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Program Title: Violence in the Home: Integrating Approaches on Prevention

Time: 10:00 – 11:50 am

Location: Moscone Center, East Mezzanine – South Building, Rooms 228 and 230

Sponsor: Divisions: 9, 16, 35, 37, 38, 50, 42, 43, 48, 53, 56

Chair: Gwendolyn P. Keita, PhD

Presenters: Sharon G. Portwood, PhD; Patrick H. Tolan, PhD; Mary Ann Dutton, PhD

Discussant: Janet Saul, PhD

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Program Title: End of Life Issues: A State of the Art Review

Time: 12:00 – 12:50 pm

Location: Moscone Center, Second Floor – West Building, Room 2009

Sponsor: Divisions: 1, 17, 20, 22, 29, 35, 38, 36, 55

Chair: Martha Mihaly, PhD

Presenters: Jim Werth, PhD; John Anderson, PhD; William E. Haley, PhD; Robert Neimeyer, PhD

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Program Title: Cutting Edge International Approaches to HIV/AIDS

Time: 8:00 – 9:50 am

Location: Moscone Center, Second Floor – West Building, Room 2011

Sponsor: Divisions: 1, 17, 18, 27, 35, 38, 52, 55

Co-chair: Janet St. Lawrence, PhD; John Anderson, PhD

Presenters: Stephen L Schensul, PhD; Jeffrey D. Fisher, PhD; Li Li, PhD; Jeffrey A. Kelly, PhD; Yuri A. Amirkhanian, PhD

Discussant: Willo Pequegnat, PhD



Invited Address: 2007 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy

Time: 10:00- 11:50 am

Location: Moscone Center, Second Floor – West Building, Room 2005

Sponsor: APA

Chair: The Honorable Ronald V. Dellums, MSW

Presenters: Award Recipient: Vickie M. Mays, PhD, MS “What’s Stress Got to Do With It: Race-Based Discrimination and Mental Health Outcomes in Racial and Ethnic Minorities”

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Symposium: The Psychological and Health Impacts of Social Injustice: Public Policy and Mental Health Implications of Immigration: Local, State, and Federal Perspectives

Time: 10:00 – 11:50 am

Location: Moscone Center, Second Floor – West Building, Room 2005

Sponsor: APA Board for Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest, APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs, Divisions 27, 51, 9

Chair: Jose M. Cervantes, PhD

Presenters: Margarita Alegria, PhD; The Honorable Antonio R. Villaraigosa, JD; The Honorable Gloria Romero, PhD; The Honorable Michael Honda, JD

Discussant: The Honorable Lelan Y. Yee

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Presidential Symposium: Integrative Healthcare for an Aging Population: Report on a Presidential Task Force

Time: 10:00 – 11:50 am

Location: Moscone Center, Room 2000

Sponsor: APA President Sharon Stephens Brehm, APA Committee on Aging, Division 20

Chair: Toni C. Antonucci, Ph.D

Presenters: Gregory Hinrichsen, Ph.D., Deborah King, Ph.D., Peter Lichtenberg, PhD, Jennifer Manly, PhD

Discussant: Antonette M. Zeiss, Ph.D.

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Invited Address: 2007 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (Early Career)

Time: 11:00-11:50 am

Location: Moscone Center, East Mezzanine – South Building, Room 236

Sponsor: APA

Chair: Bianca D. M. Wilson, PhD

Presenters: Award Recipient: Gary W. Harper, PhD, MPH, DePaul University. “Sex Isn’t That Simple: Culture and Context in Community-Based Adolescent HIV Prevention”

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Program Title:The Psychological and Health Impacts of Social Injustice: Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? A Preview of a PBS Documentary and Discussion

Time: 11:00 am – 12:50 pm

Location: Moscone Center, Second Floor – West Building, Room 2010

Sponsor: APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest

Co-Sponsor: Divisions: 9, 27, 45, 51

Chair: Margaret B. Heldring, PhD

Presenters: Larry Adelman, California Newsreel; Nancy E. Adler, PhD; Troy Duster, PhD

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Program Title: CEMRRAT’s Visions and Transformations: A Portrait of Success and Challenges

Time: 12:00 pm. – 12:50 pm

Location: Moscone Center, East Mezzanine – South Building, Rooms 228 and 230

Sponsor: APA CEMRRAT2 Task Force, Division 45, APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs, APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest

Chair: Norman B. Anderson, PhD

Presenters: A. Toy Caldwell-Colbert, PhD; James E. Freeman, PhD; Ena Vazquez-Nuttall, EdD; Frederick T. L. Leong, PhD

Discussant: Richard M. Suinn, PhD; Ronald E. Fox, PhD

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Program Title: Evidence Based Practice for Children and Adolescents

Time: 12:00 – 1:50 pm

Location: Moscone Center, Second Floor – West Building, Room 2002

Sponsor: APA Board of Directors, APA Board for Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest, Committee on Children, Youth and Families

