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.

• Yuying Chen, MD, PhD, and Huacoon Wen, MS (National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center); Anne Deutsch, PhD (Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System); with Yu-Hsiang Kao and Tung-Sung Tseng present a poster “Rehabilitation Length of Stay and Functional Improvement among People with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.” Learn more here.

• Investigators from the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, Yuying Chen, MD, PhD; and Huacoon Wen, MS, present a poster “Body Mass Index and Mortality After Spinal Cord Injury.” Learn more here.

• Investigators from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System (Navneet Kaur Baidwan, PhD, and Tapan Mehta, PhD) and the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (Yuying Chen, MD, PhD) present the poster “Extending the Generalizability of the Spinal Cord Injuries Model Systems to U.S. Adults Under Rehabilitation.” Learn more here.  

• Yuying Chen, MD, PhD, and Huacoon Wen, MS (National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center); Amanda Botticello, PhD (Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System); and Sejong Bae, PhD (University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System) present the article, “Racial differences in obesity in individuals with spinal cord injury: an urban-rural comparison.” View the abstract here.

• Amanda Botticello, PhD, and Lauren Murphy, MA (Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System); Yuying Chen, MD, PhD (National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center); Stephanie Kolakowsky-Hayner, PhD (Mount Sinai Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Model System); Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP (RP), FACRM (Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System); Jennifer Bogner, PhD (Ohio Regional SCI Model System); Michael L. Boninger, MD (University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury); and Mary Joan Roach, PhD (Northeast Ohio Regional Spinal Cord Injury System) present the poster “Who Moves and Who Stays? An Exploration of Geographic Mobility after Spinal Cord Injury.” Learn more here.

• Janet P. Niemeier, PhD, ABPP (RP); Thomas A. Novack, PhD; and Brittney Otruba Randolph, PhD (UAB Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); Ceren Yarar-Fisher, PT, PhD; and Rachel Cowan, PhD (University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System); Yuying Chen, MD, PhD (National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center) present the symposium “Rewards of Treating Sex as a Biological Variable in Rehabilitation Research: Researcher and Clinician Reports.” Learn more here.

• Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP (RP), FACRM (Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System) co-organized the International Outcome Measurement Conference (IOMC 2019) held during the ACRM Pre-Conference, November 3-4. Learn more about the first day here and the second day here.

• 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.

• Piper Hansen, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR; Julia Carpenter, MA, CCC-SLP; Allen Heinemann, PhD, ABPP (RP), FACRM; Andrew J. Bodine, PhD; and James Sliwa, DO (Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System) present the symposium, "Clinical Applications for the Integration of a Data Warehouse in Inpatient Rehabilitation," co-authored with Jana Ellison, MS, OTR/L (Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System). 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); Joseph Giacino, PhD (Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); Flora Hammond, MD (Indiana University School of Medicine/Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana TBI);  Shannon Juengst, PhD, CRC (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); and  John Whyte, MD, PhD ( Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Participation during the first five years following rehabilitation for disorders of consciousness." Learn more here.

• Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD (Tampa PRC) presented, "Changing the narrative to hope: Implementation discussion." Learn more here. 

• Simon Driver, PhD (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); Shannon Juengst, PhD, CRC (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); Kathleen Bell, MD (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); and  Randi Dubiel, DO (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Leading a healthy lifestyle after traumatic brain injury." Learn more here.

• Simon Driver, PhD (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); Jeanne Hoffman, PhD (University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); and Jesse Fann, MD, MPH (University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Brain injury rehabilitation: Improving the transition experience (BRITE): Family case management intervention." Learn more here.

• Simon Driver, PhD (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Efficacy of an evidence-based diabetes prevention program for people with TBI." Learn more here.

• Simon Driver, PhD (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "You, Me and TBI makes three: Development of a brain health-focused educational support group." Learn more here.

• Simon Driver, PhD (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Put me in coach! Maintaining an engaged adult with brain injury in a self-management intervention." Learn more here.

