Donna LaPaglia, PsyD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, has been re-elected to a second term as the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers’ (APAHC) liaison to the Board of the American Psychological Association’s Division 12 (Clinical Psychology).
LaPaglia holds positions on both the APAHC board and Division 12 board.
APAHC’s mission is to promote the discipline and profession of psychology in academic health centers and affiliated units (e.g. schools of medicine, nursing, public health, dentistry, pharmacy, health professions, Veteran Affairs Medical Centers, teaching hospitals, and other similar entities). The association seeks to promote the status, roles, and collegiality of psychologists with other health care professionals.
The mission of the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12) is to represent the field of Clinical Psychology through encouragement and support of the integration of clinical psychological science and practice in education, research, application, advocacy, and public policy, attending to the importance of diversity.
LaPaglia is Director of the Substance Abuse Treatment Unit of the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) and Associate Director of Addiction Services at CMHC. She is affiliated with the Yale Department of Psychiatry’s Psychology Section.