FUNDING $15,000 pilot grants for research on decision making

The Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging (http://www.srndna.org) will award two $15,000 grants in 2012 to junior researchers or senior researchers new to the area. The proposed research must focus directly on adult development and aging or on life course decisions that impact old age relevant outcomes. 

The application deadline is September 15, 2011

For more information see: http://www.srndna.org/funding/20112012-grants/

INFO: Annual Education Advocacy Breakfast Meeting Invitation-RSVP Required

 

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From: APA Division Officers list on behalf of Eiser, Arielle
Sent: Tue 7/12/2011 2:32 PM
To: DIVOFFICERS@LISTS.APA.ORG
Subject: [DIVOFFICERS] Reminder: Annual Education Advocacy Breakfast Meeting Invitation-RSVP Required

Please share this reminder/invitation with your individual memberships: Annual Education Advocacy Breakfast Meeting Reminder Saturday, August 6th 7:30am to 9:00am Renaissance Washington Hotel Ballroom West A RSVP Requested   Invited Speakers: Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), and Kate Mevis, Legislative Aide to Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)   Please come and join us. Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), is a PhD Psychologist and strong proponent of federal support for education; and Kate Mevis, is Legislative Assistant to Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Member of the Senate Appropriations Labor-Health & Human Services-Education Subcommittee. As always, the breakfast meeting is free and open to members of the Education Advocacy Grassroots Network and all other interested individuals. The annual meeting not only enables us to share legislative updates and information directly with APA members, but also gives us an opportunity to gather important feedback and support from psychologists in the field. This promises to be an exciting event that generates significant discussion and dialogue. If you haven’t already, please mark your calendar and join us for the annual Education Advocacy breakfast meeting, which will be held during the APA convention on Saturday, August 6th during the Washington, DC APA convention. PLEASE RSVP by July 25th to Arielle Eiser: aeiser@apa.org Education Government Relations Office            American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002-4242 Office: 202-336-6062 Email: aeiser@apa.org

 

 

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JOBS: Postdoctoral Scholar

Post-doctoral position open to work on NIA-funded grant on Stress, Coping, Health & Optimal Aging, a project analyzing 25 years of Normative Aging Study psychosocial & biomedical data, as well as daily diary stress & cortisol data. Additional grants in the lab are an R24 to develop a research network on the long-term effects of military service, and a Templeton grant on spirituality/religion and biomarkers in congestive heart failure patients. Applicants should have experience with longitudinal data analyses such as growth curve models and growth mixture models using Stata, Mplus, and/or SAS. Lots of opportunities for publication, so good writing skills are helpful.  Position is for one year starting in September, 2011, with possible renewals up to three years. Please send a cover letter by July 22th detailing your experience with these types of analyses, a vita, and names of two recommenders by email to Dr. Carolyn Aldwin, Department of Human Development & Family Sciences, Oregon State University, Carolyn.Aldwin@oregonstate.edu. Phone: 541 737-2024.  Position open until filled.

 

INFO: 2011 HFES Annual Meeting

 

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From: Cara Quinlan [mailto:cara@hfes.org]
Sent: Mon 7/11/2011 4:41 PM
To: Cameron Camp
Subject: 2011 HFES Annual Meeting

Greetings,

Could you please pass along the information in the attached press release on
the upcoming HFES Annual Meeting to your contact list? Many of them may be
interested in attending. I'll be sending a follow-up email in a few weeks
with more specific topics that will be covered at the meeting that relate to
the Adult Development and Aging division of APA.

Thank you for your help!

Best,

Cara Quinlan, Communications Assistant
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
P.O. Box 1369, Santa Monica, CA 90406-1369 USA
310/394-1811, Fax 310/394-2410
http://hfes.org, cara@hfes.org
"Human Factors and Ergonomics: People-Friendly Design Through Science and
Engineering"

Plan to attend the HFES 55th Annual Meeting, September 19-23:
http://www.hfes.org/web/HFESMeetings/2011annualmeeting.html

HFES 2011 Registration Is Now Open!

 

HFES invites you to register to attend the 55th Annual Meeting, to be held September 19-23 at the Red Rock Hotel in Las Vegas! Early bird discounts end on August 8, so register soon.

 

Visit the Registration Information page for complete registration details, including accommodations, technical tours, workshops, and more. Online registration is available at http://tinyurl.com/3drb8hz. You can also download a printable form at http://tinyurl.com/3o7rw9r. Printed forms must be received by September 9.