• Simon Driver, PhD (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Impact of patient directed programming during inpatient rehabilitation utilizing actigraphy data post stroke." Learn more here.

• Kimberley R. Monden, PhD (Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System); Kathleen Bell, MD (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); Jesse Fann, MD, MPH (University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); Jeanne Hoffman, PhD  (University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System);  Marc Silva, PhD (Tampa PRC); and   Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD (Tampa PRC) presented, "Risk factors of obstructive sleep apnea among individuals with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury." Learn more here.

• Anne Deutsch, RN, PhD, CRRN (Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System) presented, "Unmasking organizational barriers to effective teams: findings from a multiyear quality improvement project." Learn more here.

• Anne Deutsch, RN, PhD, CRRN (Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System) presented at the "LECTURE LUNCHEON: U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals for Rehabilitation: Upcoming Changes to Ranking Methodology." Learn more here.

• Heather Taylor, PhD (Texas Spinal Cord Injury Model System at TIRR) presented, "Spinal Cord Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group Women's Health Task Force Meeting." Learn more here.

•  Stephanie A. Kolakowsky-Hayner, PhD, CBIST, FACRM (Mount Sinai Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Model System) and Heather Taylor, PhD (Texas Spinal Cord Injury Model System at TIRR) presented, "Pelvic Health and Women with Spinal Cord Injury: Bladder, Babies, and Beyond." Learn more here.

• Ross Zafonte, DO, FACRM (Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) and Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Phd (New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "CHAUTAUQUA: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy 2019: Current Understanding and Knowledge Gaps." Learn more here.

• Ross Zafonte, DO, FACRM, (Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) and Chloe Slocum, MD, MPH (Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "The Future of Caregiving: Insights from Health Policy and Evidence-Based Care Delivery Design." Learn more here.

• Jessica Ketchum, PhD (Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System) presented, "Telephone Assessment of Cognitive Function Adds to Return to Work Prediction Following Traumatic Brain Injury." Learn more here.

• Stephanie A. Kolakowsky-Hayner, PhD, CBIST, FACRM (New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Certified Brain Injury Training: The Official Academy Of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS) Course." Learn more here.

•  Dawn Neumann, PhD (Indiana University School of Medicine/Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana TBI) and Stephanie A. Kolakowsky-Hayner, PhD, CBIST, FACRM (New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, " Early Career Development Course: Promoting Your Research to Secure Collaborators, Funding, & Career Advancement." Learn more here.

• Jessica Ketchum, PhD (Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System); Angelle Sander, Ph.D., FACRM (Texas TBI Model System of TIRR); Anthony Lequerica, PhD (Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury System); Jacob Finn, PhD (Minneapolis PRC); Stephanie Koloakowsky-Hayner, PhD, CBIST, FACRM (New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); Shannon Juengst, PhD, CRC (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); Amanda Rabinowitz, PhD,( Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); and Laura Dreer, PhD, UAB Traumatic Brain Injury Model System presented, "Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Community Participation After TBI Among Veterans & Service Members." Learn more here. 

• Jennifer A. Bogner, PhD, FACRM (Ohio Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, " Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Intervention for Substance Misuse following Moderate or Severe TBI." Learn more here.

• John D. Corrigan, PhD (Ohio Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented,"SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: The Public Health Burden of Traumatic Brain Injury." Learn more here.

•  Michael Boninger, MD (University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury) presented, "Emerging Advancements in the Applications of FES for Stroke and SCI." Learn more here.

•  Lynn Worobey, PhD, DPT, ATP (University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury) presented, "IC 2: Manual Wheelchair Skills Assessment and Training: A Practical Workshop for Therapists." Learn more here. 

• Lynn Worobey, PhD, DPT, ATP, (University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury) presented, "Walking vs. Wheeling, Evidence to Guide Clinical Decision Making Following Spinal Cord Injury." Learn more here.

