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Candidate Statements - Council Representative
As Professor of Psychiatry, Clinical Chief of Psychology, and Director of Psychology Training at the University of Rochester Medical Center, I have worked hard to integrate evidence-based treatments into our interdisciplinary educational and clinical care models. As Director of a Graduate Psychology Education Program, I developed innovative training programs to provide accessible, culturally-responsive care to underserved elders in the Rochester community. As Co-Director of an NIMH-funded “Program of Research and Innovation in Disparities Education”, I work to bring more professionals of color into the psychology workforce. As a member of Sharon Brehm’s 2007 Presidential Taskforce on Integrated Health Care for Older Adults, I helped formulate a “Blueprint for Change” to guide our field toward greater understanding of accessible, integrated care models for older adults. These experiences impressed upon me the importance of developing new research-supported approaches to care and health promotion for a diversity of underserved and ethnic minority populations.
I have served on the Division 12 Board for five years representing the Society of Clinical Geropsychology and serving as a member of the Division’s Finance and Nominations Committees. I have witnessed the challenges arising from declining APA membership in general and I understand the importance of attracting and retaining a diversity of new members to our Society. If elected Council Representative, I will use my 15 years of experience as Training Director of APA-accredited programs to bring more early career psychologists into the Division. I will pursue initiatives to develop and disseminate research-supported interventions and to increase the evidence base regarding treatments for ethnic minority populations. I will advocate for increased federal funding of training programs designed to prepare the next generation of scientist practitioners to meet the needs of our diverse, aging population. I ask for your support in accomplishing these goals. |
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