Erin Emery, PhD, director of geriatric and rehabilitation psychology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, received a $1.2 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for her work with older people in Chicago's Near West Side. Emery's project addresses the growing need to identify and treat mental health problems in underserved geriatric communities.
She is creating a network of occupational therapists, physical therapists, dieticians, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and chaplains connected through e-mail and telephone conferences to conduct "virtual staffing" around each patient, a plan that could serve 1,800 older adults.
The Schenectady (N.Y.) School District has inducted former student M. Duncan Stanton, PhD, professor emeritus at Spalding University in Louisville, Ky., into its Hall of Fame for his research on how substance abuse affects families. Stanton received a Bronze Star for his research on drug use among Army personnel in Vietnam and, in 2001, received a Presidential Citation from APA.
David Matsumoto, PhD, of San Francisco State University, has received one of the first seven Minerva grants from the U.S. Department of Defense to support research that can inform national security and build bridges between the department and the social science community. With the five-year grant, Matsumoto will lead a project that aims to understand how and why emotions can turn angry or fearful groups violent.
—J. Clark