The Bernard L. Pacella, MD Parent Child Center

About Us: Research Grants and Awards

Johnson and Johnson (May 2003): for effects of 9/11.
The Abraham Foundation (June 2002): Grant for a Research Project to be developed by Patricia Nachman, PhD and Daniel Stern, MD.
The International Psychoanalytic Association (2000-2002) for the “Investigation of behavioral correlates of the anal phase of libidinal development in children's play.” Principal Investigators, Susan Sherkow, M.D. and Lissa Weinstein, Ph.D; Co-Investigators, Leon Hoffman , M.D; Consultant, Wilma Bucci, Ph.D.; Associate Researchers, Cheryl Williams and Christopher Christian, Ph.D.
Erma Brenner Fund (2000-2001): This has partially funded the Erma Brenner Fellow, the Research Program, plus ongoing study of Erma Brenner's Small House Model.
Anonymous Large Gift in Honor of Bernard L. Pacella, MD (October 2001) for the support of the Center (General and Research), including development of new programs, funding for Research Program Administrator; funding of The Bernard L. Pacella Parent Child Center Graduate Research Fellowship at The New York Psychoanalytic Society and funding of The Bernard L. Pacella Parent Child Center Graduate Fellowship for Psychoeducational Testing at The New York Psychoanalytic Society.
New York Psychoanalytic Foundation (October 2001): for trauma work.
Glass Fellowship for Research from The American Psychoanalytic Foundation (1998-2000): awarded to The New York Psychoanalytic Institute and granted to Christopher Christian, PhD at The Pacella Parent Child Center . (This has resulted in the development of “A Longitudinal Study of the Relationship Between the Mother's Capacity to Symbolize and the Child's Development of Symbolic Functioning as Manifested in Play Sequences.”)
Friends of The Parent Child Center (1997-2003): This allowed for the initial development of an observational/research nursery groupand funding of a variety of clinical and research programs.
The Abraham Foundation (1991): Grant to begin operation of the Parent Child Center at The New York Psychoanalytic Society.