GPE Grants-at-a-Glance (2002-16)

The Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program is the only federal program dedicated solely to psychology education and training. Since its establishment in 2002, grants have been awarded to these APA-accredited doctoral, internship and postdoctoral programs in support of preparing psychology students to bring integrated mental health care to underserved populations.

*Indicates current grantee.

University of Alabama
Program director: Forrest R. Scogin, PhD
3 year geropsychology grant: 2003-2006
Populations served: Older adults, underserved rural, minority

*Norton Sound Health Corporation
Program director: Seth Green, PhD
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Rural

*University of Arkansas
Program director: Ana J. Bridges, PhD
3 year grant: 2010-2013
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Rural children, homeless single mothers and children, victims of trauma

*Children’s Healthcare of California
Program director: Heather Husziti, PhD
2 year grant: 2014
Populations served: Minority children and youth
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Hispanic and Korean children with special health care needs

The Regents of the University Of California
Program director: Eric Granholm, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Underserved children and adolescents, adults with mental disabilities

University Of California-Davis
Program director: Anthony Urquiza, PhD
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Children and youth, victims of trauma, serious mental illness

*University Of Southern California/Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Program director: Bradley O. Hudson, PsyD
1 year grant: 2002-2003
3 year grant: 2004-2007
Populations served: Underserved Hispanic/Latino children and youth
Program director: Sara Sherer, PhD
3 year grant: 2010-2013
2 year grant: 2014-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Hispanic and Korean children with special health care needs

VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Program director: Antonette M. Zeiss, PhD
3 year grant: 2003-2007
Populations served: Older adults, individuals with chronic illness, disabilities

The Wright Institute
Program director: Gilbert Newman, PhD
3 year grant: 2007-2010
Populations served: Underserved children, adolescents and older adults

Colorado State University
Program director: Tammi Vacha-Haase, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Older adults

Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Program director: Gerald A. Carpenter, PsyD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Underserved, ethnically diverse, largely Latino population
Program director: John C. Sheldon, PhD
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Ethnically diverse, older adults, children and youth

*University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Program director: Daniel L. Segal, PhD
3 year grant: 2010-2013
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Older adults
Program director: Leilani Feliciano, PhD
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Older adults and victims of abuse and trauma

University of Colorado at Denver
Program director: Deborah Seymour, PhD
3 year grant: 2007-2010
Populations served: Hispanic and Native Americans

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Program director: Hal C. Lewis, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
3 year grant: 2004-2007
Populations served: Native Americans, individuals with developmental disabilities, Medicare/Medicaid recipients, prisoners, victims of abuse and disabled children

*University of Colorado School of Medicine
Program director: Audrey Blakeley-Smith, PhD
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Uninsured, Latino

The Village for Families & Children Inc.
Program director: Anne E. Pidana, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004 
Program director: Jill Donelan, PsyD
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Minority/low-income children and families, victims of sexual abuse, victims of trauma

Yale University
Program director: Sara Sparrow, PhD
1 year grant: 2002-2003
Program director: Laurie Cardona Wolenski, PhD
3 year grant: 2004-2007
Program director: Michele Goyette-Ewing, PhD
3 year grant: 2007-2010
Populations served: Children exposed to violence, HIV, serious mental illness, developmental disabilities, school-related problems and physical illness

Alfred I. DuPont Institute/Hospital for Children
Program director: William Tynan Jr., PhD
1 year grant: 2002-2003
3 year grant: 2004-2007
3 year grant: 2007-2010
Populations served: African-American, Hispanic, underserved children

Alfred I. DuPont Institute/Hospital for Children/NCC-D
Program director: Jennifer Shroff Pendley, PhD
3 year grant: 2010-2013
Populations served: African-American and Hispanic, Medicaid-eligible children

Delaware State Department of Services for Children
Program director: Andrea P. Stern, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Low-income, ethnically diverse children and families

