Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System
- Cindy Nowinski, MD, PhD; Allen Heinemann, PhD, FACRM; Susan Magasi, PhD; and J. Slotkin presented the workshop, “NIH Toolbox: State of the Art Outcome Measures for Rehabilitation Practice and Research.”
- Allen Heinemann, PhD, FACRM; Leighton Chan, MD, MPHD, FACRM; Helen Hoenig, MD, OT, MPH; and Glenn Collins presented the symposium, “How to Get Published: Authorship, Reporting Guidelines, Reviewing in Medical Rehabilitation.
- Anne Deutsch, PhD; Allen Heinemann, PhD, FACRM; John Loft, PhD; and Laura Smith, PhD presented the symposium, “Quality Measure Developments in Medical Rehabilitation."
- David Cella, PhD; Allen Heinemann, PhD, FACRM; Pamela Kisala, MA; David Tulsky, PhD; and David Victorson, PhD presented the symposium, “What do SCI-QOL scores mean? Applying the “Bookmarking” Standard-Setting Methodology in a Rehabilitation Context.”
- Tessa Hart, PhD, project director at Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, organized and spoke at a symposium, “Adapting behavioral health interventions for cognitively impaired populations.” She also spoke at a symposium organized by Co-Director John Whyte, MD, PhD, “You can only treat what you can define: Specifying rehabilitation treatment targets;” co-authored 3 posters; and assumed her role as newly elected Secretary of the Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group.
- John Whyte, MD, MPH presented in a symposium, "Individualized Quantitative Behavioral Assessment in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness."
- Amanda Rabinowitz, PhD presented a poster as a first-time ACRM attendee.
National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center - Yuying Chen, MD, director of the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center presented the poster, "Analysis of Racial Differences in Weight Change of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury over 5 years. In addition, she presented, "Demographic and Injury Trends of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in the United States, 1972-2014." Dr. Chen presented a four-hour instructional course, "Understanding Obesity and Pain after Spinal Cord Injury Through Preclinical, Qualitative and Epidemiologic Research." She also presented a symposium, "Advancing Knowledge on Spinal Cord Injury research through the use of comparable databases."
- Bethlyn Houlihan, MSW, MPH, Associate Director of the New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center (NERSCIC) Model System, presented a poster, "My Care My Call; a Peer-Led, Telephone-based Intervention for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury Improves Self-Management Behaviors."
- Robert Kowalski, MD, MPH presented, “The role of ischemic stroke on outcome in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.”
- Jessica Ketchum, PhD presented, “Annual Raking and Weighting of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Database of Enhanced Population Estimation and Inference.”
- Christina Baker presented the poster, “Internet and Social Media Use After Traumatic Brain Injury.”
- Tamara Bushnik, PhD presented the instructional course, "Fatigue, Impaired Alertness and Daytime Sleepiness in Traumatic Brain Injury."
- Joseph Adams, PT, DPT, NCS; Tara Denham, MA, PT; Steven Flanagan, MD; Felicia Fraser, PhD; Neera Kapoor, OD, MS, FAAO, FCOVD-A; Sanjeev Kothare, MD; Donna Langenbahn, PhD, FACRM; Yuka Matsuzawa, PsyD; Mia Minen, MD, MPH; Geraldine Pagnotta, MPT, MPH; Mia Palazzo, PT, DPT, OCS, Cert. MDT; John Rizzo, MD; Edna Schneider, MA, CC-SLP; Mara Sproul, RN, MPA, CRRN, RN-BC; and Margaret Waskiewicz, MS, OTR/L presented the instructional course, "Concussion and the Road to Recovery: Navigating Obstacles, Overcoming Challenges, and Striving for Tailored Multi-Disciplinary Care."
- Ellen Hada; Michael Juszczak; Coralynn Long, MS; Michelle Smith, MPH; S Shagalow; and Tamara Bushnik, PhD presented, "A Demographic Analysis of the Barriers and Supporters of Enrollment for Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) Research."
- Michelle Smith, MPH; Coralynn Long, MS; and Tamara Bushnik, PhD presented the poster, "Supporting Factors for Follow-up Care in TBI Patients Post-Inpatient Discharge."
- Michelle Smith, MPH; G Reimann; Coralynn Long, MS; Barbara Siminovich-Blok, ND, MS; and Tamara Bushnik, PhD presented, "A Center-Specific Demographic Analysis of Barriers to Retention in Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) Research."
- Mark S. Nash, Ph.D., FACRM, co-director of the South Florida SCI Model System, presented, "The Significance of Cardiometabolic Disease on Health and Function after Spinal Cord Injury" at a special symposium examining the Impact of Systemic Metabolism on Spinal Cord Function.
- Denise Tate, PhD, the project’s principal investigator at the University of Michigan Spinal Cord Injury Model System, presented the poster, “Complications to Neurogenic Bowel and Bladder after Spinal Cord Injury: The Military Veteran’s Perspective.” She and other grant investigators from the University of Michigan were also co-authors on two other poster presentations, “Utilizing a Response Shift Model to Explain Quality of Life Following Spinal Cord Injury” and “The Impact of a Wellness Program on Persons with a Spinal Cord Injury.”
- Lynn Worobey, PhD; Alicia Koontz, PhD; Nathan Hogaboom, BS; presented the symposium, “Independent Transfers: Why Technique is Important, How to Teach it, and Does Training Change it?
- Deepan Kamaraj, MD presented the symposium, “A Comprehensive Review of Adult and Child Powered Mobility Driving Assessments and Training Interventions”
- Lynn Worobey, PhD presented the paper, “Effects of Web-Based and In-Person Transfer Training on Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury”
- Nathan Hogaboom, BS presented the paper, “Relationship Between Power-Wheelchair Skills And Measures Of Independence And Mobility In People With Spinal Cord Injury.”
- Lynn Worobey, PhD presented the poster, “Clinician Competency with Wheelchair Maintenance and the Efficacy of a Wheelchair Maintenance Training Program”
- Nathan Hogaboom, BS presented the poster, “Wheelchair Breakdowns, Adverse Consequences, and Pressure Ulcer Development in People with Spinal Cord Injury”
- Deepan Kamaraj, MD presented the poster “Discriminative Ability Of The Quantitative Electric Powered Wheelchair Driving Metrics In VRSIM-2” and won an award for the poster.
- Daniel Klyce, PhD; Charles Bombardier, PhD; and Jeanne Hoffman, PhD presented a symposium, "Research on Early Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury: From Acute Rehabilitation to One Year Post-Injury."
- Charles Bombardier, PhD; Jesse Fann, MD; Dawn Ehde, PhD; Rina Reyes, MD; and Jeanne Hoffman, PhD presented the poster, "Collaborative care for Pain, Depression and Physical Inactivity in an Outpatient SCI Clinic: the SCI-CARE Study."
