Posted on October 30, 2002 at 9:45 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) psychologist David C. Schwebel, Ph.D., has received the Rebecca Routh Coon Injury Prevention Grant from the American Psychological Association, (APA), Division 54.

The award of $1,500 came with an invitation to lecture at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the APA, held recently in Chicago. Schwebel, who researches the risk factors that lead to accidental injuries in children and teens, will use the grant to study the parent-child relationship and its affect on injury prevention.

The APA is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. The APA has 155,000 members, making it the world’s largest association of psychologists. Division 54, the Society of Pediatric Psychology, is dedicated to research and practice addressing the relationship between children’s physical, cognitive, social and emotional functioning and their physical well being, including maintenance of health, promotion of positive health behaviors, and treatment of chronic or serious medical conditions.

Schwebel is an assistant professor in the UAB Department of Psychology and directs the department’s Youth Safety Lab. His other research interests include temperament, cognitive development and pediatric psychology.