*The Nemours Foundation
Program director: Jennifer Shroff Pendley, PhD
3 year grant: 2013-2016
Populations served: Underserved, older adults suffering from chronic illness
Program director: Meghan McAuliffe Lines, PhD
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Children and families

Howard University
Program director: Linda Berg-Cross, PhD
1 year grant: 2002-2003
3 year grant: 2004-2007
Program director: Domincus So, PhD
3 year grant: 2007-2010
Populations served: African-American, urban areas

*Florida Institute of Technology
Program director: Philip D. Farber, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: African-American children
Program director: Kristi S. Van Sickle, PhD
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: African-American children and youth, homeless

Louis De La Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
Program director: Richard B. Weinberg, PhD
1 year grant extended: 2002-2004
Populations served: African-American children

University of Florida Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
Program director: Russell M. Bauer, PhD
1 year grant: 2002-2003
3 year grant: 2004-2007
Populations served: Rural

University of South Florida
Program director: Victor Molinari, PhD
3 year geropsychology grant: 2003-2006
Populations served: Older adults

*Georgia State University Research Foundation
Program director: Lindsey Cohen, PhD
3 year grant: 2010-2013
2 year grant: 2014-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: African-American children and youth

Medical College of Georgia
Program director: Paul Alexander Mabe, PhD
1 year grant: 2002-2003
3 year grant: 2004-2007
3 year grant: 2007-2010
3 year grant: 2010-2013
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Women, children and families, HIV/AIDS

*I Ola Lahui Inc.
Program director: Robin E. Miyamoto, PsyD
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Low-income, rural, Native Hawaiian
Program director: Jill Oliveira Gray, PhD
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Low-income, rural, Native Hawaiian

*Adler School of Professional Psychology
Program director: Daniel Barnes
2 year grant: 2014-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Victims of trauma, individuals with substance abuse disorders

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Program director: L. Gladys Croom, PsyD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Children and youth, Latino

Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School
Program director: Catherine Campbell, PhD
3 year grant: 2004-2007
Populations served: Disadvantaged, low-income, immigrants, welfare enrollees, homeless

La Rabida Children's Hospital
Program director: Cathy M. Mavrolas, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
3 year grant: 2004-2007
3 year grant: 2013-2016
Populations served: Minority children suffering from chronic illness, disabilities and abuse

Northwestern University
Program director: Mark Reinecke, PhD
3 year grant: 2013-2016
Populations served: LGBT

The University of Chicago
Program director: Maureen Ann Lacy, PhD
3 year grant: 2007-2010
Populations served: African-American, urban areas

University of Illinois at Chicago
Program director: Susan Labott, PhD, ABPP
1 year grant extended: 2002-2004
3 year geropsychology grant: 2004-2006
Populations served: Older adults

University of Kansas Medical Center
Program director: Glenn Veenstra, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Minorities, adolescents, individuals with chronic illness and older adults

University of Louisville Research Foundation
Program director: Janet Woodruff-Borden, PhD
1 year grant: 2002-2003
3 year grant: 2004-2007
Populations served: Minorities, victims of trauma

Kennedy Krieger Children’s Hospital Inc.
Program director: Sung W. Kahng, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Children and youth

University of Maryland
Program director: Nancy Lever, PhD
3 year grant: 2013-2016
Populations served: Children and youth, military families

Boston College
Program director: Elizabeth Sparks, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Low-income children and families

Boston Medical Center
Program director: Kermit A. Crawford, PhD
3 year grant: 2004-2007
3 year grant: 2010-2013
Populations served: Children/adolescents infected or affected by HIV/AIDS

Carson Center for Human Services Inc.
Program director: David Arbeitman, PhD
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Individuals with co-occurring behavioral and/or mental health disorders

Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VAMC
Program director: Charles E. Drebing, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Veterans

