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Undergraduate Statistics Program Now Taking Applications!

APA’s Advanced Statistical Training in Psychology program is now open for applications! This exceptional opportunity is designed for students who will be undergraduate seniors in the 2008-2009 academic year. It is an ideal way to learn more about statistics at a time when many students are thinking about graduate school. Successful applicants are those who have firm plans to pursue a graduate degree in psychological science.

Up to 20 students will be selected to participate in this intensive, 9-day, hands-on seminar. Featured activities include lectures, SPSS activities, hands-on activities, discussions about graduate school, as well as plenty of fun!

The ASTP targets students who are from traditionally underrepresented groups in psychology. For purposes of this program, the definition of underrepresented groups is intentionally broad, including students who are members of ethnic minority groups, first generation college students, and students who have had to overcome other kinds of social, physical, or economic barriers on the road to academic excellence.

ASTP will take place at the University of Maryland, College Park, July 12 – 20. Housing, meals, instruction, labs, and some social events are covered for all students. Participants will pay a $200 registration fee and provide for their own travel. Financial need should not be a barrier to anyone’s participation. For those with financial need, scholarship support is available for travel as well as for the registration fee.

The deadline for applications is Monday, March 17. Visit www.apa.org/science/astp.html for more information about the program and the application requirements.

FYI… just passing the info along…

The University of Georgia Chapter of Psi Chi

invites you to the

31st Annual Convention of the Behavioral Sciences

Psi Chi will be accepting poster and paper presentation abstracts for research in all behavioral science subfields at both the graduate and undergraduate level. We encourage everyone to submit his or her research regardless of its stage of completion.

1. General Information

•    Date and Time:  Tuesday, March 4, 2008 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

•    Location and Directions: The convention will take place in the Student Learning Center (http://www.slc.uga.edu/floorplans/campus.gif).  For directions, please see http://www.slc.uga.edu/directions/index.html.

•    Parking:  Pay parking is available at the Tate Center parking lot (enter off Lumpkin Street) and in the Hull Street pay parking deck. There is also limited free parking available on Baxter and surrounding streets. (http://www.slc.uga.edu/directions/parking.html)

•    Contact:  If you have any questions, please email us at: psichi@uga.edu
For more information, please visit http://www.uga.edu/psichi/

                 
2. Call for Papers and Posters 

If you would like to present a paper or a poster, please fill out the attached form and submit your abstract by e-mail to psichi@uga.edu.

All submissions should be received by February 18th, 2008. 

For abstract guidelines and sample abstracts, please go to http://www.uga.edu/psichi/convention/guidelines.html

If you have any problem with submitting the abstract, please email psichi@uga.edu for assistance.
Abstract acceptance will be announced no later than February 19th, 2008.

3. Registration 

•    If pre-registering, the fee for all students (undergraduate, graduate and post-docs) is $8.

•    For faculty, the registration fee is $10.

•    If registering at the door, please note that it will be $10 for everyone.
•    The registration fee includes breakfast, lunch, coffee service and a paper copy of the conference program. 

•    If you are from the University of Georgia, you may pay the registration fee early by filling out our registration form (available in the main office of the Psychology department). Place it with a check (no cash) made payable to Psi Chi in the drop slot on the door of room 215.

•    All receipts and nametags will be available at the conference.

•    Conference presenters/attendees from other universities will need to pay upon arrival.

4. Keynote Speaker

Dr. Gary J. Bennett of McGill University, Montreal, Canada will be the guest speaker. He holds a prestigious Canada Senior Research Chair at McGill University (Department of Anesthesia and Faculty of Dentistry). He earned his bachelor’s degree (Psychology) from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology) from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University. For the past 25 years, his research has focused on understanding the mechanisms underlying normal and abnormal pain sensations, particularly pain due to nerve injury (neuropathic pain) and the pharmacological basis of pain control. Dr. Bennett’s multidisciplinary research program spans basic research studies that use animal models of painful peripheral neuropathies and clinical studies that involve patients with various neuropathic pain conditions. The program involves diverse methodologies — analyses of animal behavior, electrophysiology, neuroanatomy, neuro-imaging (fMRI), behavioral pharmacology, neuro-immunology, and clinical research that is performed in conjunction with the MUHC Pain Centre. Dr. Bennett was made Chief of the Neuropathic Pain and Pain Measurement Section of the Neurobiology and Anesthesiology Branch (NAB) of the National Institute of Dental Research at the National Institutes of Health in 1991. In 1996, he became Professor in the Department of Neurology at MCP Hahnemann University prior to joining the faculty at McGill University in 2001. Dr. Bennett has received numerous accolades for his research over the years including the American Pain Society’s Frederick W.L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award and the American Academy of Pain Medicine’s Founder’s Award.

5. Brain Awareness Symposium

This year’s convention includes a Brain Awareness Symposium sponsored by the Neuroscience Student Association, which features research related to the study of the brain.  There will be various neuroscience awards presented to best papers and posters in the symposium.  Submissions must pertain to neuroscience research, broadly defined. 

6. Awards

During the awards ceremony, Psi Chi will be awarding certificates and $350 worth of cash prizes to the best paper and poster presentations.  The awards will be given to the first author of the work.