Dr. Kirk Heilbrun, professor and head, psychology, and Dr. Dave DeMatteo, assistant professor and co-director of the law-psychology program, departments of psychology and law, CoAS, received a $400.00 two-year renewal of funding for the Pennsylvania Mental Health and Justice Center of Excellence. Heilbrun is co-director and DeMatteo is senior consultant for the Center of Excellence.
Dr. James Herbert, psychology professor and associate dean, CoAS, was appointed associate editor of the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science.
Steph Rabin, psychology graduate student, co-mentored by Drs. James Herbert and Evan Forman, psychology, CoAS, won a prestigious Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP) Dissertation Award in the amount of $500 for her dissertation, "The Interaction of Therapist Experiential Avoidance and Extraneous Clinical Information in Predicting Therapist Preference for Exposure Treatment for OCD." Ms. Rabin will receive $500 to support her dissertation, a free membership to APS, and publication of her abstract in an upcoming issue of Clinical Science.
Dr. Myrna B. Shure, research professor, psychology, COAS, will present a workshop titled "A Problem Solving Approach to Preventing High-Risk Behaviors," at the National Association of School Psychologists conference, February 22, 2012.
Dr. Ludo Scheffer, teaching professor, psychology, CoAS, and Dr. Debra Ruben, assistant professor, interior design, Westphal College, Media Arts & Design, were awarded a Drexel internal grant for community development and research to redevelop the Morton McMichael playground through a community action research process. Grant amount $22,000.00.
Dr. Brian P. Daly, assistant professor, psychology, CoAS, will present a paper titled "Collaborative training for school mental health services," at the National Association of School Psychologists conference, February 22, 2012.
Elizabeth Nicholls, psychology graduate student, and Dr. Brian P. Daly, assistant professor, psychology, CoAS will present two posters titled, "Does bullying impact grades: Examination by demographic factors," and "Factors that heighten the risk for being bullied," at the National Association of School Psychologists conference, February 22, 2012.
Kara Blacker, 2009 MS psychology program graduate, along with Drs. James Herbert, Evan Forman, and John Kounios, psychology, CoAS, published a paper titled, "Acceptance-versus change-based pain management: The role of psychological acceptance," in Behavior Modification, January 2012 issue.
Dr. Christine Maguth Nezu, professor of psychology, COAS, and Medicine, DUCOM, was elected as chair, Board of Directors, American Board of Professional Psychology Foundation, January 2012.
Dr. Donald Bersoff, professor of psychology and law & psychology program director at CoAS, presented two papers titled "Admissibility of Expert Witness Testimony: The Impact of Daubert on Mental Health Testimony," and "Treating Potentially Violent Patients: Protecting Society Without Breaking Confidentiality," at the Forensic Trends: Psychiatric and Behavioral Issues Conference, Washington, DC, June 3-4.
