CPS doctoral students in clinical psychology - Matthew Mascitelli and Christopher Carbo - were recently commissioned as 2nd Lieutenants in the United States Army Reserve. Mr. Mascitelli and Mr. Carbo recently applied for and received the Army Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) which is a unique opportunity for clinical psychology students, as well as other healthcare professions. Matthew and Chris will be doing an Army internship at one of their five sites approved by the American Psychological Association and will serve for three years active duty upon the completion of internship. The HPSP is a very competitive national scholarship. Mr.. Carbo was commissioned by Capt. Jones, who will become the Physician’s Assistant to President Obama and Vice-President Biden on April 18th.
Matthew and Chris are the president and vice president, respectively, of the new Student Organization, Students United for Returning Veterans (SURV). SURV has been working with faculty, alumni and the community, such as the Vet Center of Fort Lauderdale, to foster research, community service and education related to the needs of returning veterans.
Any student interested should contact Julie Hamrick, the Secretary of SURV, at hamrick@nova.edu.
SURV meets every Tuesday @ Noon in Room 2045 and interested students should feel free to attend.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
CPS Professors Lead Freedom Project
CPS Professors Lenore Walker and Vincent Van Hasselt, with Dr. James Pann from Fischler School of Education and Human Services will lead the program evaluation team for the Freedom Project. This project stems from their Applied Community Research Grant (Quality of Life Council) funded by the Broward Sheriff’s Office on “Best Practices Model for Intervention with the Mentally Ill in the Broward County Criminal Justice System.” The annual budget for NSU will be $30,219.00. CPS Alumnus Kimberly Durham, Psy.D., Chair of the Quality of Life Council and NSU/BSO Advisory Council has been instrumental in fostering collaborative projects with law enforcement.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
THE CENTER FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES (CPS) AWARDED QUALITY OF LIFE APPLIED RESEARCH GRANTS and PRESIDENT’S FACULTY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS!!
Quality of Life Applied Research Grants
Validation Study of the Law Enforcement Office Stress Survey (LEOSS) is a Quality of Life Applied Research Grant sponsored by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. Ryan A. Reddin, a CPS doctoral candidate in clinical psychology, is the Principal Investigator on the Grant. Co-Prinicipal Investigator is Vincent Van Hasselt, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Family Violence Program, an applied clinical research program housed in the NSU Psychology Services Center. Collaborating Investigators include, Gregory M. Vecchi, Ph.D. Unit Chief, Behavioral Science Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Judy Couwels, Coordinator Broward Sheriff’s Office Employee Assistance Program, and Monty T. Baker, Ph.D., Major and Director of the Clinical Research Division, USAF, San Antonio Military Medical Center Warrior Resiliency Program. Major Baker is an alumnus of the Center for Psychological Studies.
A Quality of Life Applied Research Grant originally funded in 2008-2009 has received additional funding for 2009-2010. The project entitled Connections: Families and Schools Supporting Our Youth is sponsored by the Children’s Services Council Broward County Public Schools. Co-Principal Investigators for this project are CPS Assistant Professor Diana Formoso, Ph.D., and Associate Professor Mercedes ter Maat, Ph.D.
Additional collaborators on the project include CPS assistant professor Christian DeLucia, Ph.D. and CPS doctoral student Lianne Gonzalez, M.S. and Charlene Desir, Ed.D., Program Professor, Fischler School of Education and Human Services.
Kristen Cunningham, Psy.D., Acting Director of the School Psychology Assessment and Consultation Center, a faculty led specialty program housed in the NSU Psychology Services Center was a collaborator on a Quality of Life Community Based Applied Research Grant, A Comparison of Two Models of Parenting Support for Families with Children with Autism, that was awarded to Nurit Scheinberg, Ed.D., Director of Early Childhood Professional Services, at the Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies.
President’s Faculty Research and Development Grants
Assistant Professor Christian DeLucia, Ph.D. was Principal Investigator on a President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant that received funding for 2009-2010. The project entitled Promoting Self-Change in Alcohol and Social Anxiety will investigate the change mechanism in people being treated for social anxiety and alcohol use. Kimberly Wisotzke, CPS doctoral candidate in clinical psychology, is Co-Principal Investigator on the grant.
Assistant Professors Craig Marker, Ph.D. and Shannon Ray, Ph.D. are Co-Principal Investigators on a President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant that received funding for 2009-2010. The project is entitled Investigation of the Development and Maintenance of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and will seek to illuminate certain contributing mediators and moderators that could be targeted in prevention and early treatment intervention programs of OCD.
