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Browse the latest updates from APA, informed by psychological science.
Candice Hargons, PhD, elected as 2028 APA president
APA CEO Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, to retire in January 2028
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Advising the National Institute of Mental Health on new research directions to prevent Black youth suicide
APA responds to NIMH’s request for information on preventing black youth suicide.
Advising National Institute of Mental Health on mental health disparities research
APA submits comments to NIMH on fostering research to improve mental health outcomes in minority populations.
Psychological Science Agenda spotlights Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
On the institute’s 10th anniversary, its leader describes accomplishments and new initiatives to enhance population health.
APA advocated successfully for appropriations language in support of research with animals
Senate Appropriations Committee calls on NIH to protect research with non-human animals.
Federal research leaders spotlighted in 'Psychological Science Agenda'
A new series of articles features conversations with federal science leaders about research topics and priorities.
APA joins forces to launch a Friends of National Institute of Mental Health coalition
APA and five advocacy organizations have founded the Friends of NIMH coalition in Washington, D.C., to support and promote the work of NIMH.
Memo to Congress: Stop Fighting Scientific Research
Congressional critics have a responsibility to spend more time learning how social and behavioral science research can help treat more than 50 percent of the preventable injuries, illness and deaths in our nation.
APA briefs Capitol Hill on ways to prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s
APA’s Science and Public Interest Directorates, and Committee on Aging jointly sponsored a Capitol Hill briefing on dementia.
Funding for 2014 boosts research budgets
The 2014 omnibus spending bill provides relief from budget cuts that went into effect with last year’s sequestration.
Psychologists advocate for school-based research
Participants discussed how to establish positive working relationships with local school boards and administrators, and drafted documents to help facilitate school-based research at the local level.
