Vickie Mays

Vickie M. Mays
Born
Chicago, Illinois
EducationLoyola University Chicago
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
AwardsAward for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy from the American Psychological Association (2007)
Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Mental Health from the American Public Health Association (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsPublic health
Psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
ThesisAcademic achievement and resultant achievement motivation as related to the racial and sex-role attitudes of college-level Black women (1979)

Vickie M. Mays is an American psychologist known for her research on racial disparities in health. She is a professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Letters and Sciences and a professor in the Department of Health Services, both at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is also the director of the BRITE Center for Science, Research and Policy at UCLA.[1][2] In 2007, she received the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy from the American Psychological Association,[3] and in 2020, she received the Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Mental Health from the American Public Health Association's Mental Health Section. In 2021, she received a President's Citation from the American Psychological Association.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Vickie Mays". Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health. University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  2. ^ "About the Director". BRITE Center for Science, Research and Policy. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  3. ^ "Vickie M. Mays: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy". American Psychologist. 62 (8): 821–823. 2007. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.62.8.821. ISSN 1935-990X. PMID 18020758.
  4. ^ "APA Presidential Citations". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2022-02-24.


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