Should Apply

Mid-career (10-20 years post-doctoral degree) women psychologists who are APA members with demonstrated leadership experience, strengths and goals:

(a) holding either full-time, paid faculty appointments at the associate professor or clinical associate professor level or above in academic or academic medicine settings

Or

(b) working  20 or more hours per week primarily in clinical or consulting settings. If you are in a clinical setting, you must be a licensed psychologist to apply to the LIWP.

Women of color, lesbian and bisexual women, transgender women, and women with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Program Components

Highly interactive, skills-focused workshops with experts in the field. The core curriculum includes:

• Leadership Models
• Mid-Career Management, Goal Setting and Planning
• Negotiation Skills
• Mentoring Networks, including gender and diversity issues

Previous Institutes and Web seminars during the year have also addressed:

• Sustaining and Funding a Research Program
• Fiscal, Program, and Personnel issues
• Managing Work-Life Balance
• Strategic Planning
• Dealing with Difficult People

Individuals who participate will leave with clearly defined professional goals, identify next steps towards promotion and leadership positions, and have the opportunity to join a monthly mentoring forum for mid-career women in psychology.

Applications and supporting materials (CV or resume and letter of recommendation) are due by 5 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, March 7, 2011. Please complete EITHER:

the LIWP 2011 Application Form For Mid-Career Women in Academic and Academic Medicine Settings

OR

the LIWP 2011 Application Form For Mid-Career Women in Clinical and Consulting Positions.

Either online application may be printed and delivered to APA via fax with accompanying documents to the APA Women’s Programs Office at (202) 336-6117, or e-mailed to the Women’s Leadership Institute .

If selected, participants will be asked to pay a $500 fee, which covers registration, program materials, and food (breakfast, lunch and snacks). In addition, participants will be invited to attend a follow-up leadership program in March 2012 at the APA headquarters in Washington, DC; participate in Web seminars on leadership issues throughout the year; and have access to a list serve for LIWP participants, faculty and staff.

Selections will be announced by Monday, May 9, 2011

For additional information, please review the frequently asked questions or contact Shari Miles-Cohen, PhD, Senior Director, Women’s Programs Office

1.     Via snail-mail at American Psychological Association, 750 First St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242

2.     Via phone at (202) 336-6044

3.     Via e-mail

The American Psychological Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology has been generously funded by APA Board of Directors, the APA Council of Representatives, the APA Women’s Programs Office, the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health, Psychologists in Independent Practice, the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Psychology, the Society for the Psychological Study of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Issues, the Society for the Psychology of Women, and the Women’s Caucus of the APA Council of Representatives.

 

 

Shari E. Miles-Cohen, Ph.D. | Senior Director, Women’s Programs Office Public Interest Directorate American Psychological Association 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 Tel: (202) 336-6156 |  Fax: (202) 336-6117 email: smiles@apa.org | http://www.apa.org/pi/women/index.aspx

 

 

INFO: Meritorious Research Service Commendation

Meritorious Research Service Commendation: Call for Nominations

 

The APA Board of Scientific Affairs (BSA) is soliciting nominations for the 2011 Meritorious Research Service Commendation.  This commendation recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to psychological science through their service as employees of the federal government or other organizations. Contributions are defined as service to the field that directly or indirectly advances opportunities and resources for psychological science. 

 

Nominees may be current or former employees of federal or non-federal research funding, regulatory, or other agencies. Nominations of employees of non-profit/private organizations are encouraged. Nominees may be active or retired but ordinarily will have a minimum of 10 years of service.  The individual’s personal scholarly achievements (i.e., research, teaching, and writing) are not considered in the selection process if independent of their service contributions.

 

To submit a nomination, provide the following:

 

·         A letter of nomination that describes and supports the individual’s contributions (e.g., nature of the individual’s service to psychological science, positions held, program development activities).  The nomination letters should be no more than two pages long.

 

·         A curriculum vita

 

·         Three letters of support from scientists, at least two from outside the nominee’s organization

 

Deadline for submitting nominations is March 1, 2011.  Please send nominations to Suzanne Wandersman at swandersman@apa.org.  For a list of past recipients and more information about the award, visit: www.apa.org/about/awards/bsa-merit.aspx

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From: Wandersman, Suzanne [mailto:SWandersman@apa.org]
Sent: Tue 1/11/2011 11:37 AM
Subject: Please Post on Division Listserv: Board of Scientific Affairs Call for Award Nominations

Hello:

 

I would appreciate you posting the attached calls for nominations on your division's listserv. 

 

APA Board of Scientific Affairs Meritorious Research Service Commendation (deadline is March 1, 2011)

APA Board of Scientific Affairs Culture of Service Awards for university and college departments and individuals (deadline is April 1, 2011)

 

Please share the call for nominations with your colleagues.  We are trying to generate as many nominations as we can.  Thanks for your help.

