From the President

Dear Membership, We are busy planning a very exiting conference for you that will include focused and diagnostic specific research and practice areas in seven tracks, including Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Pain, Cancer and...

TEETER-TOTTER OF SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS: BALANCING WORK AND PERSONAL LIVES

Submitted by: Megan Mitchell, PhD, Chair-Elect of the ACRM Early Career Networking Group While recently packing to move for the umpteenth time in a decade, I came across a college essay I wrote my senior year of high school. The topic: Where I saw myself when I was...

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS AND THE RISK FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: WHAT CAN WE DO TO INTERVENE?

Submitted by: Patricia C. Heyn, PhD, ACRM Neurodegenerative Diseases Networking Group Executive Committee Member; PM & R Department, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO Sedentary behavior, defined by the College of Sports Medicine and the...

ACRM EVIDENCE AND PRACTICE COMMITTEE: SERVING THE REHABILITATION RESEARCH COMMUNITY

Submitted by: Ronald T. Seel, PhD, FACRM, Chair of the Evidence and Practice Committee and Director of Brain Injury Research at Shepherd Center, Atlanta, GA A core feature of the ACRM mission is to promote excellence in rehabilitation science through interdisciplinary...

Cancer Rehabilitation: A New Frontier for ACRM

Cancer Rehabilitation: A New Frontier for ACRM Submitted by: Nicole L. Stout, DPT, LexicaMED LLC; Julie Silver, MD, Harvard Medical School; Vishwa Raj, MD, Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital In the fall of 2013, the Board of Governors approved the formation of a Cancer...

ACRM Community News

ACRM Call To Action   The ACRM Health Policy Networking Group (HPNG) has been charged with using the current and future empirical rehabilitation research evidence to influence public policy. The HPNG is currently working on cataloging research evidence to...

ACRM BOARD OF GOVERNORS WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS

ACRM President, Dr. Sue Ann Sisto and the entire ACRM Board of Governors are pleased to welcome the newest members elected to the board in the spring election.  Stephanie Kolakowsky-Hayner, PhD, CBIST and Ron Seel, PhD, FACRM will serve as members-at-large and join...

Outstanding Educational Opportunities at the ACRM 91ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE // Toronto

To be presented at the ACRM 91st Annual Conference: Progress in Rehabilitation Research 2014 Sheldon Berrol Memorial Chautauqua: A Call to Action for Health Disparities Join Us! Thursday, 9 October 2014 from 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM The Sheldon Berrol Chautauqua is the...

Walking with Robotic Exoskeletons: Is this a Step in the Right Direction for Improving Health and Fitness for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury?

WALKING WITH ROBOTIC EXOSKELETONS: IS THIS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR IMPROVING HEALTH AND FITNESS FOR PERSONS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY? Submitted By: Nicholas Evans, MHS, CES, HFS, Lead Clinical Exercise Specialist Beyond Therapy, Shepherd Center, Atlanta, GA...

My First ACRM Mid-Year Meeting Experience

Submitted By: Janelle Anderson, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS, Early Career Member; Mentis Neuro Rehabilitation, El Paso, TX As a practicing Speech-Language Pathologist in a post-acute neurorehabilitation setting, I was figuratively, like a kid in a candy shop, when the first...

Congratulations to Winners of the 2014 ACRM Awards

Each year, it is the pleasure and great honor of the ACRM Awards Committee and Board of Governors to recognize those individuals most deserving of the prestigious ACRM Awards for excellence in the field of rehabilitation medicine. Please join them in congratulating...

A Magical Experience through the Eyes of an ACRM Early Career Member

By Kimberly Hreha, MS, OTR/L, Stroke Clinical Research Coordinator, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Occupational Therapist with Kessler Foundation, and doctoral student at Teachers College, Columbia University I was inspired to write this submission...