The PASS-SIG is excited to announce our new scholarship which is designed to support a student attend the 2024 ABCT conference, scheduled November 14th-17th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CRITERIA
- Underrepresented scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color (BIPOC) and/or have Lived Experience of psychosis or similar extreme or non-consensus psychological states; and
- Currently involved, pursuing, or very interested in psychosocial clinical research and practice for people with psychosis or serious mental illness (SMI); and
- Would not attend ABCT 2023 without extra financial support.
AWARD
- Recipient of $500 towards ABCT fees and expenditures
- If desired, the PASS SIG will provide direct support, data, or mentorship to assist the awardee in submitting a presentation/poster.
DUE DATE
- June 1st, 2024
APPLY
- Please download application form here and submit to etreichler@health.ucsd.edu.
2022 BIPOC/LE Scholarship Winner
Frescia Velarde, BS
2022 PASS-SIG Scholarship Winner
New York City, NY
Ms. Frescia Velarde, BS, is the winner of the 2022 BIPOC/LE Scholarship. Frescia moved to her current home of East Hartford, CT from Peru when she was 2 years-old. Frecia has a Bachelor’s in Allied Health Science and a psychology minor from the University of Connecticut.Frecia is a Master’s student in Social Work at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, CT and is also working full-time as a caseworker at the Institute of Living, where she works in a specialized, intensive outpatient track that serves adolescents who are at clinical high risk or experiencing a first episode of psychosis. Her group, the Advanced Services for Adolescents with Psychosis (ASAP), provides group therapy, at-risk psychosis testing, collaboration with schools, medication management, family sessions, psychoeducation, specialized skills, and activity groups such as cognitive remediation using state-of-the-art technology to help improve cognitive outcomes. She is also a research recruiter for ProNET, an international consortium which aims to increase understanding of the development of schizophrenia.
Past Winners
ABCT 2021
Virtual Convention