Model systems researchers will participate in the 90th Annual American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Conference in Orlando, Florida from November 12-16, 2013. Allen Heinemann, Ph.D., co-principal investigator of the Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (MRSCICS) will deliver the John Stanley Coulter Award Lecture. The MSKTC will also exhibit at the conference. Stop by booth 204 to meet with MSKTC and learn more about our work.
Participating Model Systems
Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (MRSCIS)
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Allen Heineman and Anne Deutsch will present at the following sessions: New Developments in the SCI-QOL/SCI-FI Measurement System, and Novel Approaches to Clinical Practice Improvement, and Development of a Functional Status Quality Metric.
New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center Network
Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
• Bethlyn Houlihan MSW, MPH will present a poster titled Healthcare self-advocacy strategies for consumers with spinal cord injury: Qualitative interviews with consumers and professionals.
• Mary D. Slavin PhD, PT will hold a course titled: New Developments in the SCI-QOL/SCI-FI Measurement System The complete faculty listing for this course includes:
o David Tulsky, PhD, Director, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes & Assessment Research, Director of Research, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
o Pamela Kisala, MA, Senior Research Associate, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes & Assessment Research, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI;
o Mary D. Slavin, PhD, PT, Director, Education and Dissemination, Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA o Allen Heinemann, PhD, Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University and Director, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
