Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Program
Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling
Department of Health Sciences
Phone: (919) 843-5138
Email: eniko_rak@med.unc.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Rehabilitation Counseling Education, 2011, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
- B.A., Psychology, 1999, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Research Interests
Health literacy in relation to quality of life outcomes in mental health and employment in individuals with chronic illness & disability; international rehabilitation; professional identity development in graduate students
Courses Taught
- CRMH 704. Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Disabilities
- CRMH 701. Foundations in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling
- CRMH 822. Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Practice
- CRMH 800. Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Research and Program Evaluation
Training Grants
Rák, E. (Project Director), Burker, E., Chan, D.V. Schmidt, J. A., Morrison, B. (Co-investigators). Advanced Training for Rehabilitation Counselors to Optimize Outcomes for Consumers with Mental Illness and Address Personnel Shortages in State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies. 2019-2025. US Department of Education, OSERS, Long-term Training Grant in Rehabilitation. $750,000.
Chan, D.V. (Project Director); Burker, E., Rák, E., Schmidt, J. A., Morrison, B. (Co-investigators). Promoting Evidence-Based Practice, Diversity, and Multicultural Competency in Rehabilitation Counselor Training to Meet Consumer and Employer Needs. 2019-2025. US Department of Education, OSERS, Long-term Training Grant in Rehabilitation. $1,000,000.
Recent Publications
Davis, R. , Rák, E., & Rose, T. (2024). A Critical Review of Existing Evidence-Based Sport Psychological Interventions for College Athletes with Comorbid Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder and Sport-Related Concussions. Current Sports Medicine Reports, 23 (1), 16-22. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000001132.
Huang, Y., Rák, E., Faldowski, R. A., Nazareth, M., Ryan, J., Javalkar, K., Pitts, B., & Díaz-González de Ferris, M. (2023). The self-management and transition manual “ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE” for adolescents with chronic kidney disease. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 71, 104-110. doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2022.10.006
Hart, L. C., Díaz-González de Ferris, M., Nazareth, M., Faldowski, R. A., Rák, E., Hooper, S. R., . . . van Tilburg, M. A. L. (2021). Evaluation of the TRxANSITION Index–Parent version for assessment of readiness to transition to adult care among youth with chronic conditions. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 58, 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2020.08.010
Huang, Y., Faldowski, R., Burker, E., Morrison, B., & Rák, E. (2021). Coping, anxiety, and health care transition readiness in youth with chronic conditions, Journal of Pediatric Nursing: Nursing Care of Children and Families, 60, 281 – 287, doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2021.07.027
Richards, J; Nazareth, M; Van Tilburg, M.A.L.; Jain, N; Hart, L; Faldowski, R., Coltrane, C., Hooper, S.; Ferris, M; Rák, E. (2020). Household Chores in Youth with Chronic Conditions: Health care Transition Implications. OTJR (Thorofare N J). 2021 Jan;41(1):6-14. doi: 10.1177/1539449220928142. Epub 2020 Jun 24. PMID: 32578506.
