News related to the Clinical program.
PBS Announces Two New Graduate Research Awards for Research on the Psychology, Health and Well-Being of Minoritized Individuals or Groups
The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is pleased to announce that it has established two annual $2500 Boston University graduate research awards for projects related to Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI). The awards will support research on the psychology, health and well-being of minoritized individuals or groups. Two of these awards are offered […]
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student Rini Kaplan Wins the McMillen Award for Parkinson’s Disease Research
Rini Kaplan, a student in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program, has won the McMillen Award for Parkinson’s Disease Research from the American Psychological Association (APA)’s Division 20, Adult Development and Aging. The McMillen is designed to encourage graduate student interest in research on Parkinson’s disease. Rini’s selection reflects the high quality of her dissertation research […]
Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra on racial disparities in emergency security measures used with patients in medical settings
Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra was interviewed on racial disparities in emergency security measures used with patients in medical settings, particularly focused on Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s study indicating the Black patients are almost twice as likely to have emergency security called on them compared with white patients.
PBS Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra on how we can help children cope with traumatic stress in the aftermath of mass shootings, focusing on the school shooting in Uvalde, TX
PBS Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra on how we can help children cope with traumatic stress in the aftermath of mass shootings, focusing on the school shooting in Uvalde, TX.
BU PBS Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra interviewed on the need for culturally informed mental health support
BU PBS Prof. Usha Tummala-Narra was recently interviewed on the need for culturally informed mental health support. She shares why current research, training, and practice should more closely examine how mental health stress is rooted in sociocultural trauma and injustice.
Donna Pincus Promoted to Full Professor
Congratulations to Donna Pincus on her promotion to Full Professor in PBS.
Bonnie Brown Wins CAS Outstanding Service Award
Congratulations to Bonnie Brown, Nurse Administrator and Health Communications Specialist, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders (CARD), for winning a CAS 2021 Outstanding Service Award for Staff.
Pearl Hu and Lisa Smith Featured in “Into the Breach”
Pearl Hu and Lisa Smith are featured “Into the Breach”, an article on how BU community members are stepping up to fight the pandemic. In April, they and the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders set up a support line for nurses on the pandemic’s frontlines.
CARD Researchers Featured in Chronicle Segments
WCVB Boston’s Chronicle (May 2, 2019) highlights anxiety treatments performed at the Department’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. PBS Professors Todd Farchione and Yupei Pearl Hu and PBS PhD student Joseph Carpenter work to help patients to overcome their claustrophobia and fear of flying.
Prof. Michael Otto Wins APA Award
Congratulations to PBS Professor Michael Otto, the 2019 winner of the APA Division 12 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology. The award ceremony will be held at the annual APA meeting in August.