Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Model Systems Researchers to Present at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) 99th Annual Conference

A host of Model System researchers presented at the 99th American Congress of Rehabilitation Medication (ACRM) Annual Conference on Nov 8-11, 2022 in Chicago. To learn more, visit https://www.eventscribe.net/2022/ACRM/agenda.asp?pfp=BrowsebyDay.
  • 2022 NASEM Report on Traumatic Brain Injury: A Roadmap to Accelerating Progress by Jennifer A. Bogner, PhD, Helene J. Moriarty, PhD, RN, FAAN, Monica S. Vavilala, MD
  • A RCT of a Psychological Health Promotion Program for Women with SCI:Examining Efficacy and Mechanisms by Susan Robinson-Whelen, PhD, Rosemary B. Hughes, PhD, Diana Gonzalez, Bachelor's, Linda Norah-Davis, JD, Leon-Novelo Luis, Ph.D., Esther Ngan, B.S., Heather B. Taylor, MS, MEd, PhD
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Exploring Risks Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury and Promising Clinical Trials by Daniel Daneshvar, MD, PhD, Ross D. Zafonte, DO, Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD
  • Apply Knowledge Translation to Promote Burn Rehabilitation by Xinsheng Cindy Cindy Cai, PhD, Gretchen J. Carrougher, MN, RN, Kara McMullen, MPH, Caitlin Orton, MPH, Lauren Shepler, MPH, Kyra Jeanine D. Solis, B.S., CHES, and Oscar Suman-Vejas, PhD, M.S.
  •  Associations between functioning recovery, employment, and neighborhood disadvantage in people with spinal cord injury by Han Su, PhD, RN, Huacong Wen, PhD, Yuying Chen, MD, PhD, Allen W. Heinemann, PhD, Anne Deutsch, PhD, RN, CRRN, FACRM, FARN
  • Barriers and Facilitators to Employment for People with Physical Disabilities: Employee and Employer Perspectives by Allen W. Heinemann, PhD, Jasin Wong, PhD, Elizabeth Munsell, PhD, OTR/L, Han Su, PhD, RN, Angelika M. Kudla, B.S.
  • Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group Disorders of Consciousness Task Force by Risa Richardson, PhD, FACRM, Yelena G. Bodien, PhD
  • Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group Summit by Thomas F. Bergquist, Ph.D., ABPP-Cn, FACRM, Angelle M. Sander, PhD, FACRM
  • Burnout or Moral Injury in Rehab Physicians and Clinicians by Sheryl D. Katta-Charles, MD, Douglas I. Katz, MD, Nathan D. Zasler, MD, BIM
  • Caregiver Adjustment to Traumatic Brain Injury: Findings from Recent TBI Model Systems Collaborative Projects by Daniel W. Klyce, PhD, ABPP, Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, CRC, Dawn M. Neumann, PhD, Kritzianel Merced, Ph.D., Jennifer H. Marwitz, M.A.
  • Chronic Pain Prevalence, Phenotypes and Treatments in Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, and Traumatic Brain Injury by Jeanne M. Hoffman, PhD, Mark Peterson, PhD
  • Collaborative Care to Treat Chronic Pain after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Jeanne M. Hoffman, PhD, Mary Curran, MSW, Sylvia Lucas, MD, PhD, FAHS, Jennifer M. Zumsteg, MD
  • Comparing Health Measures and Life Satisfaction for Individuals with Paraplegia Participating in Two Exercise Programs by Lisa Lighthall Haubert, MPT, DPT, KEMG, Jeffery W. Rankin, PhD, Philip S. Requejo, PhD, Valerie Eberly, PT, NCS, KEMG, Walter Weiss, MPT, NCS, KEMG, Sandy Conners, PTA
  • Comparing Treatment Approaches to Promote TBI Inpatient Rehabilitation Effectiveness: Leveraging EMRs, Informing Research and Practice by Cynthia L. Beaulieu, PhD, ABPP-CN, Jennifer A. Bogner, PhD, Erinn M. Hade, PhD, Kimberly L. Frey, PhD, CCC-SLP, CBIS, Chad Swank, PT, PhD
  • Curing Coma Campaign: Pathway to Curing Coma Through Scientific Discovery, Evidence-Based Practice and Interdisciplinary Collaboration by Brooke M. Murtaugh, OTD, OTR/L, CBIST, BT-C, Joseph T. Giacino, PhD, Claude Hemphill, III, MD, Molly McNett, PhD, RN, CNRN, FNCS, FAAN, Yelena G. Bodien, PhD
  • Developing Quality Burn Rehabilitation Services in a Post-Acute Care Setting by Brooke M. Murtaugh, OTD, OTR/L, CBIST, BT-C, Laura K. Gosselin, MS, OTR/L, Katherine G. Siwy, MS. OTR/L
  • Development, Refinement and Testing of Assessment Items for Post-acute Care Cross-setting Standardization by Maria Edelen, Debra Saliba, MD, MPH, Victoria Shier, PhD, MPA, Sarah E. Dalton, MA
  • Digital Health Applications in Rehabilitation: Fostering Stakeholder Engagement and Design for Inclusion by Alex W.K Wong, PhD, DPhil, Monique R. Pappadis, MEd, PhD, John T. Morris, PhD, Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, PhD., OTR/L, Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, CRC
