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Overmier Establishes APF International Fund
In 2004, J. Bruce Overmier, PhD, current president of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), made a $10,000 pledge to APF to launch the APF International Psychology Development Fund. The Fund will support international capacity building programs that advance the science and practice of psychology for the understanding of behavior and the benefit of human welfare in the international context. The goal is to raise $50,000 by January 2010. Thus far, the Fund has raised $15,000.
Dr. Overmier is professor of psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science at the University of Minnesota and a professor of biological & medical psychology at the University of Bergen (Norway). He has served as president of the Midwestern Psychological Association (1988-89), APA Division of Physiological and Comparative Psychology (1990-91), APA Division of Experimental Psychology (1992-93), the Pavlovian Society (1996-97), and the Society for General Psychology (2003). Author of some 200 publications, Overmier’s research spans specialties of learning, memory, stress, psychosomatic disorders, and their biological substrates.
To make a contribution to the International Psychology Development Fund, call (+1/202) 336-5622 or send your contribution to APF at the APA Address and indicate “IUPsyS Fund.”
Rickel Makes $10K Gift Donation
In March, Annette U. Rickel, PhD, a clinical practitioner and professor of psychology at Cornell University Medical College, made a $10,000 gift to APF to establish the APF Annette Urso Rickel Foundation Dissertation Award for Public Policy. The $1,000 award, which will be given annually for five years, will support dissertation research on public policy that has the potential to improve services for children and families facing a myriad of psychosocial issues. The first award will be given in 2008.
Rickel received her doctorate from the University of Michigan and most recently was a professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center. She is a fellow and past president of the APA Society for Community Research and Action, and was a fellow of the American Council on Education. She served on President Clinton’s Task Force for National Health Care Reform and has received several research awards from institutions such as the National Institutes of Health and the MacArthur and Kellogg Foundations. Dr. Rickel has authored or coauthored seven books, numerous research articles, and chapters that deal with early intervention programs for individuals at high risk for psychopathology.
For more information on how to apply for the award, visit www.apa.org/apf.
Apply for Mental Illness Dissertation Award
Submit applications for the $2,000 2007 APF Todd E. Husted Award, which recognizes an individual whose dissertation shows potential to help improve mental health services for those with severe and persistent mental illness. Topics should:
- Foster the development of a more comprehensive, humane and responsive system of mental health care.
- Develop a protective and humane sequencing of interventions to prevent deterioration, homelessness and premature death of those with serious mental illness.
- Develop effective methods of improving patient compliance with medication and treatment for those with impaired insight resulting from schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder.
- Demonstrate practical methods of improved identification and treatment of people who enter the criminal justice system as a result of mental illness.
- Foster methods to improve training and social attitudes of professionals in the criminal justice system regarding the role of serious mental illness in some offenders' behavior.
- Increase access to and use of appropriate services and supports for the most treatment-resistant and severely mentally ill individuals.
The deadline is September 15.For application information, visit www.apa.org/apf/husted.html.
Nominate a Colleague for Millon Award
Theodore Millon Mid-Career Award in Personality Psychology will be conferred annually through 2008 to an outstanding mid-career psychologist engaged in advancing the science of personality psychology including the areas of personology, personality theory, personality disorders, and personality measurement. The recipient will receive $1,000 and a plaque at the APA convention.
Nominees should be no less than 10 years and no more than 20 years post doctoral degree. Nominations should include a cover letter outlining the nominee’s contributions to the science of personality psychology and an abbreviated CV. Self-nominations are permitted, and letters in support of the nomination are encouraged.
Send nomination materials to Diane J. Willis Ph.D., c/o Lynn Peterson, Division of Clinical Psychology, PO Box 1082, Niwot, CO 80544-1082. The deadline is October 1.
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