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.
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APF’s “Transforming the Future”
campaign has now raised $3.2
million of its $5 million goal.
To watch a video
about the campaign,
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