Chair: Anne E. Kazak, PhD

Presenters: Alan E. Kazdin, PhD; Jessica Henderson Daniel, PhD; Carol D. Goodheart, EdD; Guillermo Bernal, PhD; Thomas R. Kratochwill, PhD

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Program Title: New Directions in Ethnic Minority Research Symposium

Time: 12:00 – 1:50 pm

Location: Moscone Center, Second Floor-West Building Room 2003

Sponsor: MFP

Chair: Andrew Austin-Dailey, MDiv

Presenters: Joyce Chu, PhD; Patricia Iron Shell-Hill, PhD; Catherine Packer, PhD; Cortney Warren, PhD

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Invited Address:2007 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (Senior Career)

Program Title: The Psychological and Health Impacts of Social Injustice: Vulnerable AND Impressionable: Social Inequality and Children's Exposure to Health Risks

Time: 2:00 – 2:50 pm

Location: Moscone Center, West Mezzanine – South Building, Room 252/254/256

Sponsors: APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest, APA Committee on Children, Youth and Families, APA Committee on Women in Psychology, Divisions: 9, 27, 45, 51,

Chair: Barbara H. Fiese, PhD

Presenters: Eileen Zurbriggen, PhD; Brian Wilcox, PhD; Barbara H. Fiese, PhD

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Program Title: Resiliency and Strength Among African American Children and Adolescents

Time: 2:00 – 3:50 pm

Location: Moscone Center, East Mezzanine – South Building, Rooms 228 and 230

Sponsors: APA Board of Directors, APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest, Committee on Children, Youth and Families

Chair: Stephanie Coard, PhD

Presenters: Anne Gregory, PhD; Robert Jagers, PhD; Anita J. Thomas, PhD; Yo Jackson, PhD; Caryn Rodgers, PhD; Le'Roy Reese, PhD

Discussant: Jessica Henderson Daniel, PhD

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Program Title: Geopolitical and Humanitarian Role of Psychologists in Darfur: A WCAR case study

Time: 2:00 – 3:50 pm

Location: Moscone Center, East Mezzanine – South Building, Rooms 232 and 234

Sponsors: APA Committee on International Relations in Psychology, APA CEMRRAT2 Task Force, Division 45, APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs, APA Board of Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest

Chair: Priscilla P. Dass-Brailsford, EdD

Presenters: Thema Bryant, PhD; Gabriel Stauring, Stop Genocide Now; Corann Okorodudu, EdD; The Honorable Barbara Lee, JD

Discussant: Anderson J. Franklin, PhD

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Program Title: Special Interest Symposium “Conversation on Racial and Ethnic Identity”

Time: 2:00 – 3:50pm

Location: Moscone Center, 2nd Floor – West Building Room 2002

Sponsors: MFP

Chair: Gordon Hall, PhD

Presenters: William Cross, PhD; Jean Phinney, PhD; Robert Sellers, PhD; Adriana Umana-Taylor, PhD; Tiffany Yip, PhD

Representative reprints of the panelists’ work can be found at http://www.apa.org/mfp/convention/identitysymp.html.

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Program Title: Resiliency and Strength Among African American Children and Adolescents

Time: 2:00 – 3:50pm

Location: Moscone Center, East Mezzanine – South Building, Rooms 228 and 230

Sponsors: APA Board of Directors, APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest, Committee on Children, Youth and Families

Chair: Stephanie Coard, PhD

Presenters: Stephanie Coard, PhD; Anne Gregory, PhD; Robert Jagers, PhD; Anita J. Thomas, PhD; Yo Jackson, PhD; Caryn Rodgers, PhD; Le'Roy Reese, PhD

Discussant: Jessica Henderson Daniel, PhD

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Program Title: The Psychological and Health Impacts of Social Injustice: Aging and Health Disparities: Cumulative Effects of Race, Gender and SES

Time: 3:00 – 3:50 pm

Location: Moscone Center, East Mezzanine – South Building, Room 224

Sponsors: APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest, Committee on Aging, Divisions 27, 45, 51, and 9.

Chair: Rosemary Blieszner, PhD

Presenters: David Chiriboga, PhD; Barbara Yee, PhD; James S. Jackson, PhD

Discussant: Toni C. Antonucci, PhD

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Program Title: The Psychological and Health Impacts of Social Injustice: Mental health effects of racial profiling and stereotyping

Time: 4:00 – 4:50 pm

Location: Moscone Center, East Mezzanine – South Building, Rooms 232 and 234

Sponsors: APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest, APA Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology, APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs

Chair: Allan Noonan, MD

Presenters: Nadia Hasan, MA; Muninder Ahluwalia, PhD; Rhoda Olkin, PhD Irene Leigh, PhD

Discussant: James Jones, PhD

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Conversation Hour: Human Rights Watch: Psychology Can Go Global

Time: 5:00 – 5:50 pm

Location: Moscone Center, East Mezzanine – South Building, Room 236

Sponsors: APA Board of Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest

Co-Sponsor: Divisions 9, 27, 45, 51

Chair: Margaret B. Heldring, PhD

Presenters: Allison Parker, Human Rights Watch

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