The American Psychological Association (APA) announced that eight new partners have joined PSYCAS, the association's centralized application service for candidates in master's and doctoral psychology programs. Working with Liaison International, the leading provider of higher education admissions management and enrollment marketing solutions, the APA introduced PSYCAS in January 2015. Over the last year and a half, the list of programs participating in PSYCAS has quickly grown from its original four partners to twelve institutions across the United States.
Palo Alto University's Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Sita G. Patel, Ph.D., was recently interviewed for an article discussing mental health issues related to undocumented immigrant youth.
Dr. Patel’s work uses mixed-methods approaches to study acculturation stress, psychological, social, and academic adjustment, and access to treatment for mental illness among immigrant and minority populations.
Palo Alto University profiled in TALK BUSINESS 360, an inflight TV show on American Airline's First and Business Class during the months of August and September, 2016. Dr. Alvin Thomas, Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Excellence in Diversity, was interviewed for his work on youth and violence.
Please join us in warmly welcoming Dr. Maureen O’Connor as Palo Alto University’s third President. Dr. O’Connor succeeds Dr. Allen Calvin, who has served the university for over 30 years with tremendous success and will retire to enjoy more time with his family.
New York, NY—June 27, 2016—TorchStone Global, LLC is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Malique Carr (CA PSY25110) to its team. Dr. Carr will serve in the role of Protective Intelligence Analyst and will enhance TorchStone client safety by providing a psychological perspective to our threat investigations. Dr. Carr has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in the treatment of child and adult trauma survivors.
Congratulations to Ms.Lori Hollergan, a student in the PhD Program, recently won an outstanding grant from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. She took a leave of absence this year from PAU, to attend Harvard University to obtain her MPH. “She is a wonderful student and I am very proud of her.” Dr. Rowena Gomez, Associate Professor, PhD Program Director of Clinical Training.
From the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy:
PAU alumnus, Dr. Edward Palmer, has been representing the university as a volunteer in Cambodia for the last 14 months and has seamlessly continued the work of the late Dr Nigel Field.
Dr. Palmer graduated from PAU at the start of 2015, was taught by Nigel Field during the course of his studies, and was well aware of the wonderful work which was being done at Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Cambodia.
PAU is thrilled to announce that two of our students have been accepted into the University of Michigan’s fMRI training course. The course, which will take place in August of this year, is known to be amongst the most competitive in the country of its type and is a fully-funded NIH training course.
Whitney Geller and Jerry Chen are the two highly-deserving students who will become the first PAU representatives to attend the course.
Palo Alto University is proud to feature in Dr. Leanne William's (Stanford Psychiatry) translational clinical research using neuroimaging to inform diagnosis and treatment.
The Gronowski Center, as a partner in this research, is referenced in the article, along with a de-identified patient, who went through the RAD study and was interviewed about her experience. Our professor, Dr. Nancy Haug is quoted in regards to the feedback sessions with Dr. Williams and our Gronowski Center patients.
Palo Alto University Board of Trustees announced that Dr. Maureen O’Connor is the incoming President of Palo Alto University on August 1st, 2016 succeeding Dr. Allen Calvin, the current President. Dr. Calvin has served this university for over 30 years with tremendous success and will retire this summer and enjoy more time with his family.