Researcher(s) Keywords:
- Self-Determined and Positive Health and Higher Education Administrations
- Rural and Urban Health and Community Participation.
- Rehabilitation of Chronic Illness and Disability and Homelessness
- Psychometric and Test Construction
- Positive psychology and well-being
- Positive Community-Engaged Scholarship
- mental health
- Happiness and Resilience
- Combat and Veterans and Military Research
- Artificial intelligence
- Alzheimer's Disease and Aging
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Date: January 30, 2025

EL PASO, Texas (Jan. 30, 2025) – Health sciences researcher Emre Umucu, Ph.D., associate professor and associate dean for research at The University of Texas at El Paso, has been awarded the Roger G. Barker Distinguished Research Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association (APA). The award honors research in the field of rehabilitation psychology, which focuses on helping individuals with disabilities and chronic conditions improve their health, independence and social participation.
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