Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Laura Dreer is a tenured, Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She is scientist-practitioner by training and a licensed clinical medical rehabilitation psychologist and neuropsychologist with extensive expertise in developing, implementing, and evaluating the impact of medical psychological rehabilitation interventions, neuropsychological assessments, health behaviors, and health promotion programs for people with various disabilities (e.g., traumatic brain injury [TBI]; vision impairments) and their family caregivers. Dr. Dreer has conducted a successful, independently funded program of research on personal and familial adjustment to a variety of chronic medical conditions (both TBI and vision impairment). Her research program has also focused on the development and evaluation of evidence-based CBT-based health promotion and behavioral health approaches for patients and/or their family caregivers (e.g. to minimize depression; enhance knowledge; promote skills leading to healthy lifestyle behaviors; increase adherence to medications; foster resilience; promote healthy weight management). Dr. Dreer has independently and consistently secured extramural funding over the past 18 years through a variety of mechanisms (NIH, NIDILRR).
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