Summer Institute course – “Early Childhood Research with Tribal Communities”

Please see below for this exciting training opportunity: 

Greetings Colleagues and Friends,

The Tribal Early Childhood Research Center is pleased to announce a 2-credit Summer Institute course – “Early Childhood Research with Tribal Communities” – offered through the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, and developed jointly by Tribal Early Childhood Research Center partners at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, and Michigan State University, and representatives from the TRC Home Visitation and Head Start Steering Committees.  The course will be taught July 22-26, and a limited number of travel and tuition scholarships are available.  Please go to www.tribalearlychildhood.org and click on the Summer Institute 2013 link on the left, or go directly to http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/PublicHealth/research/centers/CAIANH/trc/Pages/Summer-Institute%202013.aspx for more information about the course, and to access scholarship application forms.

Please share broadly with your networks!

Sincerely,

The Tribal Early Childhood Research Center Staff and Partners

Psychology of Black Women: Awards

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Journal - Nomination for Editor

See below for an exciting opportunity!

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology (CDEMP) journal is now accepting nominations for the next editor. Below is the call for nominations. Please distribute to all interested individuals.

Call for Nominations

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology (CDEMP) is the official journal of Division 45, the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues of the American Psychological Association. This is a Call for Nominations for the next Editor of CDEMP. The term of service for the current editor, Dr. Michael Zarate, ends on December 31, 2014. The new editor’s term will consist of two phases: (a) serving as Editor-Elect from January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014, and (b) serving as Editor from January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2019. The Editor-Elect will select the Associate Editors and Editorial Board from October 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013 and begin acting on manuscripts on January 1, 2014. The nomination packet should include the following items from the nominee: (a) a statement from the candidate outlining her or his editorial experience, vision and goals for the journal, and other qualifications for the position, (b) a curriculum vitae, and (c) 2 letters of reference. Self-nominations are welcome. The deadline for the receipt of nomination materials is June 1^st, 2013. The selection process may involve telephone interviews between finalists and members of the search committee. All nomination materials should be emailed to Dr. Kevin Cokley, Chair of the CDEMP Search Committee, at kcokley@austin.utexas.edu.

Sincerely,

Kevin Cokley, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology and African and African Diaspora Studies

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Black Psychology

University of Texas at Austin

512-471-7498 (phone)

kcokley@austin.utexas.edu

Minority Faculty Career Development Webinar Series

Please see this exciting and free training opportunity:

Minority Faculty Career Development Webinar Series

AAMC’s Diversity Policy and Programs (DPP) has launched the webinar series for junior faculty in academic medicine. Please join us for the second webinar of the series:

Building Your Research-based Career

Friday, March 8, 2013
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. EST

Featuring :
Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D., University Professor, Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Professor of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Connecticut.

The webinar is intended to provide practical, concrete advice about building your research-based career by “Cultivating the 4Ms.” There are four key ingredients for success in building a research career:

Me (you): Developing a personal armor for success is the most important overall determinate for your future.
Money: From your first academic appointment contract to seeking funding for grants, "there is nothing going on but the rent".

Mentors (and collaborators): Developing a group of mentors that you can count on for help and assistance is critical for a successful career. As multi investigator grants become more and more the norm, selecting and cultivating reliable collaborators assumes great importance.

Management: (Priorities/Time): How do you best manage priorities? One must decide what the priorities are overall and work to maximize success for them. Real contributions in science come about through bold ideas, disseminated widely, and through work in creating change at the regional and/or national levels.

Brief Expert Bio:
Dr. Laurencin is the Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Connecticut. In addition, he is one of two designated University Professors currently at the school.

An elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, he has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation for over 20 years. Currently, he is the PI or Co PI on 6 major federal grants from NIH, NSF and the Department of Defense. A practicing orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Laurencin is a husband and father of 3 children. He most recently was awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Mentor Award (February, 2013) for his work in developing the careers of students and faculty.

To submit questions before the webinar, email Lily May Johnson at lmjohnson@aamc.org by 11:00 a.m. on March 8.

Register Today! There is no registration fee for the webinar.

Training Opportunity: Multilevel Modeling and Disparities Research

Please see the announcement below: Training Opportunity: Multilevel Modeling and Disparities Research New Connections, in collaboration with the Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research (CMMHR) at the Cambridge Health Alliance, is sponsoring a free webinar entitled "Multilevel Modeling and Disparities Research", on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at 3:00 pm EST. This webinar on multilevel modeling (MLM) includes a brief conceptual overview, compares MLM to generalized estimating equations (GEE) and other population average models, and demonstrates the application of MLM for use in racial/ethnic disparities analyses. The webinar will include software-based examples using MLwiN, Stata, and public data, with access to example SAS, Stata, and Mplus code. The webinar will be led by Dr. Benjamin Cook, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Adam Carle, PhD., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences. You must complete a brief application to participate in the webinar. Application to the webinar begins today (February 21) and ends at 3:00 EST, Wednesday, February 27, 2013 or when we receive the first 100 applicants. You will be notified about the status of your application by Friday, March 1. The selected applicants will receive information about joining the webinar on Friday, March 1. For more information about the webinar and to apply, please follow this link. Webinar Information and Application.  Please direct all inquiries regarding the webinar to info@rwjf-newconnections.org. New Connections Program Office

New Connections National Program Office New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming, is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with technical assistance provided by the OMG Center for Collaborative Learning.

APA Seeks Applicants for Graduate Student Public Interest Policy Internships for 2013-2014

Check out this exciting opportunity!

The American Psychological Association’s Public Interest Government Relations Office (PI-GRO) is seeking two graduate student interns for the 2013-2014 academic year.  Graduate student interns will gain first-hand knowledge of the ways in which psychological research can inform public policy and the roles psychology can play in its formulation and implementation. The graduate student intern will spend one year working with PI-GRO staff to influence legislative and regulatory activities impacting populations and issues, such as: aging; children, youth, and families; disabilities; ethnic minorities; individuals with HIV/AIDS; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons; military, veterans and their families; socioeconomic status; women; as well as social concerns (e.g. media; or trauma, violence, and abuse). The intern’s activities include participating in legislative and advocacy work, such as assisting in the preparation of testimony and briefing papers and attending congressional hearings and coalition meetings.  Applications are due on March 22, 2013.

For more information on the internship and application materials please visit: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/policy-grad.aspx.

Welcome to the Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities Page!

Welcome!

This blog has been created to facilitate communication from our section to members and other individuals interested in the Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities. We will provide updates regarding the projects that our section is working on. We will also provide information regarding funding opportunities and awards. If you are new to the section or interested in membership please see below. 

This Section was established to promote research on clinical interventions with American racial and ethnic minority populations; to foster sensitivity to cultural, racial, and ethnic issues in the training of all psychologists; to increase the quality and accessibility of training opportunities for minority clinical psychologists; to enhance the representation of minority psychologists with Division 12 and APA governance; and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas on socio-cultural issues.

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Why not surprise a fellow student or friend with a one-year gift membership to Section VI? Membership includes a subscription to the section's listserv and invitation to sponsored programs during the APA convention. Student membership is only $5 and regular membership is $15.