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| Nominator's Name | Susan Whitbourne |
| Nominator's Email | susan.whitbourne@umb.edu |
| Specialty Board And/or Academy You Represent | Geropsychology |
| Your Submission Is For | Specialty Board |
| Name of Person You Are Nominating | Erin Emery-Tiburcio |
| Nominee's Degree | PhD |
| Nominee's Email | erin_emerytiburcio@rush.edu |
| Please provide a brief (i.e., 2-3 sentence) description of the basis for the award. | With this award, we wish to honor Dr. Erin E. Emery-Tiburcio’s extraordinary contributions to preparing our health care workforce to provide age-friendly health care and competently delivered mental health services to older adults. Dr. Emery-Tiburcio demonstrates multifaceted leadership. She coleads the Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Disparities in Aging (the ‘E4 Center’), which advances workforce capacity to meet the behavioral and mental health needs of an aging population through training and technical assistance for health care providers and community organizations. She has been and remains involved in multiple, related initiatives to support geropsychology practice, especially for older adults in underserved communities. Her wide-ranging research has been impactful for practice, with a focus on promoting age-friendly and team-based health care, improving telehealth access, and disseminating evidence-based practices for older adults. Most recently, she cochaired the American Psychological Association's Task Force on the Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Older Adults (2024) and received the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Independent Practice (2024). |
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