  • Disorders of Consciousness after Severe Brain Injury: Updates from the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems by Yelena G. Bodien, PhD, Robert G. Kowalski, MD, MS, Joseph T. Giacino, PhD, Samuel Snider, Risa Nakase-Richardson, Ph.D.
  • Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit: Who When and How? By Miguel Escalon, MD, MPH, Andrew D. Delgado, MS, Sofia A. Barchuk, BA, DO, Stephanie A. Kolakowsky-Hayner, PhD, CBIST, FACRM
  • Efficacy of a group-based education and self-management intervention for people with traumatic brain injury by Simon Driver, PhD, Evan E. McShan, MS, CCRC, CHES, Megan E. Douglas, PhD, Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, CRC, Donna Noorbakhsh, MS, CCC-SLP, CBIS, Stephanie F. Calhoun, BS, Monica Bennett, PhD, Alexandria R. Holden, MPH, Randi A. Dubiel, D.O.
  • Engaging Personal Care Assistants in the Development of an Introduction to Spinal Cord Injury Course by Jeanne Zanca, MPT, PhD, FACRM, Denise C. Fyffe, PhD, John T. Morris, PhD, Juan F. Segovia, BA, Trevor A. Dyson-Hudson, MD
  • Examination of the scale structure of the Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale: Application of Rasch Measurement theory by Allan J. Kozlowski, PhD, B.Sc. (PT), Jennifer Weaver, PhD, OTR/L, CBIS, Trudy Mallinson, PhD, Cally Gooch, Rachel Hren, Michelle A. Meade, PhD, John F. Butzer
  • Examining Loneliness and Its Correlates in a Sample of People with Spinal Cord Injury by Susan Robinson-Whelen, PhD, Rosemary B. Hughes, PhD, Heather B. Taylor, MS, MEd, PhD, Jessica Rodriguez, Sally Holmes, MD, Kristen Staggers, Charles Minard, PhD, MS, BS
  • IC21: Best Practices for Conducting Research Using the Spinal Cord Injury Models System Database by Anne Deutsch, PhD, RN, CRRN, FACRM, FARN, Yuying Chen, MD, PhD, Huacong Wen, PhD, Han Su, PhD, RN
  • IC33: Building Capacity for Selecting Interventions in Implementation Research Grants: TBIMS Chronic Pain Collaborative Project by Risa Nakase-Richardson, Ph.D., Jolie N. Haun, PhD, Jeanne M. Hoffman, PhD, Amanda Royer, BA, Bridget A. Cotner, PhD, Deveney Ching, MA, Aaron M. Martin, PhD, Georgia Kane, MD, Christine Melillo, PhD
  • Imagining the Future of the Rehabilitation Measures Database by Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN, Allen W. Heinemann, PhD, Namrata Grampurohit, PhD, OTR/L, Ann Van de Winckel, PhD, MSPT, PT, Julie L. Schwertfeger, PhD
  • Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Interventions for the Burn Survivor by Brooke M. Murtaugh, OTD, OTR/L, CBIST, BT, Laura K. Gosselin, MS, OTR/L, Katherine G. Siwy, MS. OTR/L.
  • Jump Start Your Career by Publishing in High-Impact Journals: A Discussion with ACRM’s Journals’ Editors by Allen W. Heinemann, PhD, Leighton Chan, MD, MPH, Helen Hoenig, MD, MPH, Jeffrey R. Basford, MD PhD, Glenn D. Collins
  • MEASUREMENT HOT TOPIC: Applying Person-Centered Measurement in Rehabilitation Practice by Allan J. Kozlowski, PhD, B.Sc. (PT), Jennifer Weaver, PhD, OTR/L, CBIS, Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN, Allen W. Heinemann, PhD, Ann Guernon, PhD, CCC-SLP, Trish Kot
  • Mental Health After Spinal Cord Injury: Findings from Focus Groups with People with SCI by Lindsay DuBois, Katherine Kaufman, Angelika M. Kudla, B.S., Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN, Allen W. Heinemann, PhD
  • Mentorship Among Early- and Mid-Career Investigators and the Advancement of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Research by Nathan Hogaboom, PhD, Tolu O. Oyesanya, PhD, RN, Denise C. Fyffe, PhD, Shivayogi V. Hiremath, PhD, Swati Mehta, PhD, Gino Panza, PhD, Ceren Yarar-Fisher, PhD, PT, Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, CRC
  • Patient and Provider Experience with Chronic Pain after TBI by Jeanne M. Hoffman, PhD, Risa Nakase-Richardson, Ph.D., Jessica M. Ketchum, PhD, Cynthia Harrison-Felix, PhD
  • People with SCI from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds are at increased risk for wheelchair breakdowns by Nathan Hogaboom, PhD, Amanda L. Botticello, PhD, MPH, Denise C. Fyffe, PhD, Lynn A. Worobey, PhD, DPT, ATP, Trevor A. Dyson-Hudson, MD, Michael Boninger, MD
  • PLENARY III: The Placebo and Nocebo Effect in Rehabilitation Research and Care by Ross D. Zafonte, DO