University of Massachusetts Medical School 
Program director: John P. Terry, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Underserved, serious mental illness
Program director: F. Alexander Blount, EdD 
3 year grant: 2010 
Populations served: Underserved and vulnerable

*William James College
Program director: Bruce Ecker, PhD
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Older adults and children, victims of abuse or trauma, homeless, chronically ill

Central Michigan University
Program director: George Ronan, PhD
1 year grant extended: 2002-2004
Populations served: Diverse, underserved needs

Henry Ford Health System
Program director: Philip Lanzisera, PhD
3 year grant: 2013-2016
Populations served: Unemployed

Wayne State University
Program director: Lori Lackman-Zeman, PhD
3 year grant: 2010-2013
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Affected by HIV/AIDS

Saint Louis University
Program director: Terri Weaver, PhD
1 year grant: 2002-2003
3 year grant: 2004-2007
3 year grant: 2007-2010
Populations served: African-American, urban, women and children affected by violence

*University Of Missouri-Columbia
Program director: George R. “Brick” Johnstone, PhD, ABPP
1 year grant: 2003-2004
3 year grant: 2004-2007
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Rural, children/adults/geriatrics with chronic illness, soldiers and veterans

University Of Missouri-Kansas City
Program director: Johanna Nilsson, PhD
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Minorities, low-income

*Board of Regents/University of Nebraska
Program director: Joseph Evans, PhD
3 year grant: 2004-2007
3 year grant: 2007-2010
3 year grant: 2010-2013
3 year grant: 2013-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Rural, underserved children, adolescents and families

University of Nevada-Reno
Program director: Victoria Follette, PhD
3 year grant: 2013-2016
Populations served: LGBT, HIV

Riverbend Community Mental Health Inc.
Program director William Bessent Gunn Jr., PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Underserved families and individuals with chronic illness

*Antioch University
Program director: Alexander Blount, EdD
1 year grant: 2016-2017
Populations served: Underserved rural and urban communities

*Fairleigh Dickinson University
Program director: Robert McGrath, PhD
2 year grant: 2014-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Low-income, minority, individuals with chronic illness

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Program director: Leon A. Hyer, EdD, ABPP
3 year geropsychology grant: 2003-2006
Populations served: Older adults

*New Mexico State University
Program director: Eve Adams, PhD
3 year grant: 2004-2007
3 year grant: 2007-2010
3 year grant: 2010-2013
2 year grant: 2014-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Multicultural populations — U.S.-Mexico Border

Fordham University
Program director: Amelio D'Onofrio, PhD
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Urban children and youth

Interfaith Medical Center
Program director: Janet S. Weisberg, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Economically disadvantaged

Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services
Program director: Leonard Pilaro, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004 
Populations served: Children and youth

Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
Program director: Robert Keisner, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004 
Populations served: Mentally ill, individuals with developmental disabilities, and victims of domestic violence

Lutheran Medical Center
Program director: Carmen Rivera, PhD
3 year grant: 2007-2010
Populations served: African-American and Hispanic

Teachers College, Columbia University
Program director: Dinelia Rosa, PhD
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Hispanic/Latino, African-American, low-income

*University of Rochester Medical Center
Program director: Linda Alpert-Gillis, PhD
3 year grant: 2007-2010
3 year grant: 2004-2007
3 year grant: 2010-2013
3 year grant: 2013-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Underserved children and adolescents

Rusk Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center
Program director: Robert Gordon
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Adults and children with disabilities

Yeshiva University
Program director: Richard A Zweig, PhD
1 year grant: 2002-2003
3 year geropsychology grant: 2003-2006
Populations served: Diverse and socio-economically disadvantaged older adults, impoverished children and youth

*East Carolina University
Program director: Dennis Russo, PhD
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Rural

University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill
Program director: Anna Brandon, PhD
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Women

