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  • Saturday, Oct 28th
    8:30 AM – 5:30 PM  
    IC2: *TWO DAY COURSE* Behavioral Health Group Intervention: An Interactive Workshop (Part 1)
    Location:  205
    Presenter: Amelia L. Butler, DSc, OTR/L, CHT, MHA (she/her/hers) – U.S. Army Holistic Health and Fitness
    Behavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineMilitary and Veterans AffairsTrauma
  • Saturday, Oct 28th
    1:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    IC7: Implementing Person-centered Goal Directed Care in Neurorehabilitation
    Location:  208
    Presenter: Tracey D. Wallace, CCC-SLP – Shepherd Center
    Presenter: Bridget A. Cotner, PhD – James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
    Presenter: April Hodge, PT, DPT, NCS – Shepherd Center
    Presenter: Katherine L. McCauley, PhD – Shepherd Center
    Presenter: Russell K. Gore, MD (he/him/his) – Georgia Tech
    Clinical PracticeBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryMeasurementMilitary and Veterans AffairsTrauma
  • Sunday, Oct 29th
    8:30 AM – 12:30 PM  
    IC13: Applied Neuroscience Workshop: new Advances in QEEG and Applications to Neurofeedback
    Location:  211
    Presenter: Robert W. Thatcher, PhD, BCIA, QEEG-D, ECNS – Applied Neuroscience, Inc.
    Presenter: David S. Cantor, PhD, MS, QEEG-DL, BCN, FNAN (he/him/his) – Mind and Motion Developmental Centers of Georgia
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCOVID-19MeasurementNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityTechnology
  • Sunday, Oct 29th
    8:30 AM – 12:30 PM  
    IC31: A Trans-professional Rehabilitation Consult for Survivors of Head and Neck Cancer: Introduction and Implementation
    Location:  204
    Presenter: Sara E. McEwen, PhD (she/her/hers) – North East Specialized Geriatric Centre, Health Sciences North
    Presenter: Colleen Dunphy, Master of Science, Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy, Doctor of Science (candidate) (she/her/hers) – University Health Network - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; University of Toronto
    CancerBehavioral Health SciencesClinical Practice
  • Sunday, Oct 29th
    8:30 AM – 5:30 PM  
    IC2: *TWO DAY COURSE* Behavioral Health Group Intervention: An Interactive Workshop (Part 2)
    Location:  205
    Presenter: Amelia L. Butler, DSc, OTR/L, CHT, MHA (she/her/hers) – U.S. Army Holistic Health and Fitness
    Behavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineMilitary and Veterans AffairsTrauma
  • Sunday, Oct 29th
    1:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    IC20: Rehabilitation for Functional Neurological Disorder—the Works
    Location:  302
    Presenter: Victor W. Mark, MD (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Presenter: Amy J. Knight, PhD ABPP-CN (she/her/hers) – UAB School of Medicine, Dept of Neurology
    Presenter: Stacey Zalanowski, PT, DPT, NCS – Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
    Presenter: Ginger Polich, MD – Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
    Presenter: Nicole Mannion, MA – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Clinical PracticeBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCOVID-19Health Services ResearchMeasurementNeurodegenerative DiseaseTelehealth
  • Monday, Oct 30th
    2:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    NIDILRR ARRT Fellows Symposium
    Location:  208
    Moderator: Anne Ordway, PhD – NIDILRR/ACL
    Moderator: Allen W. Heinemann, PhD FACRM (he/him/his) – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Presenter: Qiang Zhang, n/a – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Presenter: Anneliese de Wet, PhD (she/her/hers) – Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
    Presenter: Sijia Wei, PhD, RN – Northwestern University
    Presenter: Tiago S. Jesus, PhD, OTD (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
    Presenter: Nicola de Souza, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    TechnologyStrokeBehavioral Health SciencesDiversity, Equity and InclusionHealth Services ResearchBig DataBehavioral Health Sciences
  • Monday, Oct 30th
    2:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    NIDILRR ARRT Fellows Symposium
    Location:  208
    Moderator: Anne Ordway, PhD – NIDILRR/ACL
    Moderator: Allen W. Heinemann, PhD FACRM (he/him/his) – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Presenter: Qiang Zhang, n/a – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Presenter: Anneliese de Wet, PhD (she/her/hers) – Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
    Presenter: Sijia Wei, PhD, RN – Northwestern University
    Presenter: Tiago S. Jesus, PhD, OTD (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
    Presenter: Nicola de Souza, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    TechnologyStrokeBehavioral Health SciencesDiversity, Equity and InclusionHealth Services ResearchBig DataBehavioral Health Sciences
  • Monday, Oct 30th
    2:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    Post-Stroke Fatigue: Defining Concepts and Proposing Research to Meet Patients’ Needs
    Location:  214
    Presenter: John H. Kindred, PhD – Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System
    Presenter: Shannon M. Sheppard, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) – Chapman University
    Presenter: Hui-Ting Goh, PT (she/her/hers) – Texas Women's University
    Brain InjuryBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryMeasurementNeurodegenerative DiseaseStroke
  • Monday, Oct 30th