  • Precision Rehabilitation and Big Data Analytics (double symposium) by Paolo Bonato, PhD, John T. Morris, PhD, Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM, George H. Collier, PhD, Brad Willingham, Pamela Roberts, PhD, OTR/L, SCFES, FAOTA, CPHQ, FNAP, FACRM, Jeffrey Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN, Ramin Ramezani, PhD, Eric E. Fabara, MD, Joseph T. Giacino, PhD
  • Promoting Equity after Burn Injury by Barclay T. Stewart, MD PhD; Damien W. Carter, MD, Elisha Brownson, and Caitlin Orton, MPH.
  • Rehabilitation Researchers’ Interest in Learning Health Systems Research Competencies by Christine McDonough, PT, PhD, Thiru M. Annaswamy, MD, MA, Jeanne M. Hoffman, PhD, Jennifer Sanchez, Ph.D., CRC, CVE, Adam Kinney, PhD, OTR/L
  • Relationship Between Memory and Non-Verbal Reasoning to Injury Severity Measures After Traumatic Brain Injury by Aluri AS, Marwitz JH
  • SCI-ISIG Award Lectureship: Margaret Nosek Award by Heather B. Taylor, MS, MEd, PhD
  • Self after Brain Injury: New Evidence and Implications by Julia Schmidt, OT, PhD, Jennifer Fleming, PhD, Danielle Sansonetti, OT, Natasha A. Lannin, PhD, Yael Goverover, PhD, OTR.L, Joan Toglia, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
  • Self-Management in SCI: Individual and Systemic Factors by Michelle A. Meade, PhD
  • Should "Consistent Movement to Command" Be Included as Criterion for Emerged from Minimally Conscious State by Jennifer Weaver, PhD, OTR/L, CBIS, Joseph T. Giacino, PhD, Trudy Mallinson, PhD, Katherine M. Golden, OTD, OTR/L, Yelena G. Bodien, PhD
  • Social Determinants of Health: Characteristics and Impact on Outcomes in Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury by Angelle M. Sander, PhD, FACRM, Monique R. Pappadis, MEd, PhD, Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, CRC, Alexandra B. Holland, LMSW
  • SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: Behavioral Health Considerations Across Rehabilitation Medicine: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why? By John H. O'Neill, PhD, Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, CRC, Pam Shlemon, Jeffrey Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN
  • SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: Development of a Chronic Care Model for Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury by Angelle M. Sander, PhD, FACRM, John D. Corrigan, PhD, Flora M. Hammond, M.D., Kurt Kroenke, MD
  • SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: Health Policy 101: Opportunities to Be More Engaged by James E. Graham, PhD, Sheryl D. Katta-Charles, MD, Anne Deutsch, PhD, RN, CRRN, FACRM, FARN, Joe Nahra
  • Supporting Care Partners in Dementia with Problem-Solving Training: Application and Cultural Adaptation by Marlene Vega, PsyD, Chung Lin (Novelle) Kew, PhD, CRC, Alexandra B. Holland, LMSW, Maria C. Boix Braga, PhD, Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, CRC
  • The Curing Coma Campaign Prospective Studies Workgroup Roadmap and Results on Global Management and Epidemiology by Molly McNett, PhD, RN, CNRN, FNCS, FAAN, Raimund Helbok, Daniel Kondziella
  • The Future of Measurement of Participation and its Contextual and Environmental Influences by Jessica Kersey, Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR, FAOTA, Allen W. Heinemann, PhD, Joy M. Hammel, PhD, OTR/L
  • The Value of Rehabilitation Interventions --Integrating Evidence, Clinical Expertise, Critical Assessment, and Patient Needs by Elliot J. Roth, MD, Neil Jordan, PhD, Anne Deutsch, PhD, RN, CRRN, FACRM, FARN, Thomas G. Hornby, PT, PhD, Leora R. Cherney, PhD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, FACRM, Susan Magasi, Jennifer L. Moore, PT, DHS, NCS
  • Understanding Health, Discrimination and Wheelchair Experiences among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Men Living with SCI by Denise C. Fyffe, PhD, Sharon E. Sonenblum, PhD, Trevor A. Dyson-Hudson, MD
  • Unveiling of the updated ACRM definition of mild TBI by Noah D. Silverberg, RPsych, ABPP-CN, Grant L. Iverson, Ph.D., Jennifer V. Wethe, PhD, ABPP-CN, Mary A. Iaccarino, MD, Alison M. Cogan, PhD, OTR/L, Kristen Dams-O'Connor, PhD, Min Jeong P. Graf, MD, Karen L. McCulloch, PT, PhD, FAPTA, William Panenka
  • Voices of Experience - New SCI Video Series Advances Rehabilitation by Allen W. Heinemann, PhD, David Chen, M.D., Colleen Zale, MOT, OTR/L, PT, DPT, Lisa B. Rosen, M.S., Sara J. Klaas, MSW, CCM, C-ASWCM
  • Weight Loss after Brain Injury: Barriers, Current Approaches, and Results from Two Evidence-Based Programs by Simon Driver, PhD, Evan E. McShan, MS, CCRC, CHES, Chad Swank, PT, PhD, Megan E. Douglas, PhD, Randi A. Dubiel, D.O.

