Michelle P. Salyers, Ph.D., is co-director of the ACT Center and Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). She is also a Research Scientist at the VA HSR&D Center of Excellence on Implementing Evidence-based Practice, Roudebush VAMC and at Regenstrief Institute, Inc. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Rehabilitation Psychology at IUPUI in 1998. She completed her clinical internship at Dartmouth Medical School and was a NASMHPD Research Institute post-doctoral fellow at the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center. She is a mental health services researcher in the field of psychiatric rehabilitation, primarily focusing on implementing recovery-oriented, evidence-based practices. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has several federally-funded research and implementation projects focusing on Assertive Community Treatment and Illness Management and Recovery.