Young Investigators Symposium: Fellows from the Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Program

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST

Non-presenting Author(s)

LB

Lucy Bilaver, PhD

Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
JC

Janelle Carnahan, Pt, DPT, ATP

Physical Therapist
Kessler Foundation
West Orange, New Jersey
MC

Matthieu Chardon, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology, Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
Gail Forrest, PhD

Director Center Spinal Stimulation
Associate Professor
West Orange, New Jersey
Steven Kirshblum, MD

Director of the Spinal Cord Injury Program
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
West Orange, New Jersey
MM

Monika Mitra, n/a

Director
Lurie Institute for Disability Policy
Waltham, Massachusetts
KM

Kamyar Momeni, PhD

Research Scientist
Kessler Foundation
WEST Orange, New Jersey
Arvind Ramanujam, MS

Senior Engineer
Kessler Foundation
West Orange, New Jersey
MR

Manikandan Ravi, n/a

Senior Engineer
Kessler Foundation
west orange, New Jersey
WR

William Rymer, MD PhD

Lab Director
Northwestern University
chicago, Illinois
NS

Nina Suresh, PhD

Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Presenter(s)

Anne Ordway, PhD

Program Specialist
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Washington, District of Columbia

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
Ariel Schwartz, PhD, OTR/L

Postdoctoral Fellow
Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Arlington, Massachusetts

Presentation Slides

Presenting Author(s)

Taimoor Afzal, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
Carol Haywood, PhD, OTR/L

Postdoctoral Fellow
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Presentation Slides
Hussaini Zandam, PhD, PT

Postdoctoral Fellow
Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
Fan Zhang, PhD

Associate Research Scientist
Tim & Caroline Reynolds Center for Spinal Stimulation, Kessler Foundation
West Orange, New Jersey

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:
Anne Ordway, PhD: Disclosure information not submitted.
Taimoor Afzal, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Carol Haywood, PhD, OTR/L: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Ariel E. Schwartz, PhD, OTR/L: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Hussaini Zandam, PhD, PT: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Fan Zhang, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

The purpose of the Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Program is to provide advanced research training and experience to individuals with doctorates, or similar advanced degrees, who have clinical or other relevant experience. In partnership with ACRM, NIDILRR selects five ARRT Fellows to present research relevant to the ACRM mission and audience during the ACRM Annual Conference.

If you are interested in pursuing an ARRT fellowship you can find out which institutions are funded under the ARRT program and NIDILRR funding mechanism. To do this, query the program database of NIDILRR grants held at NARIC. At the bottom of this search page is an item named “Project Type”. The drop-down menu includes the ARRT program as an option. The search can be narrowed by changing the “Funding Status” item and/or entering a topical keyword. The search result will provide the grant abstract as well as contact information for the grantee/Project Director.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to list NIDILRR's grant funding mechanisms
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe the purpose of NIDILRR's Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training program
Upon completion, participants will be able to search for current and previous NIDILRR Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training programs using an online database

Presentations:

2:15 PM – 2:20 PM EST

Introduction: Young Investigators Symposium: Fellows from the Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Program
2:20 PM – 2:32 PM EST

NIDILRR Predicting Community-based Employment of Young Adults with Intellectual Disability and Co-occurring Mental Health Conditions
2:34 PM – 2:46 PM EST

NIDILRR_Asymmetry of reflex thresholds between contralateral limbs in hemispheric stroke survivors and dominant limbs in neurologically intact individuals
2:48 PM – 3:00 PM EST

NIDILRR_Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation Facilitates Upper Extremity Functional Recovery in People with Tetraplegia
3:02 PM – 3:14 PM EST

NIDILRR Infectious Disease-related Emergency Department Visits Among Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the United States
3:16 PM – 3:28 PM EST

NIDILRR: Employment Services for Transition Aged Foster Youth with Disabilities – Developing a Process Map and Identifying Barriers to Enrollment