APF Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology: Eduardo Salas.

The APF Gold Medal for Impact in Psychology recognizes Eduardo Salas for his impactful work in team science. 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, law enforcement, NASA, health care, and numerous corporations in the private sector, including an aircrew coordination training for the U.S. Navy which has been in use since 1992. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).