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In our previous newsletter I outlined that one of the challenges of forming an international Alliance from a governance point of view, is that we need to formalize the Alliance, before we can ask funders to support the Alliance. To do this, we were advised to take a staged approach to development, starting with creation of a time limited, formalised “Start Up” governance group.
I am pleased to announce the members of ISRRA who have agreed to form the Start Up Executive group. Members of this group will meet regularly to shape our start up activities. The period of appointment is for 12 months following the signing of the formal agreement between organisations. During this time, we plan to acquire funds to support ISRRA administration and create systems and processes for transparent elections.
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Julie Bernhardt, Florey Institute of Neuroscience, Melbourne (Australia)
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Sean Dukelow, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of
Calgary (Canada)
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Katharina Sunnerhagen, University of Gothenburg
(Sweden)
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Geert Verheyden, Katholieke Universiteit (KU),
Leuven (Belgium)
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Dale Corbett, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Ottawa (Canada)
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Marion Walker, University of Nottingham
(UK)
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Sean Savitz, Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Health Center,
Houston (USA)
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We are looking for additional members of the Start Up Executive
In addition to our current members, the Executive will include both a member of the Scientific Committee (see call for members below), a member of the Roundtable leadership group (see EOIs for more information) to maintain great communication between these areas of activity. In addition, in the near future we will be putting a call out for applications from one or two emerging leaders to join the Executive to help shape ISRRA. People with lived experience will also be part of the Executive. We look forward to introducing you to the full start up Executive team in coming months.
The ISRRA website is under development
Over the last couple of months, the ISRRA communication team has been working hard to put the ISRRA website together. We hope to launch it in the next 3-4 weeks. If you would like to become a beta tester for the website please contact us by clicking the button below
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Looking forward to further communications!
Julie Bernhardt
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Keep note of our upcoming site:
www.strokerecoveryalliance.com
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 Be part of ISRRA's Scientific Committee!!
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Are you interested in shaping pathways to help the Alliance grow? Do you enjoy building and supporting new, effective ways of engaging diverse groups of people to share knowledge and interest to progress science?
Then we are looking for you!
The ISRRA Scientific Committee is primarily responsible for the overall strategic direction of the meetings to
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report on, progress and initiate new strategic research and other activities aligned with the ISRRA vision.
Planning the (at least) annual general assembly meeting includes coordinating the dates, meeting location and agenda, as well as the themes and focus of the meetings. Additional ideas for enabling scientific engagement, communication and research mentoring sits under the remit of this group.
We are seeking up to 7 members to create the Scientific Committee. Two additional individuals from current Roundtable leadership group and Working groups, will complete the membership.
The Executive will consider scientific excellence and vision, along with diversity goals for geography, race and ethnicity, career stage and gender.
Term of appointment for Scientific Committee is 2 years. Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary of this Committee will be agreed from within the group at their first meeting.
HURRY! 😱 applications close in Mid October, 2021.
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For any queries about ISRRA
(e.g. membership, upcoming events, research papers published
by our team):
Contact us at:
admin@strokerecoveryalliance.com
Our email is being monitored by more than one of our members
on a daily basis. We will try to get back to you ASAP!
DON'T LET US GO TO YOUR JUNK!
Remember to add admin@strokerecoveryalliance.com to your safe email list.
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The EOI process was a great success! We are pleased to announce that we received nine full applications to hold a Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable (SRRR III) in 2021/2022.
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What happens next?
These now need to be paired down to the top 3-4 topic areas. The ISRRA executive will be reviewing, ranking and discussing these EOIs soon. Once the top Roundtable ideas have been finalized, the SRRR leadership group (2 chairs per topic) will form. It will be their job to drive the scoping and execution of the consensus process over the next 12-18 months.
Adaptations for the pandemic will need to be made, but maybe a face-to-face final meeting will be possible in 2022.
We expect to announce the next Roundtable topics in September.
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The flagship group will soon be calling for expressions of interest (EOIs) to those researchers who would like to submit flagship projects in stroke recovery. This EOI process is the first step in pitching flagship ideas. The top few ideas will be selected to go through to a pitch session, which we expect to occur later in 2021.
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Centres of Clinical Excellence (CoE)
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The 7 criteria for CoE have been finalized. The wording is now agreed on and being circulated to Australia, India, Malaysia, and the UK. The next phase is to operationalize the criteria so that it can be measured. A subgroup is planned to discuss next steps of this work, such as how we would like to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) for each criterion.
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Thank you message from Julie Bernhardt
A lot of people have been part of the development of our first 5 year strategic plan and completion of “Task and Finish” activities to get us here.
Firstly, thank you to absolutely everyone who has assisted with feedback, comments, conversations – everything helps to create an Alliance culture.
A special shout out to the Task and Finish leaders (in bold) who have progressed important start up activities, and their teams. Apologies if we missed anyone!
