Family Research Consortium IV

Summer Institute
 

First Annual Summer Institute 2004
Life Span Transitions, Families, and Mental Health

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The Family Research Consortium (FRC) IV will annually conduct a Summer Institute to promote interchange among scholars in the field of family mental health. Modeled after the sessions held by previous Family Research Consortia, the Institute is motivated by the belief that significant advances in the field can be facilitated by a forum that allows for dissemination, evaluation, and discussion of important new findings and new developments in research design, methods, and analysis. The Institutes include formal plenary addresses, smaller workshop format presentations, poster presentations, mechanisms for proposal development, and a variety of less formal opportunities for networking among participants. Previous sessions have attracted scholars and clinicians at all stages of development. Approximately 170-200 scholars, including presenters and representatives of funding agencies, are expected to attend.

The goals of the Institute are:

  • To examine how transitions across the life span in families and individuals play a role in mental health and adjustment, with particular attention to how families negotiate and react to those transitions in an effort to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders.

  • To bring increased attention to the role of biological factors in the interplay between life span transitions, family dynamics, and mental health research on mind, brain, and behavior.

  • To explore diversity (e.g., ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic) in how families and individuals respond to life span transitions and their impact on mental health.
The meeting will incorporate issues relevant to practice (prevention and intervention) as well as research and will provide opportunities for more formal network development. The Summer Institute is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Co-sponsors for the 2004 meeting include the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the NIH, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Centro Universitario de Servicios y Estudios Psicológicos, the Foundation for Child Development, and the Neuropsychiatric Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Program Summary
Co-Conveners: M. Belinda Tucker, Andrew J. Fuligni, David T. Takeuchi, Cheryl A. Boyce

Wednesday - July 14, 2004
  6:00 - 8:00pm   Top of Grand Staircase - Early Registration
Thursday - July 15, 2004
  7:00 - 9:00am   Pre-function Area - Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 5:00pm Top of Grand Staircase - Registration
9:00 - 10:00am Salon III - Welcome, Overview, Goals, Introduction of Participants
10:00 - 10:15am Pre-function Area - Refreshment Break
10:15 - 11:00am Salon III - Plenary Session
Ronald E. Dahl, M.D., University of Pittsburgh
Adolescent Brain Development: A Period of Vulnerabilities and Opportunities
11:00 - 11:30am Discussion
Moderator: Ann C. Crouter, Ph.D.
11:30am - 12:45pm Salon II - Luncheon Plenary
Ellen Stover, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
Wayne Fenton, M.D., National Institute of Mental Health
Reducing the Burden of Mental Illness within Families:
Research Priorities and New Directions
Introduction: Cheryl A. Boyce, Ph.D.
1:00 - 1:45pm Salon III - Plenary Session
Margarita Alegría, Ph.D., Harvard University
Patient, Provider, and System Barriers Potentially Linked to Service Disparities
1:45 - 2:15pm Discussion
Moderator: David T. Takeuchi, Ph.D.
2:15 - 2:30pm Pre-function Area - Refreshment Break
2:30 - 4:00pm Concurrent Afternoon Workshops
El Morro - Workshop 1
Cheryl A. Boyce, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
Victoria S. Levin, M.S.W., Center for Scientific Review
Demystifying the NIH Grant Review Process
El Yunque - Workshop 2
Xiaojia Ge, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Conceptualizing Developmental Transition: A Case of Puberty
Ponce de Leon - Workshop 3
Sybil Carrere, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
Using Life History Methods to Understand Marital Processes:
The Oral History Interview
4:30 - 5:30pm Salon IV - Set Up Posters
(All posters must be removed by 9:30pm)
5:30 - 7:00pm Salon IV - Poster Presentations & Reception
Friday - July 16, 2004
  7:00 - 9:00am   Pre-function Area - Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 5:00pm Top of Grand Staircase - Registration
9:00 - 9:45am Salon III - Plenary Session
James S. Jackson, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Approaches to the Study of Multi-Generation Black American and Afro-Caribbean Families
9:45 - 10:15am Discussion
Moderator: M. Belinda Tucker, Ph.D.
10:15 - 10:30am Pre-function Area - Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:15am Salon III - Plenary Session
Karina L. Walters, M.S.W., Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
Conceptualizing Historical Trauma, Microaggressions, and Colonial Trauma Response: A Decolonization Framework for Healing Indigenous Families and Communities
11:15 - 11:45am Discussion
Moderator: Donald J. Hernandez, Ph.D.
11:45am - 1:00pm Salon II - Lunch
1:00 - 2:30pm Concurrent Early Afternoon Workshops
El Yunque - Workshop 1
Keith Whitfield, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Contributions of Biobehavioral Perspectives to Family Research
El Morro - Workshop 2
Robert C. Granger, Ed.D., William T. Grant Foundation
Marvin H. McKinney, Ph.D., W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Ruby Takanishi, Ph.D., Foundation for Child Development
Moderated by Andrew J. Fuligni, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Seeking Research Support from Private Foundations
Ponce de Leon - Workshop 3
Glorisa Canino, Ph.D., Universidad de Puerto Rico
Translation and Adaptation of Instruments for Cross Cultural Research
2:30 - 3:00pm Pre-function Area - Refreshment Break
3:00 - 4:30pm Concurrent Late Afternoon Workshops
El Morro - Workshop 1
Richard Lee, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Sumie Okazaki, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Beyond the Model Minority: A Critical Examination of Asianamerican Families
El Yunque - Workshop 2
Stephen A. Matthews, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Using Geographic Information to Build Contextual Databases for Family and Mental Health Research
Ponce de Leon - Workshop 3
Abigail T. Panter, Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Analytic Approaches for Assessing Individual and Group Differences in Developmental Change
6:00 - 8:00pm Vista Mar Terrace - FRC Legacy Award & Dinner Plenary
David Reiss, M.D., The George Washington University
Genetic and Social Factors during Toddler, Adolescent and Adult Transitions: A Harvest of What the Family Research Consortium Sowed
Introductions: M. Belinda Tucker, Ph.D. & Xiaojia Ge, Ph.D.
Saturday - July 17, 2004
  7:00 - 9:00am   Pre-function Area - Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00am Top of Grand Staircase - Registration
9:00 - 9:45am Salon III - Plenary Session
Laurence J. Kirmayer, M.D., McGill University
Culture and Identity in a Creolizing World:
Lessons from a Cultural Consultation Service
9:45 - 10:15am Discussion
Moderator: Peter J. Guarnaccia, Ph.D.
10:15 - 10:30am Pre-function Area - Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:15am Salon III - Plenary Session
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Ph.D., Syracuse University
English-speaking Caribbean and Caribbean Immigrant Fathers:
Levels, Quality and Meaning of Involvement
11:15 - 11:45am Discussion
Moderator: Andrew J. Fuligni, Ph.D.
11:45am - 1:00pm Salon II - Lunch
1:00 - 2:30pm Concurrent Afternoon Workshops
El Morro - Workshop 1
Andrew J. Fuligni, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Using Daily Diaries in Research on Adolescent Adaptation and Adjustment
La Luna - Workshop 2
Blanca Ortiz-Torres, Ph.D., Universidad de Puerto Rico
Behavioral Research and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Puerto Rico
2:45 - 3:30pm Salon III - Discussion, Future Direction, and Conference Closing


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