 

Nonmembers who have never been HFES members receive complimentary Affiliate membership through December 31, 2012, with payment of the regular full-week nonmember registration fee. (Not applicable for student registrants.) Membership includes online-only subscriptions to five periodicals, complimentary access to monthly webinars, and discounts on other HFES publications and services. To view the complete list of membership benefits, visit http://www.hfes.org/Web/Membership/membership.html.
 
Rooms at the Red Rock are still available at the special HFES rate, but they're filling up fast: more than 50% of the rooms in our block have already been reserved. Book your room today!
 
View the online preliminary program to find sessions and papers of interest to you. Browse without logging in using keywords in titles and abstracts, author names, date/time, and technical group. To compose a personalized itinerary, set up a login ID. Search results can be exported. Note that changes may occur in the program, so be sure to check back often.

 

If you're planning to interview candidates for available positions, go to the Onsite Career Center page. Interview booths and tables can be reserved using the form that can be found on the Career Center Web page.

 

For more information, contact HFES Communications Director Lois Smith (lois@hfes.org, 310/384-1811).
 
We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas!

 

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The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society is the world's largest nonprofit individual-member, multidisciplinary scientific association for human factors/ergonomics professionals, with more than 4,500 members globally. HFES members include psychologists and other scientists, designers, and engineers, all of whom have a common interest in designing systems and equipment to be safe and effective for the people who operate and maintain them. Watch science news stories about other HF/E topics at the HFES Web site. “Human Factors and Ergonomics: People-Friendly Design Through Science and Engineering”

 

Plan to attend the HFES 55th Annual Meeting, September 19-23: http://www.hfes.org/web/HFESMeetings/2011annualmeeting.html

AWARDS: Dr. Carolyn Aldwin to give Developmental Health Award address at APA

Division 20 Members:

For those of you who are attending the APA Annual Convention, just a reminder that Carolyn Aldwin, Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University, will receive the 2011 Developmental Health Award on Saturday, August 6th, at 9:00 a.m.  Dr. Aldwin will then give an invited address from 9:00 to 9:50 a.m. The location will be the Convention Center, Room 140A.

See you in D.C.!

Lynn Martire, Chair

Aging and Health Committee

Lynn M. Martire, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies
Penn State University
114-J Henderson Building
University Park, PA 16802
(voice) 814.865.7374
(FAX) 814.863.9423

INFO: Division 20 Election Results

Dear Members of Division 20,

Thank you to all who voted in this year's election for Division 20 officers.
The results, with total number of ballots counted for each category, are as
follows:

President-Elect (163): Patricia Parmelee
Secretary (148): Lisa Soederberg Miller
Members at Large (155): David Chiriboga, Adam Davey
Council Representative (170): Susan Whitbourne

Congratulations to the newly-elected officers, and a special thank you to
all who agreed to stand for election but were not elected: Louis Burgio,
Joseph Gaugler, Katherine Fiori, Jordan Lewis, Gregory Hinrichsen. Your
generous offer to serve if elected strengthens our division and its ability
to govern, and to provide leadership in adulthood and aging.

See you in D.C.!

Sincerely,
Jane Berry
Division 20 Elections Chair
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Department of Psychology
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA 23173

jberry@richmond.edu
804.289.8130 (office)
804.287.1905 (fax)

STUDENTS: ISSBD-JF Mentored Fellowship Program for Early Career Scholars

ISSBD-JF Mentored Fellowships for Early Career Scholars

10 Doctoral Fellowships (2 years; a 1-year extension possible)

International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD)

The ISSBD promotes research on human development throughout the lifespan. Its more than 1000 members come from over 60 different countries. International exchange and collaboration are among its key features.

Fellowships

The ISSBD and the Jacobs Foundation share an interest in developing the careers of early career scholars from all parts of the world, including currency-restricted countries, and have established a fellowship program for this purpose. The target groups are students who intend to pursue a doctorate in developmental research, or who have recently enrolled in a doctoral program at their home institution. The program will primarily focus on students studying psychology and educational sciences; applications from neighbouring fields are also welcome. Fellowships will be located at the institutions in which the students enroll in their PhDs, and will commence in January 2012. They offer mentorship, financial assistance, and opportunities for travel to further develop students' research skills. In particular, fellowships provide: (a) transnational mentorship by ISSBD members who will work in partnership with the students' local supervisor; (b) a monthly stipend of up to US$ 1500, depending on living expenses in the country of residence; and (c) the opportunity to apply for additional travel grants to facilitate institutional exchange. The language for mentoring is English. Half of the fellowships are reserved for students from currency-restricted countries.

