October 1, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Professor Gitendra Uswatte, Ph.D., has received the 2008 Mitchell Rosenthal Early Career Research Award from the American Psychological Association (APA), Rehabilitation Psychology, Division 22.

The award is presented to individuals who have made the most significant contributions to the science of rehabilitation psychology during the first 10 years since earning their doctoral degree. Uswatte received the award at the APA convention in Boston in August.

Uswatte also has been selected to serve as a member-at-large on the APA Division 22 executive board. His term ends in 2010.

Uswatte is an associate professor in the UAB Department of Psychology. His research interests include the application of behavioral principles to the rehabilitation of movement after a neurological injury and human psychological strengths such as hope, kindness and gratitude. His research has been funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.

Uswatte earned his doctoral degree in clinical medical psychology from UAB in 2001.