APF At Home: Fireside Chat with Eduardo Salas, PhD
Eduardo Salas, PhD, is a 2023 recipient of the American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology. He is joined by APF President Dr. Melba J.T. Vasquez for this Fireside chat.
Dr. Salas was awarded this honor in recognition of his impactful work in team science. Dr. Eduardo Salas is the preeminent expert in what is known about teamwork and team training and how to apply that knowledge to practice. As a role model for scientist-practitioners, he has spent more than 40 years developing evidence-based principles to help organizations design, manage, and develop teams. Dr. Salas has developed training models and frameworks for the military, laws enforcement, NASA, healthcare, and numerous corporations in the private sector, including an aircrew coordination training for the US Navy which has been in use since 1992.
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