CPS Professor Chairs Annual Rehabilitation Psychology Conference

Associate professor Barry Nierenberg chaired the 11th Annual Rehabilitation Psychology Conference in Jacksonville, FL. This is a joint venture between the American Psychological Association's (APA) Division of Rehabilitation Psychology and the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and had over 200 attendees. Dr. Nierenberg presented 2 papers at the conference. Nierenberg was recently elected to membership in the National Academy of Practice (NAP), a nonprofit professional organization composed of elected representatives from ten different health professions. Founded in 1981, the central purpose of NAP is to advise public policy makers on health care issues, using NAP’s unique perspective — that of expert practitioners and scholars joined in interdisciplinary dialogue. It is the only interdisciplinary group of health care practitioners dedicated to these issues. Only 150 practitioners or scholars may be elected to each Academy.