Bill Haley, PhD, and Ross Andel, PhD, have both received 2019 Outstanding Faculty Awards. Dr. Haley received his award due to his notable accomplishments as an AAAS Fellow. Dr. Andel was recognized because of his achievements as a Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar.

Britney Veal and Devina Basdeo (below left), seniors in USF's Honors College, work with PhD candidate Nasreen Sadeq and Professor Ross Andel in the School of Aging Studies Cogstate lab. Their research on older adults and volunteering found that volunteering was common among older adults, particularly among those who are women, more extroverted, or younger. They also found that volunteering had a positive effect on older adults' physical, cognitive, and psychosocial health, and could potentially reduce their risk of cognitive decline and/or dementia in the future. In addition, Brian Musch and Sean Briceno (below right), also from the CogState Lab at the School of Aging Studies, presented their poster on the effects of caffeine on the mind and body.

On Thursday, April 25, 2019 from 11:00am - 12:30pm, USF's Department of Mental Health Law & Policy and the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute will be hosting a talk and documentary screening by Jennifer Marshall, Co-Founder and Executive Director of This Is My Brave (https://thisismybrave.org), the leading platform for individuals to share their stories of overcoming mental illness and addiction through creative expression. Jennifer will share her story of recovery and mental illness and her resulting advocacy efforts to eliminate stigma surrounding mental illness. She will also share with the audience a recent short documentary film highlighting the impact of This Is My Brave. This talk will be targeted broadly to individuals with lived experience with mental illness and substance use disorders, community providers, students, faculty, and policy makers.

Seating for the event is limited to the first 60 people to RSVP as lunch will be provided. Please RSVP via this link: https://tinyurl.com/TIMBEvent.

Jakob Hort, MD, PhD, and Jana Amlerova, MD, PhD, will present "Spatial navigation and social cognition in brain disorders" on Friday, April 26, 2019 at 10:30am in the USF College of Public Health Auditorium, 1023C.

Dr. Hort is Professor of Neurology at the 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University and Motol University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic. His primary research area is identification of early signs of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias and the role of clinical biomarkers in dementia onset.

Dr. Amlerova is Assistant Professor at the 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University and Motol University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic. Her research is focused on social cognition in epilepsy and the effects of epilepsy surgery on cognition.

For more information email Lydia Hentschel at lhentsch@usf.edu or call 813-974-8201.

Every Spring for the past 24 years, faculty and staff of the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences have pooled their gifts to support WUSF 89.7 during the Spring Campaign. The campaign will air this year April 22nd - 29th. To participate in the challenge, you will need to donate to WUSF. The easiest way to accomplish this is via the Faculty/Staff campaign donation site - http://bit.ly/FacStaffCBCS. On this link you will also find many of our college funds.

The fund number for WUSF is 380001. You may also donate via check. When you donate to WUSF, please email Steve Johnson with the dollar amount. If your donation is made via payroll deduction or you are a sustaining member, please let him know the annual amount you contribute. Last year, we raised $4,933 for the station. For those of you that donate, we will be arranging a tour of the station.

Thank you for your continued support of the challenge and the Faculty and Staff Campaign. By donating, you are not only helping our university radio station, you are also helping us reach our goal for the year.

MHLP will be hosting its 2019 Continuing Education Forensic Training Series for Mental Health Professionals in early August. Instruction in forensic evaluation of adults and juveniles involved in the legal system is complemented with focused training on assessing and managing patients' risk for violence in acute long-term care settings. The Forensic Evaluation and Juvenile Justice training will take place from August 12 - 13, 2019. The Florida Adult Forensic Examiner Training will be held from August 15 - 17, 2019. Both training sessions will be held in the USF Gibbons Alumni Center- Traditions Hall. For more information, visit the website(s) above or email CBCSMarketing@usf.edu

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Last week's newsletter incorrectly associated Sandra Fogel with the School of Aging Studies. She is with the School of Social Work.

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