Fordham Represents at the 40th Annual International Neuropsychological Society Conference

Fordham's Psychology Department was heavily represented at the recent International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Read the full recap of the annual meeting on the INS website.

Faculty, alumni, post doctoral students, interns, current graduate and undergraduate students from Fordham's Psychology Department gathered together in between poster sessions, lectures, and general conference activities...

March Great Speakers in Science Series

The Psychology Department and the Center for Ethics Education sponsor the upcoming Great Speakers in Science Series. The Series presents Paul Appelbaum, M.D., Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, & Law in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. Dr. Appelbaum will speak on "Decision-making about research on innovative technologies: Deep brain stimulation for depression."

Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Time: 3:30pm

Location: Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library, Rose Hill Campus

Reception to follow

Clinical Graduate Student, Armando Fuentes, awarded an APA Student Poster Award

Clinical graduate student, Armando Fuentes, M.A., was recognized by the APA Convention Award Committee with a Student Poster Award by Division 40 in the category of "Cross-cultural neuropsychology." His poster, entitled "Neurocognitive and Sociocultural Factors Impacting Medication Beliefs Among HIV-Positive Latinas/os" will be presented at the 2012 Annual APA Convention in Orlando, Florida in August.

Research Colloquium, February 15th

Research Colloquium's February guest speaker was Walter Gilliam, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, at the Yale Child Study Center. Dr. Gilliam's research involves policies regarding early childhood education and child care, methods to improve the quality of early childhood services, the impact of early childhood education programs on children's school readiness, and early childhood mental health consultation.