Yuying Chen, MD, PhD

Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Chen is a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama. She also presently serves as the Director of the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center. Dr. Chen’s research focuses on the epidemiology, mortality, and secondary conditions after spinal cord injury (SCI) including urologic complications, pressure ulcers, obesity, and quality of life. Her research has been continuously funded through the NIDILRR, NIH, Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Foundation, and industries over the last 2 decades. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Oversight Committee of the NINDS SCI Common Data Elements, and International SCI Data Set. She has been an active member of the ACRM SCI Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group since 2010.

Presentation(s):

• What You Get Is Not Always What You See: Addressing Complexities of Rehabilitation Research Findings (820942)

  Wednesday, October 21, 2020
  2:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST

• The Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Program at 50 Years: Overview of the Database (853239)

  Thursday, October 22, 2020
  4:45 PM – 6:00 PM EST

• PLENARY III: PANEL Q&A (Applying Data Science to Advance Translational Neurotrauma Research) (773670)

  Friday, October 23, 2020
  10:45 AM – 11:15 AM EST

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

  Friday, October 23, 2020
  2:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST