CAC Travel Grants
10/16/2007
CAC Travel Grants awarded to Marcellus M. Merritt and Carol H. Ott.
The CAC offers travel grants to support UWM students and faculty who are making a presentation at a conference on a topic of aging. Grants for 2007/08 Fall/Spring travel were awarded to Marcellus M. Merritt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Carol H. Ott, PhD, RN, LPC, Associate Professor, College of Nursing.
Dr. Merritt plans to present "High John Henyrism Predicts Heightened Diurnal Salivary Cortisol Levels Among Black Female Dementia Family Caregivers" at the American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting in Baltimore, MD, from March 12-15, 2008. Co-authors include T.J. McCallum and Thomas Fritsch, PhD.
Dr. Ott will present "The Experience of High Levels of Grief in Alzheimer's Caregivers" at the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) 30th Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, April 29-May 3, 2008.
For information, please contact To learn more about either of these research projects, contact Dr. Merritt (merrittm@uwm.edu) or Dr. Ott (carolott@uwm.edu) directly.