Requirements

Applicants should: 

a. hold, or have documents indicating that they will soon hold, qualifications that meet eligibility requirements for entry into a PhD program. This qualification should be in a field relevant to developmental research;  

b. have identified a doctoral project in developmental research, confirmed that they are eligible to enroll in a PhD at the institution in which they intend to complete the project, and have agreement from a staff member from that institution that they will provide supervision for the project; 

c. be proficient in spoken and written English.

The program welcomes participation by women, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, or disability.

Deadline for applications: September 15, 2011

Application

In order to process your application, please visit the following website: http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/lifespan-psychology

Please contact Anke Klingebiel at issbd@mpib-berlin.mpg.de if you require any information on the necessary application materials.

c/o Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin/Germany, Phone: +49-(0)30-82406-573, issbd@mpib-berlin.mpg.de

CONFERENCES: APA 20/12-II Social Event Update

We are getting closer to the APA convention, so it's time to plan your social calendars for evening events. The combined div 20 and 12-2 social hour is scheduled for Friday night, August 5th, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm in the atrium of Washington's oldest and most historic bar, Old Ebbitt Grill, 675 15th Street, NW, located near the White House. (I understand it is accessible via subway). The cost is $20 per person to cover appetizers and rental space. During the cocktail hour there is a cash bar. Special entertainment is scheduled for 7:00 pm when I will interview Dr. C. Cameronkowsky, a 1,000 year old psychologist who will give us his secrets for cognitive and physical health in late life, very late life, in fact.

 

We have about 40 people signed up, but if you have not yet done so, please make a check out to Erin Emery ($20 per person) who has graciously agreed to collect for both D 20 and 12-2 members and their guests. Make your reservations by July 25th.

Please send checks with notation of which division(s) you are a member of to: Erin E. Emery, Ph.D., Rush University Medical Center; Dept of Behavioral Sciences, 710 S. Paulina Street, Suite 431, Chicago, IL 60612.

 

Dinner is NOT included in this event. Please make reservations on your own for your group. Old Ebbitt Grill's number is 202-347-4801. The link below will show you other dining options in the nearby area.

 

Please join us on August 5th for a memorable social hour with your colleagues and friends.

 

 

Paula E. Hartman-Stein, Ph.D.

new title: Party planner for Div 20

Correspondent on aging issues for The National Psychologist

 

 

 

Erin E. Emery, Ph.D.

Director of Geriatric and Rehabilitation Psychology

Project and Clinical Director, BRIGHTEN Program

Rush University Medical Center

Assistant Professor, Rush University

Department of Behavioral Sciences

710 S. Paulina St., Suite 431

Chicago, IL  60612

(312) 942-6294

erin_emery@rush.edu

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Everything is connected; nothing lasts; you are not alone.  -Lewis Richmond

STUDENTS Travel Awards for one day Multilevel Modeling Methods Workshop

The Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging is sponsoring a preconference methods workshop the day before the Society for Neuroeconomics meeting this year in Evanston. The full-day workshop will provide an introduction to multi-level modeling (of both behavioral and neuroimaging data) for a group of 15-20 individuals. This will of course just be a brief introduction to the topic, but hopefully enough information to jumpstart further training. The network will significantly offset travel costs. For the majority of attendees the workshop will be completely free. Attendance at or registration for the Neuroeconomics meeting is not assumed or required. This is an independent event.  Priority will be given to individuals whose research is focused on development and aging or early life decisions that affect late life outcomes, but all are welcome to apply. 

More information and the application are available here: http://www.srndna.org/training/methods-workshop-2011/

Applications are due August 1. 

Please distribute to anyone you think might be interested. 

INFO: WPS new restrictions on NP testing for CMS patients

Dear Div. 20 members,

Below is an interesting e-mail string, which I presume is one of the shoes starting to fall due to the push towards use of biomarkers for the dx of early dementia. Though this particular battle is not yet lost, it would not have been even considered only a few years ago. Welcome to the future.

-Cameron

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From: Rose, Jonathon <Jonathon.Rose@VA.GOV>
To: WVUGER-L <WVUGER-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 2:07 pm
Subject: [SECT2] FW: WPS new restrictions on NP testing for CMS patients

More on this topic:

 

      Jon

 

Jon Rose, Ph.D.

