Webinars & Other Virtual Events
On December 12th the MR3 Network and NCMRR Director, Dr. Theresa Cruz, hosted a webinar on the NICHD's Notice of Special Interest for Research of Rehabilitation Needs Associated with COVID-19. We had a great turnout and a lot of information was shared. Head on over to the MR3 website to access the archived webinar recording and to read a list of the Q&A from the chat.
LeaRRn: Registration is open for the next webinar in the series "Using Health System Research to Revolutionize Rehabilitation Care" on January 15th, 2021: “The Learning Health System Science Competencies,” presented by Dr. Christopher Forrest. Although registration is free, spots are limited. Click on this link to register.
Missed a webinar or Grand Rounds session: check out the archive here.
AR3T: AR3T’s next Frontiers' virtual speaker is Dr. Lewis Wheaton, Director of the Cognitive Motor Control Laboratory at Georgia Tech, who will present on "Intersecting Motor Learning and Sensation: Outcomes for Neurorehabilitation and Restoration" on January 15th, 2021.
Additionally, AR3T collaborated with the International Consortium on Regenerative Rehabilitation to develop a Lightning Talks competition to provide a virtual platform to showcase junior faculty and trainees in the field. Be sure to check out the submissions!
C-STAR: Two new webinars created by C-STAR core experts for the PM&R community are now available on-demand.
- Community Stakeholder Engagement in Translational Research: Introduction to Concepts, Methods, and Resources
Join us for a one-hour lecture about community engagement process and the resources available to C-STAR researchers offered through the Center for Community Health at Northwestern University.
Instructor: Namratha Kandula, MD, MPH, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab/Northwestern University
- Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning to Enhance Ability
Join us for a one-hour lecture about wearable sensors covering emerging techniques, terminology, broad domains and objectives, all concerning wearable technology.
Instructor: James Cotton, MD, PhD, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab/Northwestern University
Restore: Virtual Office Hours available to support researchers working with wearable sensors, video technology, and other modalities in rehabilitation research. Researchers can apply for 30-minute consultations in one of two tracks: 1) Biomechanical modeling with inertial measurement units (IMUs), and 2) Machine learning, including video analysis. All phases of a research project are supported, such as formulating a research question, choosing and planning appropriate methods, and addressing issues with carrying out the study. Application deadline: January 8, 2021. Learn more and apply for a spot here!
Beta Testing of New OpenSense Software for Biomechanics Analysis with Wearable Sensors: We are ramping up for our next release of OpenSense, a tool to analyze movement biomechanics using inertial measurement units (IMUs). Our next version of the software will include new visualization tools for troubleshooting and a graphical user interface to run your analysis. Interested users can sign up to be a beta tester and get early access to these new features.
NM4R: We were able to continue to offer educational opportunities to the NM4R community as we pivoted to provide educational and training in virtual platforms. At our Level 1 Introductory Workshop we hosted over 60 participants from 17 states and 5 countries! During the workshop, we held real-time lab demonstrations and shipped our ERIK TMS phantom to a group of participants at the Mayo Clinic, with whom we we were able to lead through a live training session.
In partnership with the National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies, NCAN, hosted the Spinal Cord Plasticity in Motor Control 2020 Meeting on Dec 1 and 4th. We welcomed approximately 130 attendees over the two-day conference.
NM4R is planning for our spring events, which will likely be continued to be offered via a virtual platform. We look forward to announcing these exciting events and hope you will be able to join us.
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Publications
LeaRRn has published an Issue Brief, “Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rehabilitation care: post-acute and long-term care providers’ perspectives,” providing key insights on changes in practice and the concerns of this community.
The 5th edition of Goodman and Fuller’s Pathology, which provides practical and easy access to information as it relates to PT practice, includes a chapter co-authored by AR3T’s co-director, Fabrisia Ambrosio, on cell therapy/transplantation that includes Regenerative Rehabilitation.
Members of the NM4R core faculty co-authored a mini-review article, "Update on the use of Transcranial Electrical Brain Stimulation to Manage Acute and Chronic COVID-19 Symptoms" in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. The open-access article is available in full-text here.
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Postdoctoral Fellow Opportunity
A postdoctoral fellow position is available at Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the field of clinical neuroscience and neuro-rehabilitation. This is an exciting opportunity to join a laboratory that studies mechanisms of brain plasticity in neurologic populations and seeks to target those mechanisms with behavioral and neurostimulation interventions to promote functional recovery.
The position requires a highly creative, motivated and independent individual with a Ph.D. in kinesiology, rehabilitation science, exercise science/physiology, biomechanics, movement science, neuroscience, biomedical engineering or a related field.
Candidates should send a curriculum vitae, a research statement describing track record and research interests and contact information of 3 references to Ela Plow, PhD, PT at plowe2@ccf.org.
For more information, visit https://www.lerner.ccf.org/jobs/postdoctoral/?/ and search posting #18
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On behalf of the MR3 Network, we hope that you have a healthy and Happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you all in 2021!
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