It is our pleasure to announce the new HNS Awards and Fellows Program. Please see the attached full description for each award and the nominations process. We are also seeking nominations for our first HNS Fellows. The deadline for all award and fellows nominations is January 7, 2019. HNS Fellows Program Fellow status within HNS is an honor that acknowledges remarkable contributions to the field of cultural neuropsychology, which has garnered national or international renown. Lifetime Achievement in Cultural Neuropsychology Award This award recognizes individuals who have made a … [Read more...]
Announcing the 17th Annual Mild Cognitive Impairment Symposium
The Wien Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders, Mount Sinai Medical Center and 1Florida ADRC present the 17th Annual Mild Cognitive Impairment Symposium and Special Topic Workshop, Alzheimer's Public Educational Forum on January 19-20, 2019 in Miami Beach, Florida. Visit their website for more details by clicking HERE. … [Read more...]
HNS Elections Candidate Statements for 2019
Please consider the slate of candidates for open HNS officers for 2019 and vote for a candidate. It is important to vote, even when the office is uncontested. The candidate statements are available when you click on their picture. Here are the candidates and their statements: President-Elect Veronica Bordes Edgar, PhD, ABPP Treasurer Christine Salinas, PsyD Member-at-Large Carmen Carrion, PsyD Student Representative-Elect Giselle Leal, … [Read more...]
2019 HNS President-Elect Candidate Statement: Veronica Bordes Edgar, PhD, ABPP
Dr. Veronica Bordes Edgar is an Associate Professor with joint faculty appointments in Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Originally from Mexico, she immigrated to the United States as a young child. She earned her doctorate from Arizona State University in 2008 after completing her pre-doctoral internship at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bordes Edgar went on to complete her post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota Medical School in 2010. She became board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology in 2014. … [Read more...]
2019 HNS Student Representative-Elect Candidate Statement: Giselle Leal, PsyD
My name is Giselle Leal and I was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, home of one of the biggest “Carnavales” of the world. I immigrated to the United States in 2005, after earning a scholarship to participate in a one-year cultural exchange program. When I moved to a small town in Georgia, with only 5 other Latin individuals, I experienced a cultural shock and began my very own acculturation process. I was also able to enrich my knowledge of cultures around the world by sharing numerous experiences with other international students. As a foreigner away from what had been home for 18 … [Read more...]
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