Validation Study of the Law Enforcement Office Stress Survey (LEOSS) is a Quality of Life Applied Research Grant sponsored by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. Ryan A. Reddin, a CPS doctoral candidate in clinical psychology, is the Principal Investigator on the Grant. Co-Prinicipal Investigator is Vincent Van Hasselt, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Family Violence Program, an applied clinical research program housed in the NSU Psychology Services Center. Collaborating Investigators include, Gregory M. Vecchi, Ph.D. Unit Chief, Behavioral Science Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Judy Couwels, Coordinator Broward Sheriff’s Office Employee Assistance Program, and Monty T. Baker, Ph.D., Major and Director of the Clinical Research Division, USAF, San Antonio Military Medical Center Warrior Resiliency Program. Major Baker is an alumnus of the Center for Psychological Studies.
A Quality of Life Applied Research Grant originally funded in 2008-2009 has received additional funding for 2009-2010. The project entitled Connections: Families and Schools Supporting Our Youth is sponsored by the Children’s Services Council Broward County Public Schools. Co-Principal Investigators for this project are CPS Assistant Professor Diana Formoso, Ph.D., and Associate Professor Mercedes ter Maat, Ph.D.
Additional collaborators on the project include CPS assistant professor Christian DeLucia, Ph.D. and CPS doctoral student Lianne Gonzalez, M.S. and Charlene Desir, Ed.D., Program Professor, Fischler School of Education and Human Services.
Kristen Cunningham, Psy.D., Acting Director of the School Psychology Assessment and Consultation Center, a faculty led specialty program housed in the NSU Psychology Services Center was a collaborator on a Quality of Life Community Based Applied Research Grant, A Comparison of Two Models of Parenting Support for Families with Children with Autism, that was awarded to Nurit Scheinberg, Ed.D., Director of Early Childhood Professional Services, at the Mailman Segal Institute for Early Childhood Studies.
President’s Faculty Research and Development Grants
Assistant Professor Christian DeLucia, Ph.D. was Principal Investigator on a President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant that received funding for 2009-2010. The project entitled Promoting Self-Change in Alcohol and Social Anxiety will investigate the change mechanism in people being treated for social anxiety and alcohol use. Kimberly Wisotzke, CPS doctoral candidate in clinical psychology, is Co-Principal Investigator on the grant.
Assistant Professors Craig Marker, Ph.D. and Shannon Ray, Ph.D. are Co-Principal Investigators on a President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant that received funding for 2009-2010. The project is entitled Investigation of the Development and Maintenance of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and will seek to illuminate certain contributing mediators and moderators that could be targeted in prevention and early treatment intervention programs of OCD.
CPS Student Government Association
Meet the 2009-2010 Officers:
President - Jay Trambadia
Vice President - Kelly McSorley
Treasurer - Jonathan Perle
Secretary - Megan Cannon
Public Relations Representative - David Scarisbrick
Ph.D. Representative - Alison Mulcahy
Psy.D. Representative - Christine Fultyn
Specialist iRepresentative- Donna Berghauser
Masters Representative - Bridget Hennessey
President - Jay Trambadia
Vice President - Kelly McSorley
Treasurer - Jonathan Perle
Secretary - Megan Cannon
Public Relations Representative - David Scarisbrick
Ph.D. Representative - Alison Mulcahy
Psy.D. Representative - Christine Fultyn
Specialist iRepresentative- Donna Berghauser
Masters Representative - Bridget Hennessey
Friday, November 14, 2008
Continuing Education Program Receives NASP Approval
The Center for Psychological Studies (CPS) received National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) approval for its Continuing Education Program. Associate Professor and Director of Continuing Education, Sarah Valley-Gray, Psy.D., School Psychology Program Coordinator, Suzanne O’Sullivan, M.A., and fourth year clinical psychology student, Julie Snyder, M.S., took a leadership role in working to obtain this approval. Beginning in 2010, school psychologists who hold the NCSP credentials will be required to earn their continuing education units from either an APA- or NASP-approved program. The center has been approved for more than 20 years by the American Psychological Association and the Florida state board to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Generous contribution to the CPS scholarship fund
Dr. Gilbert H. Berken, the scholarship fund is named on his memory
Magdalen R. Berken had generously donated $25,000 to start the Dr. Gilbert H. Berken Endowed Scholarship Fund at NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide financial support to graduate students who demonstrate significant financial need.
“It is my pleasure to honor my husband’s memory with the Gilbert H. Berken endowed scholarship fund. He was the dearest husband and father to our family. He would have been very proud to know we are helping students pursue higher education in his name”.