 

 

Suzanne Wandersman
Director for Governance Affairs
Science Directorate
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-6000
(202) 336-5953 FAX
swandersman@apa.org

INFO: Culture of Service Award

Nominate Your Department or Your Colleague for a Culture of Service Award

Department Nominations

The APA Board of Scientific Affairs (BSA) is soliciting nominations for the Departmental Award for Culture of Service in the Psychological Sciences. This Award recognizes departments that demonstrate a commitment to service in the psychological sciences. Departments selected for this award will show a pattern of support for service from faculty at all levels, including a demonstration that service to the discipline is rewarded in faculty tenure and promotion. Successful Departments will also demonstrate that service to the profession is an integral part of training and mentoring.

Service to the discipline includes such activities as departmental release time for serving on boards and committees of psychological associations; editing journals; serving on a review panel; or chairing an IRB. Other culture of service activities that a department would encourage include mentoring students and colleagues; advocating for psychological science’s best interests with state and federal lawmakers; and promoting the value of psychological science in the public eye. The focus of this award is a department’s faculty service to the discipline and not their scholarly achievements.

Both Undergraduate and Graduate Departments of Psychology are eligible. Self-nominations are encouraged.

To submit a nomination the following is required:

• A letter that describes and illustrates the department’s commitment to a culture of service (e.g., nature of the department’s commitment, effect on tenure and promotion, mentoring, effect on current and/or former students’ activities as a result of the department’s focus on service, etc.). The letter should be no more than three pages long.
   
• Three letters of support from individuals familiar with the department’s support for a culture of service. (These letters can be from current or past faculty members; a Dean familiar with the department’s service program; etc.)

Each Department selected will receive an award of $5,000 to be used for departmental activities. Nominations will only be accepted as electronic submissions to cultureofservice@apa.org. Please be sure to submit the nomination as a package that includes all the required letters.

The deadline for 2011 submissions is April 1, 2011.  For more information, please contact swandersman@apa.org.

Past Recipients

2010    No departmental awards given in 2010

2009    University of South Florida, Department of Psychology

            University Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Psychology

2008    James Madison University, Department of Psychology

University of Miami, Department of Psychology

2007    George Mason University, Department of Psychology

University of Florida, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology

2006    Davidson College

University of Minnesota, Department of Psychology

Nominations of Individuals

The APA Board of Scientific Affairs (BSA) is soliciting nominations for the Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science. This Award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to psychological science through their commitment to a culture of service. Nominees will have demonstrated their service to the discipline by aiding in association governance; serving on boards, committees and various psychological associations; editing journals; reviewing grant proposals; mentoring students and colleagues; advocating for psychological science’s best interests with state and federal lawmakers; and promoting the value of psychological science in the public eye. Nominees may be involved in one service area, many of the areas, or all of the service areas noted above. An individual’s service to the discipline and not a person’s scholarly achievements are the focus of this award.

To submit a nomination, provide the following:

• A letter of nomination that describes and supports the individual’s contributions (e.g., nature of the individual’s service to psychological science, positions held, etc.). The nomination letter should be no more than two pages long.
   
• A curriculum vita
   
• Three letters of support from individuals familiar with the nominee’s service to the discipline (These letters can be from colleagues who have served with the nominee; a Dean familiar with the nominee’s service; former students; Association/Society presidents, etc.)

Award recipients will receive an honorarium of $1,000. The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2011.

Nominations will only be accepted as electronic submissions to cultureofservice@apa.org. Please be sure to submit the nomination as a package that includes everything you need for the nomination.  For more information, please visit the Distinguished Service to Psychological Science Award page on the Science Directorate website.

Past Recipients

2010    Mark Appelbaum

            Morton Ann Gernsbacher

            John Hagen

2009    John (Jack) Dovidio

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Golinkoff (shared award)

2008    Janet Shibley Hyde

            Wilbert McKeachie

2007    Roxane Silver

2006    Robert Balster

 Nora Newcombe

2005    Robert Bjork

 J. Bruce Overmier

 

CONFERENCES: 2011 Adult Development Symposium

Call for Submissions , January 31, 2011 Deadline

2011 Adult Development Symposium, Tuesday, March 29 and Wednesday, March 30, 2011
8:00am to 10:00pm

Pre-conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, SRCD Biennial Meeting

For information, go to

http://adultdevelopment.org/symposium.php

 or email Admin@adultdevelopment.org

Presentations will address positive adult development from all disciplines.  Positive adult development refers to development starting in late adolescence and continuing through  life.  The focus is on expanded capabilities and changes that improve the quality of life.

