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Nadine J. Kaslow, Ph.D., ABPP
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Nadine J. Kaslow, Ph.D., ABPP is a Professor with tenure, Emory University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Chief Psychologist at Grady Health System, and Special Assistant to the Provost. She holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Psychology, Pediatrics, and Emergency Medicine, and the Rollins School of Public Health. At Emory, Dr. Kaslow is President of the University Senate and Chair of the Faculty Council. In 2006-2007, she was Chair of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women. Dr. Kaslow received her doctorate at the University of Houston and completed her internship and postdoctoral fellowship training at the University of Wisconsin. Prior to joining the faculty at Emory University in 1990, Dr. Kaslow was on the faculty at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Kaslow has received a number of awards, the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training Award (2004) and a Presidential Citation from the APA for her efforts to assist displaced interns and postdoctoral fellows in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In 2000, she was a Primary Care Public Policy Fellow through the United States Public Health Service and received the APA Hesier Award for her efforts in legislative advocacy and public policy. From 1998-2002, Dr Kaslow chaired the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and from 1999-2002, she was a member of the Board of Educational Affairs of the APA. She is President-Elect of the Division 29 (Psychotherapy) and the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), President of the American Board of Clinical Psychology, and Past President of Division 12 (Clinical) and 43 (Family). In 2002, she chaired the multinational 2002 Competencies Conference: Future Directions in Education and Credentialing in Professional Psychology. Dr. Kaslow was a Fellow in both the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women and the Woodruff Leadership Academy. The associate editor for two journals, she has been a member of the National Institute of Mental Health Interventions and Treatment and Child Psychopathology and Treatment Institutional Review Groups. Currently, she is the recipient of grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Mental Health that support the Grady Nia Project: (1) prevention program for abused African American women; and (2) group intervention for abused and suicidal women. Dr. Kaslow has published over 200 articles and chapters on the assessment and treatment of family violence, the assessment and treatment of depression and suicide in youth and adults, couples and family therapy, women = s mental health, pediatric psychology, and supervision and training. A member of Rosalynn Carter’s Mental Health Advisory Board, she serves on a number of community boards, including the Mayor’s Atlanta Women’s Agenda Advisory Council, and Women’s Resource Center to End Domestic Violence. Dr. Kaslow is a frequent guest on local and national radio and television programs, and is often called upon to comment to newspapers and magazines on a broad array of mental health topics relevant to children, women, families, and stress and coping during times of tragedy.