Symposium

Cross-Cutting

Brain Injury

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Cultural Competency

Pain Rehabilitation

Spinal Cord Injury

Sex and Gender Influences on Health and Function: What Rehabilitation Professionals Need to Know? (848688)

Presenter(s)

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  Janet P. Niemeier, PhD, ABPP (RP)

  Associate Professor, Director of Research
  University of Alabama
  Hoover, Alabama

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
• 

  Yuying Chen, MD, PhD

  Professor
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Birmingham, Alabama

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
• 

  Mona Ahmad, MD

  Resident Physician
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Birmingham, Alabama

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
• 

  Victor W. Mark, MD

  Associate Professor
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Birmingham, Alabama

  Presentation Slides
• 

  Karla A. Bell, DPT, GCS

  Associate Professor
  Thomas Jefferson University
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  Presentation Slides

Non-presenting author(s)

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  Huacong Wen, PhD

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Birmingham, Alabama

Non-presenting Author(s)

• DG

  Daniel E. Graves, PhD

  Vice Chair
  Thomas Jefferson University
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

This symposium will review the research findings and clinical information regarding the intersection of sex and gender influences on health and function, including recovery and treatment of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury-related pain, musculoskeletal pain presented in rehabilitation setting, and functional neurological disorders. The opportunities and challenges of assessing sexual orientation and gender identity in research and clinical care will also be discussed. The ultimate goal of this symposium is to help rehabilitation professionals identify potential sex and gender bias in their research and practices and provide culturally sensitive services to the patient populations whom they serve.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss rewards of treating sex as a biological variable in rehabilitation research
• Describe the intersection of sex and gender influences on health and function
• Discuss how the findings from current sex and gender research can inform health care policy and guide rehabilitation practice