Dr. Healy serves Minority Fellowship Program at annual summer institute

The APA Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) hosted its Annual Psychology Summer Institute (PSI) at the American Psychological Association (APA) in Washington, D.C. on June 22-25.  Deborah Healy, PsyD, Professor of Psychology, is a member of the MFP Training Advisory Committee, and serves on the Services for Transition Age Youth (STAY) initiative.  

PSI provides mentoring, educational, and professional development experiences for selected masters and doctoral students thereby advancing them in their professional development, and career preparation via ongoing mentorship and training. 

Begun in 1974, MFP is a highly successful, federally-funded training program for ethnic and racial minority researchers and service providers and graduated its first doctoral recipient in 1978.

Professor Healy and PsyD student to speak at seminar in Italy

Professor of Psychology Deborah Healy, PsyD, and PsyD student Grazia Acosta will present today on “Safe and Healthy Youth: Knowing when and how to help” at the Associazione Culturale Odysseus in Foggia, Italy. 

Dr. Healy and Acosta will speak about the de-stigmatization of mental health, current research on healthy youth development, Risk and Protective Factors and a summary of Mental Health First Aid concepts. 

Approximately 100 teachers and parents from the Foggia region are expected to attend.