Martha Crowther

Dr. Martha Crowther is a licensed clinical psychologist and board-certified geropsychologist with expertise in clinical psychology and public health, specializing in underserved populations (African Americans, rural residents, older adults). She has a long history of qualitative/quantitative research on chronic and behavioral health in urban/rural settings, beginning with federally funded studies of African American caregivers and grandparents raising grandchildren amid substance abuse/incarceration. Her work informs addiction’s family impacts and integrated care. She has conducted extensive rural mental health/aging research, taught doctoral students behavioral healthcare for high-risk populations for over a decade, and received the 2018 Society of Clinical Geropsychology Distinguished Clinical Mentorship Award. Currently on the APA Rural Health Committee, she leads Alabama Department of Mental Health-funded telehealth crisis services, partners with Alabama Fire and Rescue on 911 non-emergency support and co-directs the Community Liaison and Recruitment Core for the Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research.