VA Palo Alto Health Care System

650-493-5000 x 64334

 

From: owner-RehabPsych@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [mailto:owner-RehabPsych@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of PAUL RICHARDS
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:25 AM
To: rehabpsych@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: RE: WPS new restrictions on NP testing for CMS patients

 

Hi all,
 
NAN's Practice Affairs & Information Comm. (PAIC) that I co-chair along with Brenda Austin, Ph.D. has been very involved with this matter; plz see the following info. that will appear in this month's NAN 'Newsflash'
 
An interorganizational team of neuropsychologists (from AACN, APA div 40 and NAN) has been in communication with the medical director of WPS since prior to the public release of this draft LCD, including attending the last open meeting discussing this LCD.  They have strongly expressed concerns and are currently involved in writing a completely new LCD that is consistent with research and common practice in neuropsychology at the request of the WPS medical director, Dr. Boren. In addition, they are reaching out to physician groups for their support of this new LCD or at least objection to the draft one, as no Neurologist we have spoken to feels qualified to provide neuropsych feedback (for example). Teresa Deer, Ph.D. is the contact person/designee from NAN.  More information on how practioners can voice their opinion on this will be coming prior to the end of the comment period, which is August 1.

thanks,
 
Paul M. Richards, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
Clinical Neuropsychologist
303-499-3836
 

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Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:52:03 -0400
From: landjo5@aol.com
To: RehabPsych@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: WPS new restrictions on NP testing for CMS patients

The list's administrators are David Loring (dloring@emory.edu) and Laura Howe (lauralshowe@yahoo.com).

Send an email to Laura Howe to get on the list.  I might recommend the digest version, as there are a large number of posts each day.

 

Julia

 

Julia O. Land, PsyD, CRC

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Clinical Instructor

Department of Neurology

Emory University

(404) 728-4553

joland@emory.edu

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lifshutz, Harold PhD <Harold.Lifshutz@nbhn.net>
To: 'RehabPsych@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu' <RehabPsych@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 11:20 am
Subject: RE: WPS new restrictions on NP testing for CMS patients

how does one get on the neuropsyc list?

 

 

hl

 

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From: owner-RehabPsych@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [mailto:owner-RehabPsych@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Blair, Kelly
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 9:10 AM
To: RehabPsych@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: RE: WPS new restrictions on NP testing for CMS patients

This topic has received a fair amount of discussion on the Neuropsych list run by Loring/Howe.  Not sure if you are on that list or not.

 

Kelly Blair

Jackson, Tn

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-RehabPsych@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [mailto:owner-RehabPsych@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy Merbitz
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 7:39 PM
To: RehabPsych@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu; div38hbc@lists.apa.org; DIV38@lists.apa.org
Subject: WPS new restrictions on NP testing for CMS patients

 

Were others aware that WPS (Medicare contractor for IL, WI and several other states) has a draft policy initiating new restrictions on neuropsychological testing, i.e. 1.) that psychologists in private practice will not be authorized to provide feedback to patients after neuropsychological testing, but must rather send their report to the referring physician who is then authorized to provide said feedback, and 2.) that neuropsychological testing is not authorized for anyone in early or later stages of Alzheimers (FAST scale 3 or higher)?  See first two links for the policy plus billing guidelines (which are quite specific in forbidding feedback by anyone but the referring physician), and third link for commentary by the AACN.  I wonder if APA is organizing any central response.  This looks to be an assault on the autonomy and professionalism of psychologists performing neuropsychological testing, and with respect to Alzheimer's, seems to show considerable ignorance about the current state of diagnostic science for Alzheimers, i.e. what, other than neuropsychological testing, will currently determine if someone has Alzheimer's, and what, other than neuropsychological testing, will provide a sensitive indicator of any future treatments?  It's hard to imagine what is behind this policy change other than sheer turfism, against which we appear quite helpless.

 

http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/lcd_attachments/31989_1/DL31990_PSYCH017_CBG_040111.pdf

http://www.wpsmedicare.com/part_b/policy/draft/dl31990_psych017_draft.shtml

http://www.theaacn.org/position_papers/WPS_Letter.pdf

 

 

Sheesh.

 

 

 

Nancy Hansen Merbitz, Ph.D.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Merbitz Health & Wellness Services
521 W. Grove St.
Pontiac, IL 61764
708-567-6778
hansennancykay@aol.com

NancyMerbitz@gmail.com

www.merbitzhealthandwellness.com

 

 

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INFO: Geropsychology Training Council

For those of you affiliated with graduate, internship, fellowship or post-licensure Geropsychology training programs…please consider joining CoPGTP if your program has not yet done so.  Please feel free to contact me, or other Board members listed below, if you have questions about the organization.

Best,

Susan Whitbourne,
Chair-Elect CoPGTP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DO YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION PROVIDE GEROPSYCHOLOGY TRAINING? 

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING!!

