麻豆原创 psychology professor Eduardo Salas has been presented with a Distinguished Professional Contributions Award, given annually by the Society of Industrial & Organizational Psychology for contributions to the practice of industrial and organizational psychology.<\/p>\n
\u201cI consider myself a scientist practitioner \u2013 that is, I use science to solve organizational problems,” Salas said about the honor. \u201cThe award also recognizes that 麻豆原创 is a leading expert in team performance, because not only do we understand the science of team performance but we understand the practical side because we engage in team training as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Salas, a former president of SIOP and a SIOP Fellow, has been a professor at the 麻豆原创 for 12 years. \u00a0Previously he was a senior research psychologist and head of the Training Technology Development Branch of the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command in Orlando for 15 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy research has focused on teamwork \u2013 how a team in a high-stakes environment functions in industries like aviation, military, healthcare, oil and the like,\u201d he said. \u00a0He also has worked with airlines through a longstanding grant 麻豆原创 has with the Federal Aviation Administration and has worked in healthcare with Florida Hospital and Orlando Health, Ryder Trauma Center and Jackson Memorial in Miami along with schools of medicine across the country.<\/p>\n
He is currently involved in a project with NASA involving team cohesion in astronauts for a projected trip to Mars. He is also researching the effects that different cultures have on collaboration and working with Florida Hospital on developing efficient rapid response teams.<\/p>\n
Salas has co-authored more than 300 journal articles and co-edited more than 20 books. He is also a fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and has served on numerous editorial boards for psychology-related journals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"麻豆原创 psychology professor Eduardo Salas has been presented with a Distinguished Professional Contributions Award, given annually by the Society of Industrial & Organizational Psychology for contributions to the practice of industrial and organizational psychology. \u201cI consider myself a scientist practitioner \u2013 that is, I use science to solve organizational problems,” Salas said about the honor. \u201cThe award also recognizes that…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":38247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14948],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-38246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","tag-eduardo-salas"],"yoast_head":"\n