    2:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    SPECIAL Symposium: Building an Interdisciplinary Mechanisms of Manual Therapy Collaborative Network Called ForceNET
    Location:  305
    Presenter: William R. Reed, DC, PhD, – Department of Physical Therapy School of Health Professions, University of Alabama Birmingham
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeHealth Services ResearchMeasurementWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Monday, Oct 30th
    2:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    SPECIAL Symposium: Interdisciplinary Roles in Behavioral Health Intervention in PM&R: A Call to Action
    Location:  304
    Presenter: Jeffrey Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Presenter: Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga, PhD, CRC, CVE, CLCP, CBIST – University of South Florida, Tampa
    Presenter: Bobbie Vergo, OTD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – Concordia University Wisconsin
    Presenter: Stephanie D. Agtarap, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Craig Hospital
    Behavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryBurn RehabilitationCancerCardiopulmonary RehabilitationClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineHealth Services ResearchLifestyle MedicineNeurodegenerative DiseasePain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationSpinal Cord InjuryStroke
  • Monday, Oct 30th
    2:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    SPECIAL Symposium: Pioneers in Arts/Neuroscience: Building the Scientific Evidence for Social Dance as Medicine
    Location:  301
    Presenter: Madeleine E. Hackney, PhD, BFA (she/her/hers) – Emory University & Atlanta VA
    Arts & NeuroscienceAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineInternationalLifestyle MedicineMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticity
  • Monday, Oct 30th
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM  
    NIDILRR ARRT Fellows Symposium: Exploration of Workplace Stigma Resistance Among Mental Health Peer Support Specialists
    Location:  208
    Presenting Author: Anneliese de Wet, PhD (she/her/hers) – Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
    Behavioral Health SciencesDiversity, Equity and InclusionHealth Services Research
  • Monday, Oct 30th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM  
    NIDILRR ARRT Fellows Symposium: Clinician Network Position and Their Association with 1-Year Mortality for Adults with Heart Failure
    Location:  208
    Presenting Author: Sijia Wei, PhD, RN – Northwestern University
    Non-presenting Author: Neil Jordan, PhD (he/him/his) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Non-presenting Author: Eleanor McConnell, PhD, RN – Duke University School of Nursing
    Non-presenting Author: Jeffrey A. Linder, MD, MPH, FACP – Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
    Non-presenting Author: Michelle Birkett – Northwestern University
    Non-presenting Author: Wei Pan – Duke University
    Non-presenting Author: Bradi Granger – Duke University School of Nursing
    Health Services ResearchBehavioral Health SciencesBig Data
  • Monday, Oct 30th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM  
    PLENARY I: Disability Inclusivity & Representation in Rehabilitation Research
    Location:  Grand Ballroom
    Diversity, Equity and InclusionAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineCultural CompetencyHealth Services ResearchLeadershipLifestyle Medicine
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    A Novel Stroke Navigation Program: The Survivor's Perspective
    Location:  207
    Presenter: Lauren Sheehan, OTD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – Kandu Health
    Presenter: Jeffrey Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Presenter: Justin Misterka, Psy.D. (he/him/his) – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Non-Presenting Author: Bree Gidner, PsyD – Cedars Sinai
    Non-Presenting Author: Shlee Song – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Behavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeStrokeTechnology
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Exergames to Improve Recovery at Home Post Stroke
    Location:  212
    Presenter: Urvashy Gopaul, MSc, PhD PT – Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
    Presenter: Julie L. Schwertfeger, PhD, DPT, MBA, PT – Lovell Federal Health Care Center; Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
    Presenter: Hsiao-ju Cheng, PhD – Singapore-ETH Centre
    Presenter: Julie Faieta, PhD, MOT, OTR/L – University of Pittsburgh
    Presenter: Zaliha Omar, M.B,B.S, FRCP(Glasg), FAFRM, DMR (RCP, Lond), FAMM – Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Non-Presenting Author: Chang Dae Lee, PhD, OTR/L – University of Pittsburgh
    StrokeBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeTechnology
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Factors Influencing the Experience of Chronic Head and Spinal Pain: Directions for Pain Rehabilitation Research
    Location:  402
    Presenter: Susan R. Wilbanks, PhD, ATC (she/her/hers) – Concordia University Wisconsin
    Presenter: Bobbie Vergo, OTD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – Concordia University Wisconsin
    Presenter: Kathy Lemley, PT, BSPT, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Concordia University - Wisconsin
    Non-Presenting Author: Stacy Stolzman, PT, MPT, PhD – Concordia University - Wisconsin
    Pain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesClinical Practice