Friday, August 12, 2022

Organizations that Host Model System Centers Ranked by U.S. News

 U.S. News evaluated 799 hospitals for rehabilitation and ranked the best-performing ones based on their care for patients recovering from many illnesses including spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and burn injury. We present the ranking of rehabilitation facilities that house the currently funded Model System centers below.

Ranking 1: Shirley Ryan Abilitylab
Ranking 7: Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Hospitals
Ranking 8: Shepherd Center
Ranking 9: MossRehab
Ranking 10: UPMC Mercy

Ranking 11: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Ranking 12: New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell

Ranking 13: Mount Sinai Hospital
Ranking 14: Baylor Scott and White Institute for Rehabilitation-Dallas
Ranking 15: Craig Hospital
Ranking 16: Atrium Medical Center-Middletown

Ranking 17: Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital

Ranking 18: MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital

Ranking 19: Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

Ranking 20: University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital
Ranking 21: WakeMed Health and Hospitals-Raleigh Campus

Ranking 23: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Ranking 24: MetroHealth Medical Center
Ranking 25: Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center

Ranking 26: Emory Rehabilitation Hospital

Ranking 27: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Ranking 28: Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center

Ranking 29: Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian

Ranking 30: Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital

Ranking 31: OhioHealth Rehabilitation Hospital

Ranking 32: WellStar Kennestone Hospital

Ranking 33: Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Ranking 34: University of Michigan Hospitals-Michigan Medicine
Ranking 35: Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Ranking 36: Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital

