Monitor - November 2013

GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
APF awards grant for study
of sleep and bipolar disorder
APF has awarded Jessica Levenson its

$2,500 Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Research and Program Innovation Grant to study the sleep and rest activity rhythms of people with bipolar II depression.

Levenson is a PhD candidate in clinical psychology in the department of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. Her study may pave the way for future work focused on developing treatment strategies to improve mood, physical health and functional outcomes among this population by modifying and decreasing their sleep disturbances.

Levenson’s primary research interest is the role of sleep disturbances in mood disorders. In July, she began work as a postdoctoral scholar in the University of Pittsburgh Translational Research Training in Sleep Medicine Fellowship.

Award supports work to increase
gifted students’ potential

Chi Huang, a PhD candidate in clinical psychology at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology at Palo Alto University, is this year’s recipient of the $20,000 APF Esther Katz Rosen Fellowship.

The fellowship supports graduate
students working on the psychological
understanding of gifted and talented
children and adolescents.

Huang’s research examines whether highly gifted children show differences in creative behaviors, and whether they report personality differences compared with same-aged peers. She hopes her research will help schools better serve gifted children and will further the understanding of intellectual development.

Huang is an intern at the Community Health Awareness Council, a nonprofit mental health organization in Mountain View, Calif. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University and has a certificate in neuropsychological assessment.

Since 1953, APF has been supporting
innovative research and programs that
launch careers and seed the knowledge
base on critical issues around the globe.
For more information, visit the APF
website at www.apa.org/apf.
APF donors:
EBSCO gives $25,000 to APF
For more than 60 years, EBSCO
Information Services has provided access
to research through databases, e-books
and e-journals. Now, with their gift of
$25,000 to APF’s Visionary Fund, they
are also ensuring the launch of new and
innovative research.

APF’s Visionary grants support
psychologists working to solve problems
that affect our society in four core areas:
• Connecting behavior and physical
health.