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Levy Awarded Fellow Status in the American Psychological Association

Becca Levy, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Yale School of Public Health's Social and Behavioral Sciences Program and Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, has been named a Fellow of Division 20 in the American Psychological Association (APA).

The APA is a professional and scientific organization representing psychology in the United States.  The APA is the largest association of psychologists in the world, with 148,000 members.  Division 20 represents adult development and aging.  Fellow status “honors a person whose work has had a national impact on the field of psychology.”

Levy’s research explores psychosocial influences on aging.  Her studies focus on how psychological factors, particularly older individuals' perceptions of aging, affect cognition and health in old age.

This year’s new Fellows were announced at the annual APA meeting in San Francisco in August. 

-Story by Marcie Foley