 

The Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs (CoPGTP) is an organization of programs providing training in geropsychology.  It is committed to promoting excellence in training in professional geropsychology and to supporting the development of high quality programs at the graduate school, internship, postdoctoral fellowship, and post licensure levels.  On behalf of the Board of Directors, we would like to invite qualified geropsychology training programs to apply for membership in the council.  CoPGTP grew out of the June 2006 Geropsychology Training Conference which produced the Pikes Peak Model of Geropsychology Training.  As a member you will support our efforts to foster high quality geropsychology initiatives.  For example, we have developed a geropsychology competencies assessment tool (see http://www.uccs.edu/~cpgtp/), compiled a large collection of readings and current training resources in geropsychology, and developed a list of members who are available to help with establishing new training programs.

 

CoPGTP has played a leadership role in several important national initiatives since its founding, some of which are listed below:

 

• Helping Geropsychology to gain formal recognition from the APA Council as a Specialty within professional psychology
• Attaining and maintaining membership on the Council of Chairs of Training Councils (CCTC),  and
• Exploring the possibility of helping to create a Geropsychology ABPP board certification.

 

Membership in the Council is open to programs in which at least one geropsychologist is engaged actively in training.  Members are required to offer both didactic and experiential training.  Typically, this training is offered in more than one setting that serves older adults.  Importantly, members of the training council are training programs, which rarely consist of just one individual.  That said, it is recognized that training programs in professional geropsychology may, and often do, consist of one geropsychologist.  Associate (non-voting) membership is available also to individuals who are interested/involved in geropsychology training but do not meet the criteria for full membership.  We wish to be inclusive as an organization.  CoPGTP hosts an annual dinner and membership meeting at the APA or GSA conventions.

 

Benefits of membership include the following:

 

• List serve venue for sharing training ideas, strategies, difficulties, and brainstorming solutions
• Sharing of opportunities for students and trainees
• Access to training competency documents and training models as they develop
• Relationship/consultation with other geropsychologists providing training
• Research grant opportunities offered each year
• An award for innovative training offered each year
• Invitation to an annual meeting with educational and networking opportunities, and
• Public acknowledgement of the entity as a recognized geropsychology training program.

 

You may download the application from our website (http://www.uccs.edu/~cpgtp/).  Annual dues are $200 per calendar year for full membership; $100 per year for associate membership.  If you have additional questions, please email any of the following membership committee members:

 

Joseph Casciani (jcasciani@cohealth.org), regarding post-licensure training

Andrew Heck (andrew.heck@dbhds.virginia.gov), regarding internship training

Victor Molinari (vmolinari@usf.edu), regarding postdoctoral training

Erlene Rosowsky (erosowsk@bidmc.harvard.edu), regarding graduate training

 

We look forward to future collaboration.  Thank you for your consideration.

 

Council Board Members:

 

Daniel L. Segal, Ph.D., Chair, dsegal@uccs.edu

Susan Whitbourne, Ph.D., Chair-Elect, swhitbo@psych.umass.edu

Michele Karel, Ph.D., Past Chair, michele.karel@va.gov

Janet Yang, Ph.D., Secretary, jyang@cfar1.org

Benjamin Mast, Ph.D., Treasurer, b.mast@louisville.edu

Erlene Rosowsky, Psy.D., Member-at-large, graduate programs, erosowsk@bidmc.harvard.edu

Andrew Heck, Psy.D., ABPP, Member-at-large, internship programs, andrew.heck@dbhds.virginia.gov

Victor Molinari, Ph.D., ABPP, Member-at-large, postdoctoral programs, vmolinari@usf.edu

Joseph Casciani, Ph.D., Member-at-large, post-licensure training programs, jcasciani@cohealth.org

Alexandra Zaleta, Student representative, zaleta@wustl.edu

 

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INFO: Call for papers Women with Disabilities

Call for Proposals 

 

Inequity to Equity: Promoting Health and Wellness of Women with Disabilities

 

http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/disabilities-conference/index.aspx

 

The American Psychological Association invites submissions of proposals for an interactive, interdisciplinary conference, “Inequity to Equity: Promoting Health and Wellness of Women with Disabilities”.  We seek proposals for poster presentations, papers, and symposia regarding women with disabilities that address the following topics: Health Disparities and Equity; Access to Healthcare; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Reproductive Health and Sexual Health; Psychosocial Health; Interpersonal Violence and Violence Prevention; Disability across the Lifespan; and Legal Guidance and Public Policy.  The conference is cosponsored with the Howard University Women’s Health Institute and Gallaudet University and will be held at the Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC on October 17 - 18, 2011. By promoting the exchange of knowledge and information among psychologists, other health care providers, researchers, educators, policymakers, women with disabilities and advocates, this conference aims to foster an integrated health care agenda that will improve health outcomes for women with disabilities. 