*University of North Carolina — Greensboro
Program director: Susan Phillips Keane, PhD
1 year grant, extended: 2002-2004
3 year grant: 2007-2010
3 year grant: 2013-2016
3 year grant: 2013-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Children, geriatric patients, homeless, chronically ill, culturally and linguistically diverse and veterans

University of North Dakota
Program director: Cindy Juntunen, PhD
3 year grant: 2013-2016
Populations served: Rural

*Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa Inc.
Program director: Stephen Forest Shoemaker, PhD
1 year grant: 2010-2012
Program director: Steven Albernathy, PhD
3 year grant: 2013-2016
Populations served: Native Americans
Program director: Jason Menting, PsyD
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Native Americans

*University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Program director: Barbara Bonner, PhD
3 year grant: 2007-2010
2 year grant: 2014-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Children, infant and youth victims of abuse

*Oregon Health & Science University
Program director: Kurt Freeman, PhD
2 year grant: 2014-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Children and youth with special health care needs, disabilities and chronic health conditions

Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania
Program director: Thomas J. Power, PhD
1 year grant: 2002-2003
3 year grant: 2004-2007
3 year grant: 2007-2010
Populations Served: Children and youth

*Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 
Program director: Paul Robbins, PhD
3 year grant 2013-2016
1 year grant: 2016-2017  
Populations served: Urban children and youth

Geisinger Health System
Program director: Paul W. Kettlewell, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Children in rural areas

Temple University Health Sciences Center
Program director: Christopher J. Combs, PhD
1 year grant: 2003-2004
Populations served: Underserved with persistent to chronic mental illness

*Widener University
Program director: Kevin Moore, PsyD
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: Individuals with chronic illness, affected by HIV
Program director: Sanjay Nath, PhD
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Adults with multiple co-morbid medical conditions

*Medical University of South Carolina Charleston/Consortium Clinical Psychology Internship Program
Program director: Dean G. Kilpatrick, PhD
1 year grant: 2002-2003
3 year grant: 2004-2007
3 year grant: 2013-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Medically ill, victims of domestic abuse

VA Black Hills Health Care System
Program director: Michael Fellner, PhD
3 year geropsychology grant: 2003-2006
Populations served: Older adults, Native Americans

*Cherokee Health Systems
Program director: Parinda Khatri, PhD
3 year grant: 2007-2010
3 year grant: 2010-2013
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Underserved culturally diverse, homeless, refugees

Texas Tech University
Program director: Gary D. Fireman, PhD
1 year grant: 2002-2003
3 year grant: 2004-2007
Populations served: Ethnic minorities, low-income patients and youth victims of abuse

*University of Texas-Austin
Program director: Cindy Carlson, PhD
3 year grant: 2010-2013
3 year grant: 2013-2016
Populations served: Underserved children and families, trauma
Program director: Jane Gray, PhD
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Children with mental health conditions, substance related disorders, history of trauma and chronic illness

University of Texas Medical Branch
Program director: Jeff M. Baker, PhD
1 year grant extended: 2002-2004
Populations served: At-risk, minority

Eastern Virginia Medical School
Program director: Robert P. Archer, PhD
1 year grant extended: 2002-2004
Program director: Barbara Ann Cubic, PhD
3 year grant: 2007-2010
3 year grant: 2010-2013
2 year grant: 2014-2016
Populations served: African-Americans, older adults, children with attention deficits

*Radford University
Program director: Sarah Hastings, PhD
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Rural

*Virginia Commonwealth University
Program director: Bruce D. Rybarczyk, PhD
3 year grant: 2010-2013
3 year grant: 2013-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Underserved children and adults, Latino

*University of Washington
Program director: Jeffrey J. Sherman, PhD
3 year grant: 2010-2013
3 year grant: 2013-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Individuals affected by HIV/AIDS, children, women, underserved

*Marshall University
Program director: Marianna Foot-Linz, PhD
3 year grant: 2007-2010
2 year grant: 2014-2016
3 year grant: 2016-2019
Populations served: Rural