Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Nancy M. Sidun.

The Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. Nancy M. Sidun, PsyD, ABPP, ATR, is a clinical psychologist, art therapist, educator, administrator, and scholar. She embodies the Public Interest Award through her pioneering and sustained contributions to leadership, mentoring, scholarship, and teaching focused on social justice and human welfare. As the chief of the Behavioral Health Multi-Disciplinary Services at the Tripler Army Medical Center, she served as the first female nonphysician and nonmilitary head of the department. Dr. Sidun was also the first to bring the critical issue of the trafficking of women to the attention of psychologists; she cochaired the American Psychological Association (APA) Task Force on Human Trafficking of Women and Girls. That report pointed out the centrality of the trafficking issue to psychology and how psychological science and practice can be harnessed to improve the lives of trafficked persons. Dr. Sidun has received nationally competitive awards for her contributions to scholarship, and she was invited to address the United Nations on how the COVID-19 pandemic has put more women and youth at risk for trafficking. Dr. Sidun's work, which takes a feminist, international, and community service perspective, has shaped the field of psychology across all dimensions-research, clinical intervention, advocacy, and public policy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).