Call for Proposals deadline is July 8, 2011.

 

 

 

 

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
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Fwd: INFO: Correction on link to ECP Clinical Webinar now archived

Below is the correct link to the archived webinar--sorry for the confusion

http://connectpro72663412.adobeconnect.com/p1onfathe6x/

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From: APA Division 20 Discussion List [mailto:PSYAGING-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter A. Lichtenberg
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:49 AM
To: PSYAGING-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU
Subject: INFO: ECP Clinical Webinar now archived

The excellent webinar given by Drs. Caitlin Holley and Carol Manning yesterday for Early Career Psychologists is now available for all to see and use. Please use the link below.

http://connectpro72663412.adobeconnect.com/system/get-player?urlPath=/p1onfathe6x/

Contact Peter Lichtenberg at p.lichtenberg@wayne.edu if there are any difficulties.

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Director, Institute of Gerontology
Director, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute
Professor of Psychology
87 E. Ferry Street
Detroit, MI 48202
313-577-2297 (phone)
313-875-0127 (fax)

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Director, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute
Professor of Psychology
87 E. Ferry Street
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313-577-2297 (phone)
313-875-0127 (fax)

JOBS Assistant Professor in Quantitative Psychology

Please distribute the following advertisement to colleagues who may be interested in the position.  Thank you, Cindy

 

Quantitative psychology at the University of Utah.  The Department of Psychology at the University of Utah is seeking to fill one tenure-track assistant professor position in quantitative psychology.  The search is open to a quantitative psychologist in any area (i.e., social, developmental, clinical, cognition, neuroscience).  The ideal applicant should complement (e.g., multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling) and extend (e.g., scale design, generalizability theory, item response theory) existing expertise on the faculty.  Preference will also be given to applicants who have their own substantive area of psychological research and scholarship. The University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City nestled in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains.  With an enrollment of 30,000 students, University of Utah is the flagship research university for the state of Utah, and ranks 15^th in the nation for significant awards to faculty for research efforts.  In addition, the University of Utah maintains interdisciplinary quantitative connections through a masters of statistics program and has unique research opportunities through its hospital, and brain institute. The Department of Psychology is committed to the goal of promoting diversity in academia and welcomes candidates whose interest and skills contribute to this goal.  Please send a letter detailing current research and teaching interests, a vita, representative reprints or preprints of publications and three letters of reference by October 1st, 2011 to: Dr. Jonathan Butner, Quantitative Search Committee, Department of Psychology, 380 S. 1530 E., Room 502, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 or Jonathan.Butner@psych.utah.edu. The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds, and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students.  The University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and educator.  Minorities, women and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.  Veterans’ preference. Reasonable accommodations provided.  For additional information: http://www.regulations.utah.edu/humanResources/5-106.html.  For information about the department, see www.psych.utah.edu. 

 

 

 

 

 

Cynthia A. Berg

Professor and Chair

380 S. 1530 E.

Department of Psychology

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT 84112

801-581-5380; 801-581-8239; 801-581-5841 (FAX)

http://www.psych.utah.edu/people/person.php?id=50

 

INFO: ECP Clinical Webinar now archived

The excellent webinar given by Drs. Caitlin Holley and Carol Manning yesterday for Early Career Psychologists is now available for all to see and use. Please use the link below.

http://connectpro72663412.adobeconnect.com/system/get-player?urlPath=/p1onfathe6x/

Contact Peter Lichtenberg at p.lichtenberg@wayne.edu if there are any difficulties.

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Peter A. Lichtenberg, Ph.D., ABPP
Director, Institute of Gerontology
Director, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute
Professor of Psychology
87 E. Ferry Street
Detroit, MI 48202
313-577-2297 (phone)
313-875-0127 (fax)

FW: Call for Ad Hoc Reviewers for Asian American Journal of Psychology

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Frederick T.L. Leong, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Director, Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research (CMPR)
Department of Psychology
Psychology Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1116
http://psychology.msu.edu?netid=fleong
http://psychology.msu.edu/cmpr/

Office Tel: 517-353-9925
Office Fax: 517-353-1652
Administrative Assistant's Tel: 517-432-2299
Email: fleong@msu.edu
Skype name: frederick.leong

Advisory Board Member, MSU Asian Pacific American Studies Program
http://www.msu.edu/~apaspec/
Faculty Member, MSU Asian Studies Center
http://asia.isp.msu.edu/

Editor, Asian American Journal of Psychology (2009-2014):
http://www.apa.org/journals/aap/

