Research and Professional Development Committee

Committee Chair (Fall 2024–Fall 2027):

• Emily Bilek, Ph.D., University of Michigan

Committee Charge:

The Research and Professional Development (RPD) Committee is chaired by an individual who serves a three-year term. The Chair oversees the review of RPD submissions for the annual ABCT convention. In addition, the Chair completes duties relevant to RPD programming specifically, and conference planning generally, throughout the year. The success of the committee is defined by its ability to review submissions, solicit additional submissions when necessary to ensure a diverse representation of clinical areas, make final decisions on acceptance, and analyze post-conference feedback to guide future programming. These objectives, along with other performance benchmarks, are outlined in greater detail below.

Committee Benchmark 2024–2025:

• Work closely with other members of the Convention Committee on an at-least-monthly basis to plan the annual ABCT convention.
• Review and rate RPD submissions.
• Solicit RPD submissions as necessary to round out Convention Programming.
• In consultation with other members of the Convention Committee, make final disposition decisions on RPD submissions.
• Review post-conference RPD feedback from conference attendees to inform future decisions about programming, solicitations for submissions, and final dispositions.
• Write an annual progress report and submit it to the Convention & Education Issues Coordinator for presentation to the Board of Directors.
• Monitor and respond to emails via the [email protected] email address (Chair)