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Congratulations to Norman B. MENDOZA for winning the Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR) award for the “Best paper on stress, anxiety and coping in theory, practice or research,” written by a graduate student.

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UM-GCMH Member, Norman B. Mendoza, won the 2017 STAR Student Development Award (http://www.star-society.org/star-awards/) for the “Best paper on stress, anxiety and coping in theory, practice or research,” written by a graduate student. His paper entitled “Evidence of the paradoxical effect

UM-GCMH Honor’s students leave Macau for their semester abroad. Congratulations and best of luck to Kay, Sammy, Paul, & Anita

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Congratualtions to our 4 4th year HC student team members! We know you’ll make us all proud. Kay will attend Notre Dame University Paul will attend Boston College Sammy and Anita will attend Rochester College

UM-GCMH Research Group featured in the APA Monitor

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The January issue of the American Psychology Association’s APA Monitor features the UM-GCMH research group. Former UM-GCMH postdoctoral fellow, Melissa R. Garabiles, and current PhD student Wei Shi, are featured in the article. Check it out here!

UM-GCMH PhD student Xiong Peng get’s first authored paper published in American Journal of Infection Control – Congrats, Xiong Peng!

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Abstract Background: Standard precautions (SPs) are considered fundamental protective measures to manage healthcare associated infections and to reduce occupational health hazards. This study is to assess the effectiveness of a mixed media education intervention to enhance nursing students’ knowledge,

Research study coordinator, Edward Chan, and Undergraduate team member Sammy Yeung serve as translators for the Macau Labor Law seminar for migrant workers. Way to go guys!

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This event is hosted by Macau Caritas, The Philippines Counsel General of Macau, and the Macau Government. This is the third time the UM-GCMH has provided live translations for the event.

UM-GCMH Director Prof. Hall receives the Chaim and Bela Danieli Young Professional Award

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The award was established by Dr. Yael Danieli in commemoration of her father and mother. This award recognizes excellence in the traumatic stress field by an individual who has completed his or her training within the last five years.

The Department of Psychology and UM-GCMH host Prof. Albert Yeung, MD, ScD, from Harvard Medical School.

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As a part of our global mental health research series, Dr. Yeung gave a lecture on culturally informed mental health assessment and treatment.

UM-GCMH PhD student Xiong Peng presents at the 3rd Annual Duke-Kunshan Global Health Conference

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Xiong Peng presented.

UM-GCMH research group members Norman Mendoza, Xiong Peng, Melissa Garabiles, and Prof Hall presented a symposium featuring research on Filipino Domestic Helpers during the 53rd PAP Annual Convention, Clark, Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines

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At the conference, Dr. Melissa Garabiles and Norman Mendoza were sworn into the Philippine Psycholgical Association as Psychologist and Psychometrician. Congratulations!!

GCMH welcomed Dr. Lee-Tauler!

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We were grateful to Dr. Lee-Tauler for leading a 2-day research workshop on mixed methods. The DPSY and GCMH hosted her coloquim on health disparities and Global Mental Health.

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