Ranking 37: St. David’s North Austin Medical Center

Ranking 38: Providence Mission Hospital-Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach

Ranking 39: Providence St. Jude Medical Center

Ranking 40: Barrow Neurological Institute

Ranking 40: Tampa General Hospital

Ranking 40: University of North Carolina Hospitals

Ranking 43: Roper Hospital

Ranking 43: Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Ranking 45: Swedish Medical Center-Cherry Hill

Ranking 46: Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin

Ranking 47: Glen Cove Hospital at Northwell Health

Ranking 48: Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro

Ranking 49: JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at Hackensack Meridian Health
Ranking 50: Atrium Medical Center-Middletown

Ranking 50: Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Organizations that Host Model System Centers Ranked by U.S. News

U.S. News evaluated 1,083 hospitals for rehabilitation and ranked the best-performing ones based on their care for patients recovering from many illnesses including spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and burn injury. We present the ranking of rehabilitation facilities that house the currently funded Model System centers below.

Ranking 1: Shirley Ryan Abilitylab
Ranking 8: Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Hospitals
Ranking 10: Craig Hospital
Ranking 11: UPMC Mercy
 
Ranking 12: New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
 
Ranking 13: Baylor Scott and White Institute for Rehabilitation-Dallas
Ranking 14: Mount Sinai Hospital
Ranking 17: Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 17: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Ranking 19: WakeMed Health and Hospitals-Raleigh Campus
 
Ranking 20: MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 21: Magee Rehabilitation Hospital-Jefferson Health
Ranking 22: University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital
Ranking 23: Johns Hopkins Hospital
 
Ranking 24: MetroHealth Medical Center
Ranking 25: University of Michigan Hospitals-Michigan Medicine
Ranking 26: Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center
 
Ranking 26: Emory Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 26: Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center
 
Ranking 29: Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center
 
Ranking 30: JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at Hackensack Meridian Health
Ranking 31: Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Ranking 32: UW Medicine-Harborview Medical Center
Ranking 33: St. David’s Medical Center
 
Ranking 34: Banner Boswell Medical Center
 
Ranking 34: OhioHealth Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 36: Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 36: Tampa General Hospital
 
Ranking 38: WellStar Kennestone Hospital
 
Ranking 39: Sarasota Memorial Hospital
 
Ranking 40: Providence St. Jude Medical Center
 
Ranking 41: Swedish Medical Center-Cherry Hill
 
Ranking 41: UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
 
Ranking 43: Atrium Medical Center-Middletown
 
Ranking 44: Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Ranking 44: Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian
 
Ranking 46: Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital
 
Ranking 47: St. David’s North Austin Medical Center
 
Ranking 48: CarolinaEast Medical Center                    
 
Ranking 48: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
 
Ranking 48: University of North Carolina Hospitals

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

TBI Model Systems Researchers Planned and Participate in the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) 15th Annual Conference (ABI2020)

TBI Model Systems researchers have been critical in the planning of and many will present at the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) 15th Annual Conference (ABI2020). The event will be held February 26-29 in New Orleans, LA. For more information about the conference, view the conference program here.

The following TBI Model System researchers assisted in planning ABI2020:
  • Alan Weinstraub, MD, Medical Director for the Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System and Medical Director of the Brain Injury Program at Craig Hospital, will serve as conference chair for the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) 15th Annual Conference (ABI2020). With the theme ‘Best Practices in Brain Injury Medicine and Neurorehabilitation: Improving Outcomes Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration,’ this conference will be the premier educational event for multidisciplinary medical professionals involved in brain injury in North America in 2020. Learn more about this honor here.



The following TBI Model System Researchers will present at ABI2020:
  • Anthony Lequerica, PhD (Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury System) will present, “Lifetime Exposure to Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurobehavioral Symptoms Among Spanish-speaking Individuals from an International Sample,” as part of the Accepted Oral Scientific Papers on Integration and Lifelong Living.




Burn Model System Researchers to Present at the American Burn Association (ABA) 52nd Annual Meeting

The following Burn Model Systems researchers will present at the 2020 ABA annual meeting. The event will be held March 17-20 in Orlando, FL.



