Applications are invited for the first Eusebio Rial González Innovation and Practice Award in Occupational Health Psychology
The European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP), in collaboration with EU-OSHA, has created this new award in honour of the contribution to occupational health psychology of Eusebio (Seb) Rial González. Seb was a founding member of the EAOHP and head of EU-OSHA’s Prevention and Research Unit until his death in December 2014.
The award will be formally launched at the EAOHP conference in Athens in April 2016 and the deadline for applications is the end of January 2016.
For full details of the award and how to apply see the current issue of the EAOHP newsletter – the Occupational Health Psychologist.
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