Finally, a big thank you from me to Kate Hayward who has been my partner in crime establishing systems and processes and workshopping start up governance, and to Emily Dalton who was a rock to get our first ISRRA meeting off the ground.
As we move into our next phase we look forward to working with old and new faces. Do consider joining the Scientific Committee or Working Groups (or suggesting new working groups) as we move forward.
Name and vision team
Erin Godecke, Liz Lynch, Katie Lafferty, Cathy Campbell, Louise Connell, Christian Grefkes, Jacqui Morris, Lara Boyd, Sean Savitz, Stefan Engelter, Caroline Watkins, Katy Pedlow
Communication team
Vincent Thijs, Cathy Campbell, Carli Roulston, Anna Bonkhoff, Louise Connell, Michael Nilsson, Louise Connell, Juan Pablo Saa
Governance team
Julie Bernhardt, Kate Hayward, Sean Dukelow, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Dale Corbett, John Solomon, Geert Verheyden
Centers of Clinical Excellence team
Marion Walker, Rachel Stockley, Liz Lynch, Amanda Farrin, Caroline Watkins, Tierney Tindall, Liz Lynch, Erin Godecke, Natalie Fini, Leonid Churilov, John Solomon, Margit Alt-Murphy, Tania Gutierrez, Waldo Ortega, Emma Ghaziana, Noor Abd Aziz, Jie Jia, Philemon Amooba, Patrice Lindsay
Industry team
Sean Dukelow, Duncan Turner, Kate Hayward, Julie Bernhardt, Venesha Rethnam, Andrew Clarkson
Flagship projects team
Coralie English, John Solomon, John Krakauer, Rita Melifonwu, Jane Macguire, Dawn Simpson, Amreen Mahmood, Stefan Engelter
Economics team
Matt Meyers, Dominique Cadilhac, Julie Bernhardt, Kate Hayward, Alexander Smith
Global funding team
Geert Verheyden, Jukka Jolkkonen, Coralie English, Rebecca Fisher, Julie Schwertfeger, Caroline Watkins, Myzoon Ali, Pavel Lindberg, Karen Borschmann, Lara Boyd, and all who completed the survey.
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Editors from both the International Journal of Stroke and Stroke are looking for suggestions for high quality reviews. As a community committed to advancing stroke recovery and rehabilitation science and practice, it’s up to us to promote our field. To do that, we need to be pro-active in suggesting topics and review teams for these calls.
If you have an idea for a review (that you don’t need to lead), please send your ‘pitch’ to our admin email and we will forward it to the journal editors.
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An effective pitch will:
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Outline why a review of the topic is important and timely
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Propose a lead or several authors who would produce a high-quality review (narrative, scoping, systematic)
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May suggest the scope of the review
Consider the journals calling for reviews – it is unlikely that your idea will get advanced if you propose a review that has recently been published either in these journal or in other journals.
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If you have a review that is almost complete that you think is novel, timely and of excellent quality, you are welcome to submit that idea. Do state the expected timeline to completion of the review in your email, providing information about Topic, authors, and scope.
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World Stroke Organization – Call for Webinar Proposals
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WSO is organizing a series of international webinars and is looking for ideas that address a literature gap or need in stroke. Submissions that highlight a recent important guideline or give an update on a controversial topic are also welcome.
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Marion Walker and colleagues
Will be presenting at World Stroke Organization (WSO)
Virtual conference date: Thu 28 – Fri 29 October 2021
Title: "Stroke Rehabilitation Centres of Clinical Excellence: A Global Collaboration"
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Elizabeth (Liz) Lynch and Colleagues
Will be presenting at the Stroke Society of Australiasia (SSA)
Virtual conference date: Tue 12 – Fri 15 October 2021
Title: "Defining criteria for Centres of Clinical Excellence in Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery"
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Julie Bernhardt – Talk in a special symposium at the Annual Conference, Progress in Rehabilitation Research (ACRM)
Virtual conference date: Sun 26 – Wed 29 Sept 2021
Title: "Collaboration makes us stronger"
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In this section we profile publications stemming from roundtables or ISRRA working groups
Title: Evidence-based stroke rehabilitation: do priorities for practice change and feasibility of implementation vary across high income, upper and lower-middle income countries?
Authors: Sanjana Gururaj, Marie-Louise Bird, Karen Borschmann, Janice J. Eng, Caroline Leigh Watkins, Marion F. Walker, John M. Solomon & the SRRR2 KT working group
Click or scan QR code to go to publication
Publication Infographic
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Huge thanks for spreading the word!
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Marion Walker:
Presented Bhowmick Lecture in Wales in June detailing the work of ISRRA
John Solomon:
Presented to the OSCAIL (Organised Stroke Care Across Income levels) group in India about ISSRA, its objectives and vision on 10.06.21.
Shared the membership form and EOI for SRRR to them.
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If you have been able to promote ISRRA please let us know!
You can also contact us if you require materials such as PPT presentations to facilitate promotion
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