Investigator from Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Olivia R. Stockly, BS; Audrey W. Wolfe, MPH; Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD; and Colleen M. Ryan, MD), Northwest Regional Burn Model System (Gretchen J. Carrougher, RN, MN; Nicole S. Gibran, MD; and Barclay Stewart, MD, PhD, MscPH), Pediatric Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model System (Steven Wolf, MD, FACs), and North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System (Karen Kowalske, MD) will present the Correlative Session, “Inhalation Injury is Associated with Long-Term Physical, Satisfaction with Life, and Employment Outcomes: A Burn Model System National Database Study.” 

Investigator from Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Gabrielle G. Grant, BA; Olivia R. Stockly, BS; Audrey W. Wolfe, MPH; Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD; and Colleen M. Ryan, MD), and Pediatric Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model System (Steven Wolf, MD, FACs) will present the poster, “Long-Term Outcomes of Chemical Burn Injuries: A Burn Model System National Database Study.” Learn more here.

Investigator from Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Audrey W. Wolfe, MPH; Olivia R. Stockly, BS; Gabrielle G. Grant, BA; Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD; and Colleen M. Ryan, MD), Northwest Regional Burn Model System (Gretchen J. Carrougher, RN, MN; and Nicole S. Gibran, MD), North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System (Radha Holavanahalli, PhD), and Burn Model System National Data and Statistical Center (Kara McMullen, MPH) will present the poster, “Examining the Characteristics of Eligible Burn Survivors Who Did Not Consent to Participate in a Longitudinal, National Database.” Learn more here.

Investigator from Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Olivia R. Stockly, BS; Audrey W. Wolfe, MPH; Colleen M. Ryan, MD; and Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD), North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System (Kimberly Roaten, PhD), and Northwest Regional Burn Model System (Shelley Wiechman, PhD) will present the poster,” Determining Risk Factors Associated with Development of Depression Following Burn Injury.” Learn more here.

Investigator from Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Olivia R. Stockly, BS; Audrey W. Wolfe, MPH; Colleen M. Ryan, MD; and Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD), and Northwest Regional Burn Model System (Nicole S. Gibran, MD) will present the poster, “Examination of Gender Differences in Return to School and PROMIS-25 Outcomes for Pediatric Burn Survivors.” Learn more here.

Investigator from Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Gabrielle G. Grant, BA; Keri J. S. Brady, MPH; Frederick J. Stoddard, MD; Robert L. Sheridan, MD; Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD; Lewis E. Kazis, ScD; and Colleen M. Ryan, MD), and Pediatric Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model System (Walter J. Meyer, MD) will present the poster, “A New Outcome Metric for Young Children with Burns: Item Pool Development for the Preschool Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) Profile,” with Kathleen Romanowski, MD; Philip Chang, MD; J.K. Nelson, RN; Petra Warner, MD; and Tina L. Palmieri, MD. Learn more here.

Investigator from Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Keri J. S. Brady, MPH; Gabrielle G. Grant, BA; Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD; Lewis E. Kazis, ScD; and Colleen M. Ryan, MD) will present the poster, “Assessing the Impact of Burns on Children Aged 5-18 Years: A Narrative Review of Health Outcomes Literature.”

Investigator from Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Brian M. Ketler; Audrey W. Wolfe, MPH; Mary Slavin, PhD; Lewis E. Kazis, ScD; Colleen M. Ryan, MD; and Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD) will present the poster, “The Importance of Trajectory Curves for the Implementation of Outcome Benchmarks in a Clinical Setting.” Learn more here.

Investigators from Northwest Regional Burn Model System (Clifford Sheckter, MD; Gretchen J. Carrougher, RN, MN; Tam N. Pham, MD; Nicole S. Gibran, MD; and Barclay Stewart, MD, PhD, MscPH) will present the Correlative Session, “The Impact of Modifiable Comorbid Conditions on Long-term Patient Reported Outcomes in Burn Survivors.”

Investigators from Northwest Regional Burn Model System (Gretchen J. Carrougher, RN, MN; and Nicole S. Gibran, MD), Burn Model System National Data and Statistical Center (Kara McMullen, MPH; and Dagmar Amtmann, PhD), Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Audrey W. Wolfe, MPH; and Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD), and North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System (Radha Holavanahalli, PhD; and Karen Kowalske, MD) will present the poster, “Living Well After Burn Injury: Using Case Report Mapping to Illustrate Life Changing Contributions from the Burn Model System Research Program.” Learn more here.