Editor, Book Series on Cultural, Racial and Ethnic Psychology
APA Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of
Ethnic Minority Issues
http://www.apa.org/divisions/div45/
http://www.apa.org/divisions/div45/publications.htm#bookseries

Editor, Book Series from MSU Symposium on Multicultural Psychology
Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research (CMPR)
Published by APA Books
http://psychology.msu.edu/cmpr/msu_symposium.aspx

Editor-in-Chief, APA Handbook of Multicultural Psychology (2008-2011)
http://www.apa.org/books/

Member, Executive Council, International Test Commission (2006-2010, 2010-2014)
http://www.intestcom.org/

Member, APA Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention, and
Training (CEMRRAT2) Implementation Task Force (1999-present)
http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/programs/recruitment/commission.aspx

Director, APA Advanced Training Institute on Research Methods with
Diverse Racial and Ethnic Groups (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
http://www.apa.org/science/resources/ati/res-diversity.aspx

Director, Culture and Suicide Research Network
http://psychology.msu.edu/cmpr/culture_and_suicide_research_network.aspx
Subject: FW: Call for Ad Hoc Reviewers for Asian American Journal of Psychology

Please widely disseminate this request for peer reviewers for the Asian American Journal of Psychology.
I am currently serving as Associate Editor for this journal. We would like to solicit a diverse group of researchers who conduct quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods in their research designs. We need peer reviewers with expertise in Asian American and Pacific Islander American populations, gerontology, family, life span development (parenting, child, youth, adolescents, young adults, middle age and aging), health. Diversity issues such as gender, LGBT, physical and mental health disability, etc.

Please send your interest form directly to Kristin Mills millskr1@msu.edu

We would also like to solicit manuscript submissions to this new journal. Thank-you for your help.

Barbara Yee, Ph.D. (AKA Bobbie)
Professor and Chair
2515 Campus Road, Miller 110
Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Honolulu, HI 96822-2218
(808) 956-2250, 956-2419 (fax)
yeebarba@hawaii.edu OR yeeb@ctahr. hawaii.edu

Seeking  only Perfect Solutions is the enemy of implementing  Good Solutions (adapted Voltaire 1694-1778 and  Hazlitt 1778-1830) 

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From: owner-aapa@sfsu.edu [mailto:owner-aapa@sfsu.edu] On Behalf Of Frederick Leong
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 11:53 AM
To: aapa@sfsu.edu; DIV45@LISTS.APA.ORG
Cc: Kristen Mills
Subject: Call for Ad Hoc Reviewers for Asian American Journal of Psychology

Dear Colleagues:

We are issuing a Call for Ad Hoc Reviewers for the Asian American Journal of Psychology (AAJP). Ad hoc reviewers are expected to review approximately 2-5 manuscripts per year in comparison to editorial board members who review about 8-12 manuscripts per year. Feel free to share this Call with colleagues who may be interested.

Serving as ad hoc reviewer provides an opportunity to learn about the publication and journal review process and as well as contributing to the field. The contributions of ad hoc reviewers are acknowledged in the final issue of the journal each year. Also, our editorial board which is regularly rotated, is selected from our list of ad hoc reviewers.

If you are interested in serving as an ad hoc reviewer for AAJP, please complete the attached form and email it to my research assistant, Kristen Mills <millskr1@msu.edu>. If your schedule or commitments change, we can readily change you to an "inactive status"
for a designated time period. Ad hoc reviewers need to have completed their doctoral degrees.

Please email me if you have any questions about serving as an ad hoc reviewer for AAJP. Thanks.

Best regards,
Fred Leong, Editor, Asian American Journal of Psychology http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/aap/

STUDENTS: Trainee opportunity!!

Dear Trainees of Division 20,

Globally, the number of older adults is expanding such that by the year 2030, the number of people over age 65 will exceed those under age 5 for the first time in history. This highlights the need for mental health professionals trained in geriatrics to treat this population, and for all psychologists to be aware of issues impacting older adults and their families. In order to assure appropriate training, the Society for Clinical Geropsychology (Division 12/Section 2 of the American Psychological Association) and the Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs (CoPGTP) would like to provide educational materials that fill gaps in geropsychology education to psychology trainees across the country. Toward this end, a survey of students' geropsychology training experiences is a crucial first step. The survey is being conducted internationally, including the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Clinical and counseling psychology graduate students, interns, and post-doctoral fellows, please complete this survey through the link provided below. As an incentive to participate, trainees will have the chance to win one of thirty $50 gift cards to Amazon.com. Participation in this project is completely voluntary. Your participation can help to shape the training of current and future psychologists, whether they specialize in geropsychology or another area.  All trainees are welcome to participate, whether they are members of the section or not, and whether they plan to specialize in geropsychology or not.

http://psy.uq.edu.au/ger  (note that there is no www!)

