Alan Jette PT, PhD to present Stephen M. Haley Memorial Lecture at HHS Conference

Alan Jette, PhD, Principal Investigator of the New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center, a NIDRR funded SCI Model System, will present the Keynote Lecture at the Howard H. Steel Conference for Pediatric Spinal Cord Injuries & Dysfunction on November 30, 2012. “The Stephen M. Haley Memorial Lecture” is awarded to an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of rehabilitation research. Dr. Jette’s lecture will focus on Advances in Functional Outcome Assessment.

Nov. 29th FREE Webcast and Live Chat: Staying Well after SCI- What You Can Do and How We Can Help

The New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center Model System and Spaulding-Harvard SCI Model System are partnering to present the Knowledge in Motion Education Series on November 29th, beginning at 6:30 PM EST. This webcast and live chat will discuss the community based Patient Centered Medical Home Model of providing primary care to people living with SCI, and efforts to expand models to coordinate care statewide and nationwide. Information to help consumers take charge of their health, work with their PCPs, and advocate for what they need in a primary care setting will also be presented. Register online or call 1-866-607-1804 (toll free).

DeVivo Mentored Research Award Recipient

The MSKTC congratulates this year’s DeVivo research award recipient Hwasoon Kim, M.S. (mentor: Garry Cutter, PhD), UAB Department of Biostatistics, Birmingham, AL, for the project titled “Modeling to Predict Loss to Follow-up in the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Database.”The DeVivo Mentored Research Award is sponsored and administered by the NIDRR-funded National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC) as a one-year $3,000 research award for trainees interested in conducting a research project using data from the Spinal Cord Injury Model System (SCIMS) database.

SCIMS Project Director to Receive ASIA Lifetime Achievement Award

Lesley M. Hudson, MA, SCI Model System Project Director at the Southeastern Regional SCIMS Program at Shepherd Center in Atlanta, GA, has been named by the ASIA Board of Directors as the 2013 recipient of the ASIA Lifetime Achievement Award. "This is ASIA's most prestigious award," said President Lawrence C. Vogel, M.D., "and the Board voted unanimously to give it to Lesley Hudson during the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of ASIA." Dr. Vogel added that : "Lesley joined the ASIA executive staff in 1980, and no one since then has had a greater influence on the development of this organization than she has." In addition to her ASIA career, Lesley began her work at Shepherd Center in 1976 as COO. She wrote the first SCIMS application for Shepherd Center in 1982, and has been Project Director of that program continuously since then. In 1993, she and Dr. David Apple, Emeritus Medical Director of Shepherd Center, founded the quarterly journal "Topics in SCI Rehabilitation." They served as editors of that journal for seventeen years. "There are few people in the field of SCI medicine who have had the significant long term impact that Lesley Hudson has. Her skill set is remarkable and Shepherd Center and ASIA have benefited from her dedication," said Dr. Apple. The award, given 22 times previously, will be presented to Lesley at the ASIA annual meeting in May of 2013. She is the first woman to be so honored.

Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Researcher Elected to Institute of Medicine

The Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center congratulates Dr. Michael L. Boninger; the director at the NIDRR funded University of Pittsburgh Spinal Cord Injury Model System on his election as a new member to the Institute of Medicine. The IOM is a one of the highest honours, which recognizes individuals that have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement as well as contributed significantly to the field of health and medicine. To read more about the Institute of Medicine click here.

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

The MSKTC welcomes the Month of October!

This month marks National Disability Employment Awareness Month which is a very recognized national campaign that helps to inform and raise awareness about disability employment issues. It also celebrates the many and varied contributions of America's workers with disabilities. Throughout the month of October the MSKTC will give out resources related to this topic through our Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, and Headlines. Please make sure to visit www.msktc.org to sign up for our newsletter and follow us on all our social media outlets!

To kick off the National Disability Employment Awareness Month  the MSKTC would like to provide spinal cord injury victims with a factsheet titled "Employment after Spinal Cord Injury", which gives insight on overcoming barriers to have a healthy productive working life. Read here.

Call for presenters for the 2012 National Employment Conference

The George Washington University National Technical Assistance Partnership (NTAP) and The Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR) and The National Council of State Agencies for the Blind (NCSAB) proudly announce the 2012 National Employment Conference.

The New Economy: Rethink, Realign, Reinvent

DECEMBER 5-7, 2012

Marriott Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel Arlington, Virginia

CALL FOR PRESENTERS

The 2012 National Employment Conference, "The New Economy: Rethink, Realign, Reinvent" is now accepting proposals for presentations due no later than Friday, September 28, 2012. The conference includes the following five themes: 1) Collaborating with Business; 2) High Growth Fields; 3) Bridging Research and Practice; 4) Opportunities in "Middle Skills Jobs"; and 5) Employment for Specific Populations.

Please note that the Conference Committee has a strong interest in the following two themes:

•    High Growth Fields: We invite presentations about industries or sectors currently experiencing or predicted to experience trends of high growth (e.g. healthcare; science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); food and hospitality; and retail).

•    Opportunities in “Middle Skills Jobs”: We would like to see presentations on jobs that require some postsecondary education or training but not necessarily a bachelor’s degree (e.g. electricians, accounting clerks, laboratory technicians, plumbers, and law enforcement personnel).

For a detailed description of the Call for Presenters and the online presentation submission form, please go to the following link:

http://gwntap.org/conferences.html

For additional information or questions, please contact Maureen McGuire-Kuletz, Ed.D., CRC, at 202-973-1550