In the Public Interest
A publication of the Public Interest Directorate
October 2011
In This Issue
- Racial disparities in NIH research funding: APA responds
- APA’s Public Interest Directorate Recovery to Practice Initiative 10:10 line dance for wellness
- The HIV Office for Psychology (HOPE) Program received a 3-year contract for infusion funding totaling $338,618 from SAMHSA/CMHS
- Public Interest’s webinars address cancer patients, health disparities and Alzheimer guidelines
- October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and October 17 is World Poverty Day
- APA Public Interest Directorate welcomes Bushra Aryan, PhD as the Clinical Program Manager for the Minority Fellowship Program
Policy Update
- October 2011 Policy Update
APA’s Public Interest Government Relations Office co-hosted a conference on military service member and veteran suicide prevention and have submitted a statement on socioeconomic status to a key United States Senate subcommittee.
