Mark Greenwald, the current president of APA Division 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse) has identified increasing representation of minority and foreign-born researchers within Div 28 as one of the goals of his presidency. To help achieve this goal, he would like to commission a focus group of minority and foreign-born researchers who will work together to develop recommendations for ways the Division can encourage, support and provide assistance to minority and foreign-born researchers. We are currently seeking enthusiastic minority and/or foreign-born researchers who are working in the field of psychopharmacology and substance abuse and are interested in participating for this focus group.
Volunteers will be asked to participate in regular online communications in conjunction with myself, the Membership and the Early Career Psychologist representatives and to attend periodic conference calls. The focus of the group will be to determine what kind of support would be useful for minority and foreign-born researchers. Potential ideas include providing mentorship within Div 28 to address cultural barriers and identify potential solutions, creating an online blog to facilitate communication between minority and foreign-born researchers and help inform other researchers of each others accomplishments, experiences, problems, and potential solutions; authoring columns on culturally sensitive issues in the APA Div28 newsletter or interviewing mentors who have worked with minority trainees in the past.
If you are interested in volunteering your time for this important cause, please contact Yukiko Washio at ywashio@uvm.edu or yukikowashio@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing back from you soon.
Warm regards,
Yukiko Washio
NIDA Postdoctoral Fellow
Substance Abuse Treatment Center
University of Vermont
Volunteers will be asked to participate in regular online communications in conjunction with myself, the Membership and the Early Career Psychologist representatives and to attend periodic conference calls. The focus of the group will be to determine what kind of support would be useful for minority and foreign-born researchers. Potential ideas include providing mentorship within Div 28 to address cultural barriers and identify potential solutions, creating an online blog to facilitate communication between minority and foreign-born researchers and help inform other researchers of each others accomplishments, experiences, problems, and potential solutions; authoring columns on culturally sensitive issues in the APA Div28 newsletter or interviewing mentors who have worked with minority trainees in the past.
If you are interested in volunteering your time for this important cause, please contact Yukiko Washio at ywashio@uvm.edu or yukikowashio@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing back from you soon.
Warm regards,
Yukiko Washio
NIDA Postdoctoral Fellow
Substance Abuse Treatment Center
University of Vermont
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