Friday, July 24th, 2009 - 4:10 pm
Dr. Anne Edwards, Associate Professor of Psychology and Faculty Associate of ISPR, won a grant from Northwest Indiana Community Action Inc., for CAMEO, an educational support group for caregivers of elderly relatives. The grant, in the amount of $10,000, will assist with operating costs and the establishment of a resource center for caregivers. For further information about the support group, please call Dr. Edwards as 219-989-2863, or email her at edwardsa@calumet.purdue.edu.
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 - 5:44 pm
Dr. Rita Brusca-Vega who is an Associate Professor in the School of Education and an ISPR Faculty Associate has received an award through the United States Department of Education to support a Special Education: Intense Interventions training program. Purdue University Calumet will offer a graduate level course of study to approximately 40 candidates leading to state licensure in Special Education: Intense Interventions. Graduate of the program will serve students with autism spectrum disorders, severe emotional disorders, moderate and severe mental retardation, traumatic brain injury, multiple disabilities and other health impairments. Experts from Riley Child Development Center of the Indiana University School of Medicine, the PUC School of Nursing, and the PUC Institute for Social and Policy Research will collaborate in the training program to provide comprehensive interdisciplinary training. The project is funded at approximately $750,000 and begins in the Fall of 2009.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 - 5:40 pm
Dr. David Nalbone, Associate Professor of Psychology and ISPR Faculty Associate received 1 of 2 summer research awards funded by the Purdue Research Foundation. Chosen by a panel of his faculty peers, Dr. Nalbone will use the support to continue development of his research program focusing on statistical literacy among health care providers.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 - 5:30 pm
An ISPR poster presentation won honorable mention at the Annual Scientific Research Conference meeting of the United Kingdom’s Mental Health Research Network. The conference was held at the University of Nottingham in Nottingham England between May 29-21, 2009. The poster presentation titled “Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Risk Behavior Disparities: Comparisons between Tribal Youth and other Race/Ethnic Groups in the United States” featured analysis of Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Data comparing American Indian/Alaskan Native youth to youth from other race/ethnic groups. The work is a collaborative effort between the National Indian Child Welfare Association, Prevent Child Abuse America, and the Institute.
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 - 7:43 pm
In order to better support large internet web surveys, ISPR has recently upgraded its survey web server. With the support of CTIS staff, the web survey software was migrated to the University’s “virtual” web server array. This virtual server is comprised of multiple processing units designed to share processing. The new installation will provide more stable server operations for large scale data collection planned for the next 24 months.
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