Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent Practice: Erin E. Emery-Tiburcio.

This award is intended to recognize outstanding independent practitioners in psychology. With this award, we celebrate 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. As a board-certified geropsychologist clinician, educator, researcher, and advocate, 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 productive, collaborative, and effective leaders, for her tireless efforts on behalf of psychologists practicing with older adults and the diverse older adults who benefit significantly from their services. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).