UF Department of Clinical and Health Psychology Recognized for Culture of Service

The department of clinical and health psychology at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions is one of two national recipients of the American Psychological Association’s Departmental Award for Culture of Service in the Psychological Sciences.

The clinical and health psychology department was honored for exhibiting a pattern of support for service from faculty at all levels, including a demonstration that service to the discipline is an integral part of training and mentoring, and is rewarded in faculty tenure and promotion.

In her citation letter to the UF department, Sharon Brehm, Ph.D., president of the American Psychological Association, noted, “The support of your department for faculty participation on discipline-related association boards, editing journals, reviewing grant and research proposals, mentoring students and colleagues, service on university committees, and volunteering to provide disaster relief services and management training to those in need is an excellent model for other departments to follow. It is clear that culture of service is incorporated into the day-to-day activities of your faculty and students.”

The $5,000 award was presented on October 14, 2007 at the APA Science Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. The award will be used to support student travel to conferences or meetings in which they perform service to scientific organizations by serving on committees, organizing symposia or performing science advocacy activities.

Michael Perri Named Interim Dean of Public Health and Health Professions

Jill Pease
06/13/2007

Michael G. Perri, Ph.D., has been named interim dean of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, effective June 18.

Perri succeeds PHHP Dean Robert Frank, Ph.D., who has taken the position of senior vice president of academic affairs and provost at Kent State University in Ohio.

"As associate dean for research, Dr. Perri had a broad view of the challenges facing the college, and he has been intimately involved in all aspects of the college's management. He has strong support from the chairs and leadership group," said Douglas J. Barrett, M.D., senior vice president for health affairs. "Mike also has a keen appreciation for the issues facing the college as the public health initiative is integrated with the traditionally strong health professions components of the college."

Perri was appointed the college's associate dean for research in 2004. He joined the college's faculty in 1990 as a professor in the department of clinical and health psychology and also served as director of the psychology internship program from 1992 to 2004. He has contributed to more than 100 professional and scientific publications and his research on diet and exercise has been funded for 25 years by grants, awards and contracts from public and private sources, including the National Institutes of Health and the Veterans Administration Merit Review Research Program. His current research, funded by the NIH, focuses on treating obesity in underserved rural settings.

Perri is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology and a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society of Behavioral Medicine and the North American Association for the Study of Obesity. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous behavioral science journals and on scientific review panels for the Institute of Medicine; the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases; the U.S. Surgeon General's Office; and the American College of Sports Medicine.

"Over the past decade, our college has experienced a period of exceptional growth," Perri said. "I look forward to working with our talented faculty and dedicated staff to accomplish the ambitious academic agenda set by Dean Frank."

Dr. Russell Bauer to Chair Department of Clinical and Health Psychology

Jill Pease
01/08/2007

Russell Bauer, Ph.D., an internationally known neuropsychologist, has been named chairman of the department of clinical and health psychology in the College of Public Health and Health Professions. Bauer succeeds Ronald Rozensky Ph.D., who will serve as the associate dean for the college's international programs after a sabbatical.

A member of the department's faculty since 1980, Bauer is past president of the American Psychological Association's Division of Clinical Neuropsychology, and is board-certified in clinical neuropsychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology.

In his research, Bauer focuses on acquired and age-related memory and perceptual disorders. He is currently studying the role of the hippocampus and other memory-related structures in relational and spatial memory, and the detection of individuals at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

Bauer has also served as director of the department's doctoral program in clinical psychology and as associate chair for academic affairs, earning the UF Doctoral Dissertation Mentoring Award in 2003.

"My goals for the department include developing and implementing a new clinical science program designed to produce academic researchers in clinical psychology, enhancing mentoring programs for junior faculty, and strengthening interdisciplinary relationships between clinical and health psychology and other academic and clinical units in the College of Public Health and Health Professions, the Health Science Center and the UF campus," Bauer said.

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