Topic areas include:  Measurement, Models and Methodological Issues; Professional Development; Altruism, Attachment, and Alienation; Periods, Seasons and Non-stage Development; Stage Change; Cultural and Societal Development.

March 29th in halls 4 & 5, March 30 to be determined

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CONFERENCES: 2011 APA Advanced Training Institutes

The American Psychological Association will sponsor four Advanced Training Institutes (ATIs) in the summer of 2011.  These intensive training programs are hosted at major research institutions across the country.  ATIs expose advanced graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, new and established faculty, and other researchers to state-of-the-art research methods and emerging technologies.

 

This year’s ATIs are listed below.  Complete information about these programs can be viewed on the Advanced Training Institutes website.

 

·        Research Methods with Diverse Racial & Ethnic Groups
Michigan State University

June 20-24, 2011

Application Deadline: March 30

 

·        Non-Linear Methods for Psychological Science
University of Cincinnati

June 20-24, 2011

Application Deadline: April 6

 

·        Structural Equation Modeling in Longitudinal Research
University of California, Davis

June 20-24, 2011

Application Deadline: March 30

 

·        Exploratory Data Mining in Behavioral Research
University of California, Davis

June 27-July 1, 2011

Application Deadline: March 30

 

The content of each ATI has been updated to include the most current methods and approaches.  For example, the 2011 institute on Non-Linear Methods will include expanded coverage of multifractals and distribution analyses.

 

The ATIs on Structural Equation Modeling and Exploratory Data Mining will be held at UC Davis on consecutive weeks.  In order to help make it feasible for people to attend both of these ATIs, participants who are accepted and register for both sessions will receive a 20% discount on their tuition for each institute. 

 

Tuition for each ATI ranges from $300 to $1200, with students, post-docs, and APA members paying lower tuitions.  Participants may also apply for financial assistance.

 

APA arranges for group rates at nearby lodgings and encourages all ATI participants to stay at the same location.  Prices for accommodations have been negotiated at competitive group rates. 

 

Note that application deadlines begin in March.  Applications are available at the Advanced Training Institute website and must be submitted electronically through each institute’s webpage.  For more information, contact ATI or (202) 336-6000.

 

 

 

 

INFO: Draft Statement on Master's Level Education

 

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From: APA Division Officers list on behalf of Jordan, Sarah
Sent: Tue 1/11/2011 10:55 AM
To: DIVOFFICERS@LISTS.APA.ORG
Subject: [DIVOFFICERS] Draft Statement on Master's Level Education

APA Boards, Committees, Divisions, and other psychology education and training organizations are invited to review and comment on the draft statement on Master's level education in psychology proposed by the APA Board of Educational Affairs.  Comments should be submitted via the Education Directorate Comment website (http://apaoutside.apa.org/EducCSS/Public/) by February 11, 2011.

 

If you should have any questions or need additional information please feel free to contact our office.

 

Regards,

 

Jan-Sheri Morris | Program Officer, Graduate & Postgraduate Education & Training Education Directorate American Psychological Association

750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242

202.336.5855 (p) | 202.336.6151 (f)

jmorris@apa.org | www.apa.org/ed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INFO: STANDARDS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING

 

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From: APA Division Officers list on behalf of Jordan, Sarah
Sent: Tue 1/11/2011 9:00 AM
To: DIVOFFICERS@LISTS.APA.ORG
Subject: [DIVOFFICERS] STANDARDS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING

COMMENTS TO BE SOUGHT ON REVISED STANDARDS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING

The Joint Committee for the Revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing has released the revised draft of the 1999 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (AERA, APA, NCME) as of January 10, 2011.  The revised draft Standards are posted at http://www.teststandards.net under the heading “Revision.”  An on-line template allows individuals and organizations to review and comment on the draft document.  All comments and recommendations concerning the draft Standards must be submitted to the Joint Committee through this website, and will be due by April 20, 2011.  Please share this announcement with organizations and groups interested in professional and scientific issues concerning testing and assessment.

 

 

Sarah Jordan Director, Division Services Office Governance Affairs American Psychological Association 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 Tel: (202) 336-6022|  Fax: (202) 218-3599 email: sjordan@apa.org | www.apa.org
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INFO: APA Family Caregiver Briefcase for Psychologists is now available

The American Psychological Association’s Family Caregiver Briefcase for Psychologists is now available at:  http://www.apa.org/pi/about/publications/caregivers/index.aspx . The Briefcase is a web-based resource that psychologists can use to assist family caregivers through individual and organizational practice, research, teaching, advocacy and community service. It is also useful for other professionals who work with family caregivers, psychologists facing caregiving challenges within their own families, and caregivers themselves.

