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Study Sheds Light from page 16 Academy For Community The award is for $300,000 per year for three years,
will assist scientists and clinicians to develop more tailored Inclusion Enhancement Grant totaling $900,000. FAU became eligible for the grant as
a result of its recently renewed certification as a Florida
treatments and therapies for people who struggle with Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program.
anxiety, depression and other psychological disorders.” Florida Atlantic University’s Academy for Community “This grant provides funds to ACI to enhance the
Collaborators of the study include researchers from Inclusion (ACI) recently received a grant titled, Academy program by increasing the number of students served
the Department of Neuroscience, Wexner Medical Center; for Community Inclusion Enhancement: Expanding and increasing employment opportunities for students
Division of Biosciences, College of Dentistry; and the Florida Atlantic University’s Comprehensive Transition upon graduation,” added Michael Brady, Ph.D., professor
Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, College of Program, from the Florida Center for Students with and chair, FAU’s Department of Exceptional Student
Medicine, all within The Ohio State University. Unique Abilities (FCSUA). Education.
This research was supported by the National Institute The grant will fund three instructional personnel and
of Mental Health (NIMH R01-MH-109165 and R21- employment specialists to create on-campus and off-
MH-099482 awarded to Quan); NIMH R01-MH-119670 campus internship and employment sites and to provide
and NIMH R01-MH-116670 (awarded to Jonathan P. follow-up job coaching for ACI graduates for up to five
Godbout, Ph.D., and John F. Sheridan, Ph.D.); and the years after graduation.
National Institute on Aging R01-AG-051902 (awarded ACI staff will also implement curriculum changes
to Godbout). Damon J. DiSabato, Daniel P. Nemeth, and to create classes on executive functioning and create an
Shane M. O’Neil, were supported by a National Institute industry credential centered on a new ACI vocational
of Dental and Craniofacial Research Training Grant T32- pathway of animal care, with internships tailored to
DE-014320 (awarded to Sheridan). Xiaoyu Liu, Ph.D., enhance employment skills for ACI graduates.
and Kristina G. Witcher, Ph.D., were supported by The Finally, grant funds will support an ACI doctoral
Ohio State University Presidential Fellowship. scholar prepared for a future faculty position at a
university that offers similar transition programs.
The project will enhance ACI at the Boca and the
Jupiter campuses, increasing the number of students
served and the number of employment opportunities
available for students upon graduation.
Brain Institute Postdoctoral
Fellow Receives NIMH Award
One in five Americans will experience a mental
illness in a given year. Paula Gajewski-Kurdziel,
TIGER SPIRIT AfTER School PRoGRAm Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in FAU’s Brain Institute
received a three-year, $65.5 thousand grant from the
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