Palo Alto University (PAU) professor, Mark Healy, spoke to Foothill and De Anza College students about the field of I/O Psychology and the many career possibilities and the general lifestyles of professionals in the field. Over 30 students attended the lecture series to learn about the educational outcomes of the B.S. in Business Psychology offered by PAU, as well as preparations for becoming a successful practitioner. Topics included:
Palo Alto University (PAU) Undergraduate Programs Director and licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Paul Marcille, lectured to over 500 students and community members at local Bay Area community colleges in April and May of 2015 about mental illness. The talks focused on myths about the mentally ill and misconceptions people have about mentally ill people. One of the topics Dr. Marcille focused on were myths about mentally ill individuals being a danger to others.
Dr. Jorge Wong, Palo Alto University (PAU) alumnus of the Ph.D. Clinical Psychology and M.S. Clinical Psychology programs, current PAU Trustee, and Director of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs, received the 2015 Community Heroes Awards Mover & Shaker Hero Award from the Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Board for his work at Asian Americans for Community Involvement.
After receiving the honor of being named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll in 2013, Palo Alto University (PAU) has received the honor again for the year 2014. The Honor Roll is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that engages more than 4 million Americans in service through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and the Social Innovation Fund, and leads President Obama's national call to service initiative, United We Serve.
Palo Alto University (PAU) is delighted to announce that a new article from its Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health (i4Health) on MOOIS and smoking cessation intervention has been published.
Palo Alto University (PAU) held its third Annual Alumni Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in Burlingame on April 23, 2015. PAU alumni, students, faculty and Dan Kostenbauder, Trustee participated in the successful dinner focusing on academic and professional achievements.
Palo Alto University (PAU) is delighted to announce a research grant submitted by i4Health (the Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health) has been approved for funding by the State of California's Tobacco Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP).
Michael Kerner, Ph.D. a member of Palo Alto University’s (PAU) Board of Trustees as well as a Pacific Graduate School of Psychology alumnus has received the 2015 Alice Handley-Isaksen Award in Forensic Psychology.An alumnus in Clinical Psychology, Dr. Kerner and has volunteered as a consultant to the San Jose Police Department Crisis Intervention Team and taught at their academy. For the past year and a half, he volunteered in the San Jose Domestic Violence Death Review Team run by the District Attorney's office. From PAU President, Dr.
Palo Alto University’s Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health (i4Health) has a new article in press in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, published by the Association for Psychological Science.
Article from the Fall 2014 Issue of the Child and Family Chronicle, written by Jenna Paternostro
Bruce Chorpita is Professor of Psychology and Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA and President of PracticeWise, LLC. His work is aimed at improving the effectiveness of mental health service systems for children through innovation in treatment design, clinical decision-making and information, delivery models, and system architecture.