[#DIV28SUPER] Early Career Travel Awards for 2018 APA Convention

Greetings everyone,

Please respond to Bettina (bhoeppner@mgh.harvard.edu) with questions and comments. This announcement is also attached to the email for printing and distribution.

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Dear Students, Post-docs, and Junior Faculty,

 

If you are doing research on alcohol use, we would like to invite you to apply for our early career travel award.  This award is for $750 to help defray costs to the 126^th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, which will be held August 9-12, 2018, in San Francisco, California.  Awards are made possible through funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R13 AA022858; PI: Hoeppner), which seeks to foster the development of the next generation of alcohol researchers. 

 

To apply, simply submit your proposal via APA’s online submission portal as you normally would

(http://www.apa.org/convention/proposals.aspx?tab=3).  You can submit directly to Division 50 (Addiction Psychology) or your home division.  APA’s deadline for submission is December 1, 2017.

 

To be eligible for this travel award, proposals must focus on alcohol use or related problems.  If your proposal is accepted by your division for presentation, you can apply for the travel award by completing a short application form here: https://redcap.partners.org/redcap/surveys/?s=488JTE787Y.  The deadline for applying for the travel award is February 15, 2018.

 

If funded, presentations will be showcased at an Early Career Investigators Poster Session and Social Hour sponsored by the Society of Addiction Psychology (Division 50), Division 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse), NIAAA, and NIDA.  That means that you will present your work twice at APA: during your regularly scheduled time, and additionally at our early career investigator poster session.

 

We strongly encourage you to apply.  We will be able to fund a total of 20 travel awards, and an additional 15 awards will be awarded for projects focusing on drug use other than alcohol through funding by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R13DA038955; PI: Obasi).  The Early Career Investigators Poster Session and Social Hour is a superb opportunity to connect with your peers and leading scientists in the field of addiction.  Last year, we had over 160 attendees, including NIH staff (11) and members from 27 APA divisions, spanning the range from early to senior investigators.  We would love to have you be part at our 2018 Early Career Investigators Poster Session and Social Hour!

 

All the best,

 

Bettina Hoeppner

bhoeppner@mgh.harvard.edu

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[#DIV28M] APA Presidential Election

Dear Division 28 Members, 

I hope that this finds everyone well.  The Presidential election APA will close at 11:59 p.m., U.S. eastern daylight time on October 30, 2017.  If you have not already done so, please vote. During our last meeting, the Executive Committee met to review the five candidates.  After reviewing the candidates' biographies and statements, we believe that Rosie Phillips Bingham, Ph.D. and Steven D. Hollon, Ph.D. are the two candidates who would best represent the professional interests of Division 28 members.  The Executive Committee encourages you to highly rank one or both of these candidates during the election this fall.  The candidates' official biographies and statements may be found at: 

http://www.apa.org/about/governance/elections/president-elect-candidates.aspx t

David S. Festinger, Ph.D. 

President, Division 28 – Substance Abuse and Psychopharmacology

American Psychological Association

Professor and Director of Substance Abuse Research and Education

Department of Psychology

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

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Philadelphia, PA 19131-1693

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[#DIV28SUPER] Survey Participant Request

Hello all,

Survey Invitation

I am a current doctoral student attending the Arizona School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University-Phoenix. I am seeking your assistance in completing an important research study on clinical psychologists' involvement in the treatment of domestic sex trafficking victims within the United States. Domestic sex trafficking and commercial sex work are both a growing issue of concern within the United States, impacting many children and adolescents, families, and communities. The goal of this study is to gain more insight into whether practicing clinical psychologists are aware of this issue. Additionally, this study aims to determine the level of training and education participants have received, in clinically treating the previously described population.

 

The survey will be completed anonymously through Survey Monkey, and there will be no identifying data collected throughout the survey. The information that is provided for this research study will not be associated with your group or organization, and all participants' identities will be kept confidential. The decision to participate in this research study is voluntary. Anyone who first decides to participate in this study can still stop at anytime throughout the process, without penalty nor it affecting their current relationship with Argosy University.

 

Please see the specifications below:

Are you a licensed Clinical Psychologist currently practicing?

Have you been licensed and treating clients for at least 5 years?

Are you in good standing with your respected licensing board(s)?

