Dean Karen Grosby hosted a gathering for alumni and friends at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)

Dean Karen Grosby hosted a gathering for alumni and friends at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) in Boston that was attended by 100 guests. The event recognized CPS professor Gene Cash, president of NASP and distinguished alumni. CPS's 2006 distinguished alumnus David Ahearn, Ph.D. (Harvard) attended. Ahearn is assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is currently the National Program Director of the Health e-Technologies Initiative, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Ahearn has published over 60 articles, chapters and technical reports and has been lead investigator on numerous NIH grants on chronic pain psychophysiology, behavioral and social aspects of cardiovascular disease, somatoform disorders and eHealth. He developed a nationally recognized behavioral medicine clinical and research training program and pioneered the use of innovative technology systems for outcomes assessment in health care

Over 200 Candidates Interviewed for Admission to the Clinical Psychology Program

CPS hosted over 200 candidates for admission to the Ph.D. and Psy.D. program in clinical psychology on two consecutive interview days in March. Candidates were from all across the United States and internationally from such countries as South Korea, Trinidad, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and England.

HPD and CPS Hosts International Health Forum

The 2008 International Health Forum was held this May and serves as an example of an interdisciplinary collaboration with NSU's Health Professions Division (HPD). Dr. Deborah Mulligan who directs the HPD's Insitute for Child Health Policy organized this initiative with postdoctoral psychology resident Beth Zeldis (Psy.D.,07), Dean Karen Grosby and Dr. Sarah Valley Gray of CPS.

The 2008 International Child Health Forum featured health experts from the World Health Organization, UNICEF, United Nations and Pan American Health Organization. There were also experts from NSU, University of Pennsylvania, University of San Francisco and Texas Children’s Hospital.

The forum provided insights into socioeconomic, environmental and technological changes that have proliferated infectious diseases and created an epidemic of child health problems. The conference offered a rare opportunity to develop new standards for the health, safety and well being of children and families in South Florida and throughout the world. Ideas from this conference may help shape local, state, national and international health policies.

This educational child-health forum was designed specifically for those who want to expand their knowledge of global health issues and form new partnerships to stop infectious diseases to minimize global health concerns.

Some of the forum’s speakers included Howard A. Zucker, M.D., J.D., who most recently served as the assistant director general of the World Health Organization in charge of Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals; and psychologists John Foreyt, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Medicine, the Department of Pediatrics, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and Carlos Walker Poston, Ph.D., MPH, Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Informatic Medicine and Personalized Health, and Professor of Basic Medical Science and Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine. Kenneth Ginsburg, M.D., FAAP, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania and Scott Poland, Ed.D., CPS associate professor of psychology and past president of the National Association of School Psychologists also presented along with other international experts.

Suzanne O'Sullivan, Program Coordinator and CPS doctoral students provided critical support to this event.

From left to right: John Foreyt, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Medicine, the Department of Pediatrics, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, Beth Zeldis, Psy. D., Post-Doctoral Psychology Resident at NSU, Ken Ginsburg, M.D., pediatrician specializing in Adolescent Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and an associate professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Misha Tursich, doctoral student at NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies, Karen Grosby, Dean Center of NSU’s Psychological Studies, Michael Halberthal, M.D., physician at the Rambam Medical Center, Gillian Hotz, Ph.D, Associate Research Professor in the Daughtry Family Department of Surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine and Gillian Sandler, CEO of Todobebe

CPS Hosts Russian Psychologists

The Center for Psychological Studies was very pleased to host Dr. Yuri Gatanov, Assistant Dean in Psychology Saint Petersburg University and Dr. Natalia Zinovieva Director of Russian Operations for the Center for Russian-American Behavioral Studies from 1/23 to 1/30. Dr. Gatanov and Dr. Zinoviewa presented to faculty and students from both HSS and CPS on the practice of psychology in Russia. They visited classes and met with numerous NSU administrators and visited the University School. The purpose of their trip was to exchange ideas and to discuss possible sharing of faculty and students between NSU and Saint Petersburg University. Several members of CPS faculty (Scott Poland, Lenore Walker and David Shapiro) presented at the Russian-American International Workshop on Health Care held in Russia last September that was organized by Dr. Zinoviewa and David Optekar of Fort Lauderdale the founder of the Center for Russian-American Studies. There are many collaborative possibilities and in the immediate future plans are for University School students to visit Russia this summer with the Love Well project.