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PRESIDENT
Gitendra Uswatte, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1720 2nd Avenue South, CH415ma 35294
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Kathleen S. Brown, PhD
Health Psychology Associates
2743 First Street, #1105 6
PAST PRESIDENT
Mary G. Brownsberger, PsyD, ABPP
Bancroft Brain Injury Services
666 Plainsboro Road, Suite 2000C
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TREASURER
Aaron P. Turner, PhD, ABPP
Rehabilitation Care Service, S-117-RCS
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
1660 South Columbian Way8108
SECRETARY
Joseph F. Rath, PhD
Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation
Medicine
240 East 38th Street, ACC 17-736
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Glenn Curtiss, PhD
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard
Natalie J. Dong, PhD, ABPP
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Rehabilitation Care Service, A-117-RCS
9600 Veterans Drive 98493
Eun-Jeong Lee, PhD
Illinois Institute of Technology
Life Sciences, Room 248D
3105 South Dearborn Street60616
Nancy Hansen Merbitz, PhD
Department of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
University of Michigan Medical School
325 East Eisenhower Parkway8
Stephanie A. Reid-Arndt, PhD, ABPP
School of Health Professions
514 Lewis Hall
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Beth K. Rush, PhD, ABPP
Mayo Clinic
4500 San Pablo Road 2224
REPRESENTATIVES TO COUNCIL
Kim A. Gorgens, PhD, ABPP
University of Denver
2450 South Vine Street, MSC 410180208
Linda R. Mona, PhD
VA Long Beach Healthcare
System 5901 East 7th Street, 06-116Bia 90822
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Abbey J. Hughes, PhD
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Washington
325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359612
EARLY CAREER REPRESENTATIVE
Krystal L. Drake, PhD
University of Missouri
One Hospital Drive, DC116.88
December 9, 2014
Members
Division of Rehabilitation Psychology
Israel Psychological Association
Dear Colleagues:
I want to start by thanking your President for the gracious invitation to address
members of your association and to explore possible areas of collaboration
between our two organizations.
Let me start by sharing a little bit about the Division of Rehabilitation Psychology
of the American Psychology Association (APA). Our Division, i.e., 22, was
established in 1958. The Division is concerned with enhancing the lives of adults
and children with disabilities and chronic illness. To this end, the Division brings
together rehabilitation psychologists to advance practice, research, education, and
advocacy. We
arn more about our
Division from
ivision-22/ You will find that we are
a friendly and diverse community of practitioners, educators, researchers and
leaders who are open to new ideas and practices.
One Division event I would like to highlight is our annual winter meeting. This
coming year it will be in sunny San Diego from February 26 to March 1. I invite
you to attend. If you have not taken part in any Division events before, this is the
one event that I single out because I see that those who attend once keep coming
back.
here:
/index.cfm?pageid=3574. It will be worth the
trip!
I also invite you to become an International Affiliate of the Division. Benefits of
affiliate status include a subscription to the leading journal in our field,
Rehabilitation Psychology, reduced registration fees to our conferences, and
access to our active and collegial listserv.
I am eager for our two organizations to build relationships with one another. I
agree with your President that we have lessons to teach other. For example, I
believe that we can certainly benefit from the extensive experience that Israeli
rehabilitation psychologists have with veterans and civilians who have suffered
disabling injuries as the result of armed conflict.
Let me sign off by wishing you an illuminating and inspiring annual conference!
Shalom,
Gitendra Uswatte, PhD
President
ΨDIVISION OF REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY
Division 22/American Psychological Association