Investigators from Northwest Regional Burn Model System (Gretchen J. Carrougher, RN, MN; and Nicole S. Gibran, MD), North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System (Karen Kowalske, MD), Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD), Burn Model System National Data and Statistical Center (Dagmar Amtmann, PhD) will present the poster, “Disparities in Discharge Disposition: A Burn Model System National Database Study.” Learn more here.

Investigators from Northwest Regional Burn Model System (D.E. Luna; Clifford Sheckter, MD; Gretchen J. Carrougher, RN, MN; Barclay Stewart, MD, PhD, MscPH; and Nicole S. Gibran, MD) will present the Correlative Session, “Self-reported Health Measures in Burn Survivors Undergoing Burn Surgery Following Acute Hospitalization.”

Investigators from North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System (Radha Holavanahalli, PhD; Kimberly Roaten, PhD; and Adriana Sanchez, BS) will present the Correlative Session, “Does Peer Support Facilitate Social Integration Following Burn Injury?”

Investigators from Burn Model System National Data and Statistical Center (Dagmar Amtmann, PhD; and Kara McMullen, MPH), Northwest Regional Burn Model System (Alyssa M. Bamer, MPH; and Nicole S. Gibran, MD), North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System (Radha Holavanahalli, PhD; and Adriana Sanchez, BS), and Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD; and Audrey W. Wolfe, MPH) will present the poster, “Perspectives on Research Participation Feedback: Results from Burn Survivor Focus Groups.” Learn more here.

Investigators from Burn Model System National Data and Statistical Center (Kara McMullen, MPH; and Dagmar Amtmann, PhD), Northwest Regional Burn Model System (Alyssa M. Bamer, MPH; Nicole S. Gibran, MD; and Gretchen J. Carrougher, RN, MN), North Texas Burn Rehabilitation Model System (Radha Holavanahalli, PhD), and Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Jeffrey C. Schneider, MD) will present the Correlative Session, “Social Integration in the First 2 Years After Moderate to Severe Burn Injury: A Burn Model System National Database Study.”


Friday, November 15, 2019

Model Systems Researchers to Present at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) 96th Annual Conference



The following Model Systems researchers presented at the 2019 ACRM annual conference. The event was held from November 5-8 in Chicago, IL.


  • Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP (RP), FACRM, and Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN (Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System) present the symposium, "Enriching Curricular Resources for Rehabilitation: Collaborations with the Rehabilitation Measures Database." Learn more here
  • Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP (RP), FACRM (Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System) presents the symposium, "Emerging Good Practices for reporting development of scales that includes Rasch Measurement Theory," in collaboration with Ann Van de Winckel, PhD, MSPT, PT; Trudy Mallison, PhD, OTR/L, FACRM; Jennifer Weaver, PhD (Cand.); Lauren Terhorst, PhD; and Allan Kozlowski, PhD, BSc (PT). Learn more here.
  • Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP (RP), FACRM; and Alan Anschel, MD (Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System) present the symposium, "Spinal Cord Injury: From Rehabilitation to Advocacy," with Jessica Pruente, MD; Deborah Gaebler, MD; Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH; and Patrick Carter, MD. Learn more here.
  • Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP (RP), FACRM (Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System); with Leighton Chan, MD, MPH, FACRM; Helen Hoenig, MD, MPH; Jeffrey Basford, MD, FACRM; and Glenn Collins, BS, present the symposium, "Publishing in High-Impact Journals: Open Access, Reporting Guidelines, Trial Registration, and More." Learn more here.
  • Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD (Tampa PRC) and Marc A. Silva, PhD (Tampa PRC) presented, "Sleep-Apnea prevalence differs by TBI severity in Veterans, Service Members: VA TBI Model Systems Study." Learn more here.
  • Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD (Tampa PRC) presented, "Changing the narrative to hope: Implementation discussion." Learn more here
  • Angelle M. Sander, PhD, FACRM (Texas TBI Model System of TIRR) presented, "A Randomized Controlled Trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury." Learn more here.
  • Investigators from Virginia Commonwealth Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (Kristin M. Graham, PhD, CRC; Jeffrey S. Kreutzer, PhD, ABPP, FACRM; Jennifer H. Marwitz, MA; Adam Sima, PhD; and Nancy H. Hsu, PsyD, ABPP) presented the poster, "The Effect of a Couples Intervention on Unmet Needs and Caregiver Burden after Brain Injury." Learn more here