Thank you so much for your time.

Sincerely,

Erin E. Emery, Ph.D., Rush University Medical Center

Barry Edelstein, PhD, West Virginia University

Candace Konnert, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada

Nancy Pachana, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia

Erin L. Woodhead, PhD, VA Palo Alto

Erin E. Emery, Ph.D.

Director of Geriatric and Rehabilitation Psychology

Project and Clinical Director, BRIGHTEN Program

Rush University Medical Center

Assistant Professor, Rush University

Department of Behavioral Sciences

710 S. Paulina St., Suite 431

Chicago, IL  60612

(312) 942-6294

erin_emery@rush.edu

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Everything is connected; nothing lasts; you are not alone.  -Lewis Richmond

FUNDING: Minority Scholars to conduct Pilot Studies on Aging in Ethnic and Racial Minority Communities

FYI…

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011 Request for Applications
Center for Aging in Diverse Communities: A Resource Center for Minority Aging Research
Minority Scholars to conduct Pilot Studies on
Aging in Ethnic and Racial Minority Communities

Background: The UCSF Center for Aging in Diverse Communities (CADC) was established in October 1997 with funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and funded for a second 5-year cycle in 2002 and a third 5-year cycle in 2007. CADC is expected to enhance aging research in minority populations and increase involvement of minority investigators in the field. The ultimate goal of CADC is to close the gap in health between minority and non-minority older people. Although the emphasis is on later life, aging is a life-long process and many factors bearing on the aging process are linked to earlier life. Therefore, we interpret aging research broadly.

One of the principal goals of CADC is to fund pilot studies led by minority investigators that focus on health and health care issues of minority populations. CADC is now requesting applications for pilot studies to investigate issues of health and aging in African American, Latino, Asian American, Pacific Islander and American Indian populations. CADC will fund up to four pilot studies for the year starting no later than September 1, 2011. The main indicator of success for the pilot studies will be the research career development of the funded CADC scholar as measured by publication of the results and subsequent grant applications and funding. CADC faculty is committed to mentoring the funded scholar during and following the study to support development of a successful research career.

Please read the attached RFA for more details, please keep in mind that:
The completed electronic original application should be received no later than Monday, June 13, 2011 and send to: Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. at eliseops@medicine.ucsf.edu with a cc to: Cecilia Populus-Eudave at ceciliap@medicine.ucsf.edu.

 

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June 6, 2011 (Required Letter of Intent due)/July 15, 2011 (Application due) – CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, Public Prevention Health Fund: Community Transformation Grants {Info: http://www.cdc.gov/communitytransformation frequently asked application questions) or externalaffairs@hhs.gov (general questions) or John R. Lehnherr (technical questions) at ctg@cdc.gov or Vivian Walker (financial, grants management, or budget assistance) at vew4@cdc.gov; (to download application)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=ptGVNNnJQ1GJJVzg6d8Q5TMZLXK1DnCLmn6y4P1vMZ7cZP1hmqH4!1759880169?mode=VIEWREVISIONS&revNum=3}. The purpose of this program is to create healthier communities by 1) building capacity to implement broad evidence and practice-based policy, environmental, programmatic and infrastructure changes, as appropriate, in large counties, and in states, tribes and territories, including in rural and frontier areas; and 2) supporting implementation of such interventions in five strategic areas ("Strategic Directions") aligning with "Healthy People 2020" focus areas and achieving demonstrated progress in the following five performance measures outlined in the Affordable Care Act: 1) changes in weight, 2) changes in proper nutrition, 3) changes in physical activity, 4) changes in tobacco use prevalence, and 5) changes in emotional well being and overall mental health, as well as other program-specific measures. Special notes: May 25, 2011 10:00am – 11:00am Eastern Daylight Savings Time – Pre Letter of Intent Submission Conference Call for eligible applicants in the Atlantic, Eastern, and Central time zones; June 14, 2011 10:00am – 11:30am – Post Letter of Intent Submission Conference Call for eligible applicants in the Atlantic, Eastern, and Central time zones. See full announcement for details. Eligible applicants include State and local governments; State and local nonprofit organizations, Federally recognized American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages, Tribal organizations, Urban Indian Health Programs, Tribal and Intertribal consortia. Applicants may apply for either Category A or B but not both of the two categories (Category A - Capacity Building or Category B – Implementation). Funding amount: $102,000,000 for up to 75 awards in FY11. See full announcement for average categorical award ranges.

 

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