Gilbert H. Berken M.D.(1937 – 2006) was born into a family who fled their native Transylvania during the persecution of the Jews. After completing his psychiatric residency at Duke University he spent two years in the Air Force as a captain at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. This was during the Vietnam War. Many of his patients came directly from the battlefields and suffered from disabling psychiatric problems such as post-traumatic stress syndrome and severe anxiety. In addition to his private practice, he also served as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Hollywood Memorial Hospital for a number of years. He supervised many NSU doctoral students while he was in practice. When he retired from Memorial Hospital he was appointed Emeritus Physician in 1998 after 30 years of service to the Hospital.
The first recipient of the scholarship is Angela Kuemmel, M.S. Angela is pursuing a career in Rehabilitation Psychology and hopes to work with patients who have suffered spinal cord injuries, brain injuries and strokes. Angela’s passion is to use her clinical skills to work with people with disabilities suffering from mental disorders. According to Angela, “Mrs. Berken scholarship will make a difference not only in my life, but also in the lives of the patients we help.”
Magdalen R. Berken and her daughter Christina at the CPS Humanitarian of the Year Award event last February.
Friday, October 10, 2008
CPS partners in Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation with Health Professions Divisions
Noting the increasing interest in sport and exercise psychology as well as the utility of psychological interventions in sports medicine and physical rehabilitation, NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies and the College of Osteopathic Medicine have partnered to create a unique, jointly appointed faculty position in sport psychology.
In August, 2007, Dr. Stephen A. Russo joined the CPS faculty as an Assistant Professor and was also appointed as the Director of Sport Psychology for the NSU Sports Medicine Clinic within the Department of Osteopathic Principles and Practice. With the addition of Dr. Russo, CPS become one of only a handful of doctoral-level clinical psychology programs to offer opportunities for training and research in sport psychology. Dr. Russo joins the CPS faculty as an accomplished and internationally-respected authority on sport psychology. He is a licensed, clinical psychologist who has worked with top athletes from a variety of sports. And, as an active member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and the Sport and Exercise Division (47) of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Russo has worked extensively with elite athletes, coaches, and teams at the high school, college, and professional level.
The primary objectives for the NSU Sport Psychology program include:
-Creating training opportunities for psychologists-in-training who have an interest in sport, exercise, and health-related interventions.
-Conducting psychological research in the areas of sport and exercise psychology and also engaging in collaborative research projects with professionals in osteopathic medicine, physical therapy, sports medicine, and athletic training.
It is expected that clinical and research opportunities in sport psychology will be available in many of the following areas:
-Sports injury, rehabilitation, and recovery
-Pre-competitive stress management
-Goal setting and motivational counseling
-Biofeedback and psycho-physiological monitoring
-Emotional and cognitive regulation
-Visualization and imagery
-Psychological characteristics associated with exercise and athletic performance
-Coaching and parental influences
In August, 2007, Dr. Stephen A. Russo joined the CPS faculty as an Assistant Professor and was also appointed as the Director of Sport Psychology for the NSU Sports Medicine Clinic within the Department of Osteopathic Principles and Practice. With the addition of Dr. Russo, CPS become one of only a handful of doctoral-level clinical psychology programs to offer opportunities for training and research in sport psychology. Dr. Russo joins the CPS faculty as an accomplished and internationally-respected authority on sport psychology. He is a licensed, clinical psychologist who has worked with top athletes from a variety of sports. And, as an active member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and the Sport and Exercise Division (47) of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Russo has worked extensively with elite athletes, coaches, and teams at the high school, college, and professional level.
The primary objectives for the NSU Sport Psychology program include:
-Teaching athletes, coaches, and teams about the effective use of psychological skills in their pursuit of athletic excellence.
-Providing sport medicine professionals with alternative treatment options when assisting patients in their recovery from physical injury.-Creating training opportunities for psychologists-in-training who have an interest in sport, exercise, and health-related interventions.
-Conducting psychological research in the areas of sport and exercise psychology and also engaging in collaborative research projects with professionals in osteopathic medicine, physical therapy, sports medicine, and athletic training.
It is expected that clinical and research opportunities in sport psychology will be available in many of the following areas:
-Sports injury, rehabilitation, and recovery
-Pre-competitive stress management
-Goal setting and motivational counseling
-Biofeedback and psycho-physiological monitoring
-Emotional and cognitive regulation
-Visualization and imagery
-Psychological characteristics associated with exercise and athletic performance
-Coaching and parental influences
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