• Laura Dreer, PhD, UAB Traumatic Brain Injury Model System presented, "Evaluation of a Telehealth-Based Weight Management Program for Community-Dwelling Adults with TBI (Project LIFT)." Learn more here.

• Laura Dreer, PhD (UAB Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Resilience Among Caregivers of Injured Service Members: Finding the Strengths in Caregiving." Learn more here.

• Flora M. Hammond, M.D (Indiana University School of Medicine/Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana TBI) presented, "Web-Based Self-Management in Traumatic Brain Injury in Context of a Resource Facilitation Model." Lear more here.

• Flora M. Hammond, MD (Indiana University School of Medicine/Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana TBI) and   Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Where Have All The Brain Injuries Gone? Biases, Realities and Solutions." Learn more here.

•  Yelena Bodien, PhD (Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Recovery of Communication in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness Following Severe Brain Injury." Learn more here.

•  Joseph T. Giacino, PhD (Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System);  John Whyte, MD, PhD (Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System); and Kristen Dams-O’Connor, PhD (New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Rehabilitation in the Trauma Center: Indications, Interventions & New Inter-Professional Initiatives." Learn more here.

•  Yelena Goldin, PhD (JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented,"Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group Girls and Women's Task Force Meeting." Learn more here.

• Yelena Goldin, PhD (JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented,"Understanding the Sex and Gender Differences in Brain Injury and Post Concussion Syndrome." Learn more here.

• Anthony Lequerica, PhD (Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury System) presented, "Culturally Humble Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Research." Learn more here.

• John Whyte, MD, PhD (Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Rehabilitation Treatment Specification Networking Group Meeting." Learn more here.

• John Whyte, MD, PhD (Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "'Reimagining' the ICF with a View to Practical Applications and Clinical Communication." Learn more here.

• John Whyte, MD, PhD (Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) and Jeanne Zanca, PhD, MPT (Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System) presented, "Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System – Part 1 – Defining Rehab Treatments Systematically." Learn more here.

• John Whyte, MD, PhD (Moss Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System – Part 2 – Initial Use in Education, Clinic & Research." 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.

• Mark Sherer, PhD, ABPP, FACRM (Texas TBI Model System of TIRR) and  Yelena Bodien, PhD (Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Post-Traumatic Confusional State: Review of Existing Scales and Consideration of Development of a New Measure." Learn more here.

• Kathleen Bell, MD (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Phototherapy to improve sleep efficiency after TBI." Learn more here.

• Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, CRC (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Measurement Networking Group Curriculum Task Force Meeting." Learn more here.

• Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, CRC (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Information and Communication Technology for Individuals Living with Cognitive Impairments." Learn more here.

• Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, CRC (North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "Feasibility of Early Problem-Solving Training for Care Partners of Individuals With Traumatic Injuries or Stroke." Learn more here.

• Charles H. Bombardier, PhD (University of Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Model System) presented, "IC 12: Digging into Motivational Interviewing: A Practical Workshop for Rehabilitation Professionals." 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. 

• Investigators from Indiana University School of Medicine / Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana TBI (Noelle Witwer; Darby Dyar, CCRP; Susan Perkins, PhD; Flora Hammond, MD; and Dawn Neumann, PhD, FACRM; and Surya Sruthi Bhamidipalli, MPH) and Texas TBI Model System of TIRR (Angelle Sander, PhD, FACRM) presented the poster, “Assessing Negative Attributions and Anger After Brain Injury: A Comparison of Measures.” This poster received the ACRM Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group David Strauss Memorial Award. Learn more here.

• Dawn Neumann, PhD, FACRM, and Angella Carbone, MD (Indiana University School of Medicine / Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana TBI) with Beth Helton, MD, and Teresa Cochran, PT, DPT, MA, GCS, FNAP presented the poster, “Help Me Cry Again: A Post-stroke Case Study.” Learn more here.