Presently, Salimah is the project director for the Longitudinal Study, The Impact of Assistive Technology (AT) & Accommodations on Employment of People with Physical Disabilities (PwPD), which is part of the Research Rehabilitation Training Center (RRTC) on Accommodations, Employment Supports and Success for PwPD (ACCESS-PD), a $4.4M, five-year funding cycle, sponsored by National Institute on Independent Living, Disability, and Rehabilitation Research. She leads the development, testing, and deployment of an omnibus longitudinal survey that evaluates the effectiveness of AT and workplace accommodations on the employment outcomes of PwPD in traditional and contingent employment work arrangements.

Salimah’s efforts to translate research findings into practice are centered on her participation in the federal rulemaking process and the provision of evidence-based policy and practice recommendations. Salimah has authored 127 journal articles, book chapters, federal regulatory agency filings, conference papers, and presentations. Salimah earned her BA in English literature from Agnes Scott College and her MS in Clinical Psychology, applied research specialization, from the Harold Abel School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Capella University. Her graduate studies focused on the culturally competent delivery of mental health services and the inclusion of people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and women in the workplace with an emphasis on the function of perceptions, bias, and social attitudes.