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Attention Divisions 43 and
44: Apply for the APF’s LGB Family Psychology/Therapy Grants, including
new award of up to $10,000
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is requesting applications
for the Roy Scrivner Research Grants. The Scrivner Fund provides one postdoctoral
grant (up to $10,000) and two graduate student grants (up to $1,000 each,
with preference given to dissertation candidates) for research that is
consistent with the goal of encouraging the study of lesbian, gay, and
bisexual family (LGB) psychology and LGB family therapy. Researchers from
all fields of the behavioral and social sciences are encouraged to apply.
To qualify for the post-doctoral research award, all applicants (including
co-investigators) must have a doctoral degree. To qualify for the pre-doctoral
research award, all applicants must be graduate students and include a
letter of support from their supervising professor. All research involving
human subjects must have been approved by an IRB from the principal investigator’s
institution when the application is submitted.
The firm deadline for submission of applications is November 3, 2003,
and grants will be announced in February 2004. Please visit these websites
for complete information: http://www.apa.org/apf
and http://www.hookerprograms.org.
Reminder: Call for Nominations for the 2004 Gold Medal and Teaching Awards
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) invites nominations for its
2004 Gold Medal and Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology
awards. The Gold Medal awards include a medal and $2,000, to be donated
by APF to the charitable institution of the winner’s choice. The
Distinguished Teaching Award includes a plaque and a $2,000 cash award.
The Gold Medal and Teaching awards include an all-expense-paid trip for
the award winners and one guest to APA’s 2004 annual convention,
in Honolulu, July 28-August1, for two nights and three days. (Coach round-trip
airfare, and reasonable expenses for accommodations, and meals for two
individuals will be reimbursed.)
The Gold Medal awards recognize life achievement in and enduring contributions
to psychology. Eligibility is limited to psychologists 65 years or older
residing in North America. Awards are conferred in four categories: Life
Achievement in the Science, Application, and Practice of Psychology, and
in Psychology in the Public Interest.
The Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award recognizes
an eminent career in the teaching of psychology, the preparation of students
to become teachers, and the development of curricula and innovative teaching
methods. Nominations should include a nomination form, a nomination statement
tracing the nominee's distinguished contributions, as well as the nominee's
current vita. Letters in support of the nomination are welcome. The APF
nomination form can be obtained online at the Foundation website: http://www.apa.org/apf.
(Please click on the Encouraging Innovation link under APF Programs.)
All materials for both categories of awards should be received, as a
complete packet, no later than December 1, 2003, and should be mailed
to either the APF Gold Medal Awards Coordinator or the APF Charles L.
Brewer Distinguished Teaching Award Coordinator at the APA address.
Foundation and Division 38 Honor
Outstanding Clinical Health Psychologist
Larry C. James, PhD, received the third annual American Psychological
Foundation Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions
to Clinical Health Psychology at the American Psychological Association
convention in Toronto this past August. Division 38 (Health Psychology)
recommended Dr. James for the award this year to the APF trustees.
Instituted with the Foundation in 2000 by Louise K. Jeffrey, PhD, the
award memorializes the career and contributions of her late husband, Timothy
Jeffrey, PhD, a former president of Division 19 (Military Psychology)
and director of the clinical psychology department at the University of
Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. The award recognizes an outstanding
commitment to clinical health psychology by a full-time provider of direct
clinical services and carries a $1,000 prize annually.
James, a colonel in the U.S. Army, is chief of the department of psychology
at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, as well as chief
psychologist for the army’s North Atlantic Region. During an earlier
assignment to Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii (1994-1999), he had
the vision to create a psychology inpatient facility completely run by
a psychology department and designed to treat essential hypertension,
obesity, type II diabetes, and cholesterol disorders. He incorporated
into this inpatient unit training for health psychology fellows and interns
on how to conduct health assessments and physicals, how to interpret medical
lab findings (and to use the labs as a variable in treatment outcome),
and how to manage patients with psychophysiological disorders without
the oversight of a psychiatrist.
In his current assignment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, he has
developed programs that enabled him to prescribe medications for the treatment
of obesity. He is one of only two doctors in the hospital who are allowed
this privilege.
Even while serving as chief of psychology at Walter Reed, James maintains
an active caseload of patients, teaches at Walter Reed and three universities
in the Washington metropolitan area, and pursues innovative research.
He has received over $1 million in grant funding specifically related
to clinical and applied tele-heath and obesity research. He created an
interactive webpage and has incorporated video teleconferencing into his
treatment programs so that soldiers deployed out of the country can receive
treatment. He co-edited a book released this June titled, Diversity in
Human Interactions: The Tapestry of America (Oxford Press). A second book,
Primary Care Clinical Health Psychology: A Model for the Next Frontier,
is currently in press with APA.
James has been awarded the ABPP in both Health and Clinical psychology
and was elected to the board of directors for the American Board of Health
Psychology. He was chosen as the department of defense liaison to the
American Board of Professional Psychology, and has served as one of the
national work sample coordinators for department of defense psychologists.
He has received recognition for his major role in identifying and mentoring
ethnic minorities and women successfully through the board certification
process.
James recently volunteered to deploy for five months in support of the
war on terrorism and, as a result, was awarded a Joint Commendation Medal
for his selfless and dedicated service.
Deleray Takes Honors as 2003
Outstanding Consulting Psychologist
John E. Deleray, PhD, was recently selected as the 2003 American Psychological
Foundation Harry and Miriam Levinson Award recipient. The $5,000 award
recognizes an outstanding consulting psychologist who has demonstrated
exceptional ability to convert psychological theory and concepts into
applications through which leaders and managers can create more effective,
healthy, and humane organizations in the community.
The awards selection committee of APA Division 13 (Society of Consulting
Psychology) recommended Dr. Deleray to the Foundation’s board of
trustees for his many contributions to and leadership role within the
field of consulting psychology. Deleray established the Dallas-based psychological
consulting firm Deleray & Associates (D&A) to serve as an extension
of the management of the organizations that it serves. The consulting
firm uses accepted methods of psychology to help organizations classify,
train, organize, and develop their personnel.
D&A helps company management make more informed hiring, promotion,
and development decisions. By recognizing talented and well-motivated
candidates and also by spotting potential problems, D&A’s services
have had substantial impact on organizations over the years. D&A has
assisted management to design and install processes that boost morale,
resolve conflicts between employees, improve productivity, and accelerate
company growth.
Deleray received his doctoral degree from Baylor University in general,
experimental, and personality psychology, and, since 1983, he has been
professor of clinical psychology at the University of Texas Southwestern
Medical School at Dallas, where he teaches consultation in the graduate
program. A past president of Division 13, he has served as chair of the
public information committee of the Texas Psychological Association and
of the APA Committee on Social and Ethical Responsibility. He continues
to act as consultant to numerous Texas school districts, juvenile departments,
and rehabilitation commissions, as well as to the FBI Executive Development
Institute at Quantico, Virginia.
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