Briefcase components include:  Caregiving facts and figures; Strategies for reaching family caregivers; Research opportunities and considerations; Caregiving interventions; Assessment tools; Variations in practice for diverse groups; Practical aspects of providing services; Teaching about Caregiving; Advocacy on behalf of family caregivers; Roles for and profiles of psychologists who work with family caregivers, and Resources for psychologists and caregivers.

The Briefcase was developed by the members of the 2010 APA Presidential Task Force on Caregivers: Andrea Farkas Patenaude, Ph.D.(Chair), Martha Crowther, Ph.D., MPH, Timothy Elliott, Ph.D., ABPP, William Haley, Ph.D., Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D, and Sara Honn Qualls, Ph.D. For additional information contact: Deborah DiGilio, APA staff liaison to the Task Force and Director of the APA Office on Aging at ddigilio@apa.org.

 

 

Deborah DiGilio| Director, Office on Aging Public Interest Directorate American Psychological Association 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 Tel: (202) 336-6135 |  Fax: (202) 336-6040 email: ddigilio@apa.org | www.apa.org/pi/aging
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CONFERENCES: Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference – Poster submission by 1/23

The second annual Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference (ACC) sponsored by the Center for Vital Longevity at the University of Texas at Dallas will be held February 13-14, 2011. This year's theme will be "The Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory and Aging." Confirmed speakers include Roberto Cabeza, Gus Craik, Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, Trey Hedden, Larry Jacoby, Claudia Kawas, Kristen Kennedy, Jonathan King, Alexa Morcom, John Morris, Jonas Persson, Patricia Reuter-Lorenz, Karen Rodrigue, Tim Salthouse, Dan Schacter, Molly Wagster, and Michael Yassa.  More information on the conference, registrations, and accommodations and be found on the DACC web page: vitallongevity.utdallas.edu/dacc

Posters are welcome from all areas of cognitive neuroscience of aging.  The submission deadline is 1/23/2011.  For more information on poster presentations or to submit your poster, please visit our online submission page: vitallongevity.utdallas.edu/dacc/posters

The conference will be held at the Four Seasons Resort and Spa in Dallas. Conference co-organizers Michael Rugg and Denise Park welcome all interested scientists and graduate students.

For more information, please contact:

Blair Flicker
Center for Vital Longevity
University of Texas at Dallas
1600 Viceroy Drive, Suite 800
Dallas, Texas 75235
bflicker@utdallas.edu
972-883-3200

Conference Web Page:
vitallongevity.utdallas.edu/dacc

INFO: Health and Aging Policy Fellowships

Hi, Wanted to forward this information about the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship. I took part in this fellowship a few years ago and it was excellent. Greg Hinrichsen Dear Colleague, I am pleased to announce the 4th year of the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program. The goal is to create a cadre of leaders across multiple disciplines and career stages to serve as change agents to improve the lives of older adults. Supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies and directed by me in collaboration with the American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship Program, this national program provides professionals with a demonstrated commitment to health and aging issues with a remarkable opportunity to understand and impact policy. The program offers two different tracks: (1) Residential fellows work full-time in a nine-to-12-month placement (in the US Senate or House of Representatives, executive agencies, or 'think tank' organizations). (2) Non-residential fellows remain in their current positions while working on a specific policy project which may involve brief placement(s) throughout the year at relevant sites. Core program components focused on an extensive orientation and retreats on health, aging and legislative issues and processes, career development, mentorship and professional enrichment are provided for fellows in both tracks. Previous fellows have been placed in the US Senate Finance Committee; the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP); House Democratic Caucus; offices of individual Senators and Congresspersons; Department of Veterans Affairs; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); US Department of Agriculture; Office of the HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; and Department of Transportation - working on a broad array of policy issues including the development and implementation of health care reform legislation. The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is a partner with the John Heinz Senate Fellowship in Issues of the Aging. Our programs have combined to create the joint John Heinz/Health and Aging Policy Fellowship. Each year, one individual will be designated the John Heinz/Health and Aging Policy Fellow. We are also a partner with the Healthy Aging Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For the 2011-2012 fellowship year, the CDC is once again sponsoring a non-residential Health and Aging Policy Fellow. We seek your assistance in informing potential candidates of this opportunity. Please forward this notification to prospective applicants or others in the field who may know of such individuals, or to suggest other methods and/or venues for marketing the program. The application deadline for the 2011-2012 fellowship year is May 9, 2011. For further information, please visit our website at www.healthandagingpolicy.org or contact me or Phuong Huynh, Deputy Director of the program (huynhpt@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu or 212-543-6213) directly. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Best regards, Harold Alan Pincus MD National Director, Health and Aging Policy Fellows Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Director of Quality and Outcomes Research, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 09 New York, NY 10032 Phone: 212 543 5401 Fax: 212 543 6063 Email: pincush@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu © 2008 The Health and Aging Policy Fellows