APA / NIGMS
Participating Institutions | Project Resources and Websites | Monitor Stories
Participating Institutions, Core Team Leaders, and Consultants
Eastern Regional Center of Excellence
University of Maryland at College Park — Steven Brauth, PhD
Morgan State University — Pamela Scott-Johnson, PhD
Prince George's Community College — Sonia Bell, MS
Lead Consultant: Asuncion M. Austria, PhD — Cardinal Stritch College
Midwestern Regional Center of Excellence
Chicago State University — Josie McDonald
Truman Community College — Mahesh Gurung, PhD
Lead Consultant: Hector Machabanski, PhD — Illinois Medical Center/Private Practice
Southeastern Regional Center of Excellence
University of Miami — Rod Wellens, PhD
Florida International University — Bennett Schwartz, PhD
Miami-Dade College — Lee Thomas, PhD
Lead Consultant: Allen C. Carter, PhD, Carter and Associates
Northern Plains Regional Center of Excellence
University of South Dakota — Elizabeth Boyd, PhD
Sinte Gleska University — Burdette Clifford
Sisseton-Wahpeton Community College — Harvey DuMarce
Lead Consultant: Dorothy Tucker, PhD, Saybrooke Institute
Western Regional Center of Excellence
University of California, Los Angeles — Hector Myers, PhD
California State University, Dominguez Hills — L. Mark Carrier, PhD
Santa Monica College — Karen Gunn, PhD
Lead Consultant: Nolan E. Penn, PhD —- University of California, San Diego
Related Project Resources and Websites
Several of the institutions have developed individual project webpages. The following are links to those sites:
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) website provide information on the CSUDH's APA/NIGMS project. The website is: http://www.csudh.edu/psych/apahome.htm
Florida International University (FIU) developed a website to recruit and inform students about the FIU PRIME activities. The site can be accessed at: http://www.fiu.edu/~stephens/PRIME/Index.html.
Miami Dade Community College, Kendall (MDCC) developed a website for the Biomedical/Psychology Project. The site http://www.mdc.edu/kendall/social/granthome.htm includes information about the NIGMS grant, the application process, lecture series, and the Summer Internship and Psychology Student Association.
The Northern Plains Region's site provides project information across the region and contains links to all regional institutions. The site can be accessed at: http://www.usd.edu/~jsimons/APA-NIGMS/index.html
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has a Psychology Research Opportunity Programs or PROPS website that includes information on the APA/NIGMS Project. PROPS website can be accessed at http://www.psych.ucla.edu/Undergrads/research_int/props.php.
The University of Miami — has a departmental website that features information on the PRIME project and downloadable newsletters through undergraduate research. Information can be found at : http://www.psy.miami.edu.
In the News — Monitor Stories
Please refer to this section for APA Monitor coverage on the APA/NIGMS Project. Past articles about the project can be found in the following editions:
Extending the pipeline
http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec04/pipeline.html
Volume 35, Number 11, December 2004
Bringing Minorities in to the Research Fold
http://apa.org/monitor/julaug00/nigms.html
Volume 31, Number 7, July/August 2000
Programs Aim to Attract Minorities to Psychology
http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb99/minor.html
Volume 30, Number 2 — February 1999
The Secret... Revealed
http://www.apa.prg/monitor/jun98/sd.html
Volume 29, Number 6 — June 1998
APA Press Release
14 Educational Institutions Across U.S. Participate to Increase the Number of Minorities in the Biomedical Research Field
http://www.apa.org/releases/biomedical.html
November 2004