 

If you answered Yes to these questions, then you are eligible to participate in a brief 5-10 minute research study, which aims to explore clinical psychologists' awareness, knowledge, and skills/training as it pertains to clinically treating domestic sex trafficking victims. This study is being conducted by Denisha Liggett, a doctoral student at the Arizona School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University-Phoenix, under the supervision of Dr. Ana Luisa Bustamante, Ph.D. I look forward to your participation and thank you for your consideration. Your participation in this research study would be greatly appreciated.

 

If you are interested in participating, please click or copy and paste the link below into your browser, to view the informed consent and proceed to take the brief survey. If you have any further questions please contact me via email at mommad1220@stu.argosy.edu

 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W7YY9XZ

 

Respectfully,

--

Denisha Liggett, MA

Doctorate of Clinical Psychology

Student

Vice President of Student Government

Arizona Professional School of Psychology at

Argosy University

denishaliggett@gmail.com

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[#DIV28SUPER] APA raises concerns about FDA suspension of research project

 

APA,ACNP and CPDD ask FDA Commissioner to explain suspension of nicotine researchproject

 

Study examining effects of nicotine in squirrel monkeys was criticized by Jane Goodall.

 

A letter from the American Psychological Association, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, sent on October 5, 2017, raises concerns about the Food and Drug Administration's suspension of a research project examining the behavioral and biological effects of various doses of nicotine in adolescent and adult squirrel monkeys.  A long-term aim of the research is to shed light on the role of nicotine reduction in reducing tobacco addiction in humans.

 

http://advocacy.apascience.org/blog/2017/10/5/apa-acnp-and-cpdd-ask-fda-commissioner-to-explain-suspension-of-nicotine-research-project

 

 

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[#DIV28SUPER] Frontiers in Addiction Research, NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention, Friday, November 10, 2017, 8AM to 6PM, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Rm 207A, Washington, DC

 

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Welcome

2017 NIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research

The Sciences of Astrocytes, Stress Response, and Translational Research

Friday, November 10, 2017
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Rm 207A
Washington, DC

Three scientific sessions will explore: 1) techniques and approaches for studying astrocytes in neurological disorders and behavior; 2) stress reactivity and immune function in brain development, addiction, and depression; and 3) approaches towards treatment of substance abuse disorders and mental illness.

 

 

 The National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services  TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send email to listserv@list.nih.gov Copy and paste UNSUBSCRIBE NIDA_NEURO_SCIENCE-L   in the message body of the email - You will receive a confirmation email if successful. If you have problems contact jpollock@mail.nih.gov   301-435-1309

 

 

 

 

 

 

[#DIV28M] Neuro Data Blitz at SEPA

For our friends in the Southeast (or for those who just like to visit), please see this information about a new dedicated Neuro Data Blitz session at the 2018 SEPA Meeting (March 6-9, 2018 in Charleston SC).

SEPA Conference info here: http://www.sepaonline.com/

 

Neuro Data Blitz info:

This symposium aims to encourage student presentations and collaborative research endeavors.  The symposium will highlight recent work in our understanding of neuroscience and behavior, featuring presentations by primarily undergraduate and graduate students. These brief presentations ("blitz") are restricted to 3 slides and a total of 5 minutes.  Presentations may feature both human or animal models and explore topics across the field of neuroscience. The speakers will also have the opportunity to present their work at greater length during SEPA poster sessions. 

 

A Data Blitz is a fast-paced, high-throughput session in which participants present 5 minute, 3-slide talks, meant to highlight a single particular finding.  The goal of the session is to provide a rapid review of a broad array of high-quality abstracts around a central theme, which are then presented in more detail in further poster sessions.  Authors submitting an abstract will have the option of indicating whether they'd like their abstract to be considered for the Data Blitz Session. Selected abstracts will then be scheduled into the Data Blitz session, in addition to a poster session. Talks will be given by the abstract's first author — students at any level are particularly encouraged to apply.

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Mark Smith, PhD

Department of Psychology

Program in Neuroscience

Davidson College

Box 7037

Davidson, NC 28035-7037

phone: 704-894-2470

fax: 704-894-2512

[#DIV28SUPER] FDA halts monkey research denounced by Jane Goodall as ‘shameful’ - The Washington Post

NCTR squirrel monkey nicotine self-administration

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/09/25/fda-halts-monkey-research-denounced-by-jane-goodall-as-shameful/?utm_term=.0d320de17a89


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