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Interdisciplinary Approach to Challenging Behaviors Following Acquired Brain Injury in Inpatient Rehabilitation
    Location:  303
    Presenter: Lindsey Harik, PhD (she/her/hers) – TIRR Memorial Hermann
    Presenter: Christopher Falco, MD – Clinical Chief, TIRR Neurobehavioral Program
    Presenter: Ileana Herrin, OTR, CBIS-T – TIRR Memorial Hermann; Memorial Hermann Health System
    Brain InjuryBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical PracticeMeasurementStroke
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    “it’s Not All in Your head:” Biopsychosocial Considerations to Facilitate Prolonged Symptom Recovery Post Concussion
    Location:  305
    Presenter: April Hodge, PT, DPT, NCS – Shepherd Center
    Presenter: Andrew Teare-Ketter, PT, DPT, NCS (he/him/his) – Atrium Health Floyd; Mercer University Department of Physical Therapy
    Presenter: Kirsten Allen, PsyD, ABPP, CMPC – Shepherd Center
    Presenter: Rachael Frank, PT, DPT, NCS (she/her/hers) – Shepherd Center SHARE Military Initiative
    Presenter: Julia Hurtado, PT, DPT, NCS – Shepherd Center
    Brain InjuryAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesClinical Practice
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Optimizing the Coordinated Cancer Care Team: Impact on Patients and their Carepartners
    Location:  306
    Presenter: Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    CancerAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesDiversity, Equity and InclusionEthicsHealth Services ResearchLeadershipWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Publishing in High-Impact Rehabilitation Journals
    Location:  406
    Presenter: Allen W. Heinemann, PhD FACRM (he/him/his) – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Presenter: Leighton Chan, MD, MPH – Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Presenter: Helen Hoenig, MD, MPH – Durham VA Health Care System; Duke University
    Presenter: Glenn D. Collins (he/him/his) – ACRM
    LeadershipAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBig DataBrain InjuryBurn RehabilitationCancerCardiopulmonary RehabilitationClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineCOVID-19Cultural CompetencyDiversity, Equity and InclusionEarly Mobilization/Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care UnitEthicsHealth Services ResearchInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineLimb CareMeasurementMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationRehabilitation Treatment Specification SystemSkin ManagementSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeTechnologyTelehealthTraumaWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Understanding Parents Voices in Mainland China
    Location:  308
    Presenter: Yue Wu, PhD, MT-BC (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    InternationalBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeCultural CompetencyDiversity, Equity and InclusionEthicsHealth Services ResearchInternational
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    1:30 PM – 2:30 PM  
    Navigating Team Outcomes From a Defined Why
    Location:  406
    Presenter: Amanda L. Kidd, DNP(C), MSN, RN, CCRN-K, NEA-BC – Encompass Health
    LeadershipBehavioral Health SciencesCultural Competency
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    1:30 PM – 2:30 PM  
    Neuropsychiatry in Rehabilitation - Challenges and Triumphs from an International Perspective
    Location:  204
    Moderator: Chetan P. Phadke, BPhT, PhD (he/him/his) – Providence Care Centre, Kingston
    Presenter: Elvina M. Chu, PhD, FRCPsych (she/her/hers) – Queen's University
    Presenter: Panayiota Petrochilos, MBBS, MSc, MRCGP, MRCPsych – The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UK.
    Presenter: Ennapdam Krishnamoorthy – Buddhi Clinic
    Non-presenting author: Christian Lema-Carrion – FLENI
    InternationalBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryMeasurementStrokeTechnology
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    1:30 PM – 2:30 PM  
    Utilizing Music Therapy in Chronic Pain Rehabilitation
    Location:  402
    Presenter: Lisa M. Gallagher, PhD, MT-BC (she/her/hers) – Cleveland Clinic
    Pain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceBehavioral Health SciencesComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    3:15 PM – 4:15 PM  
    Oral Presentations: Behavioral Health Sciences 1
    Location:  210
    Behavioral Health Sciences
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM  
    Quality of Life Following Non-Dysvascular Lower Limb Amputation is Contextualized Through Occupations: A Qualitative Study
    Location:  210
    Presenting Author: Stephanie R. Cimino, MSc (she/her/hers) – Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto
    Non-presenting Author: Sander L. Hitzig, PhD – St. John's Rehab Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
    Non-presenting Author: Vera Fung, PT – St. John's Rehabilitation
    Non-presenting Author: Joanna Sale – Unity Health Toronto/University of Toronto
    Non-presenting Author: Katie N. Dainty, PhD – North York General Hospital
    Non-presenting Author: Crystal MacKay, PhD, PT – West Park Healthcare Centre
    Non-presenting Author: Amanda L. Mayo, MD – Sunnybrook HSC, University of Toronto
    Non-presenting Author: Sara J.T. JT Guilcher, PT, PhD – University of Toronto
    Behavioral Health SciencesLimb CareTrauma
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    Syndemic Theory Application: Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Structural Violence
    Location:  210
    Presenting Author: Jeanna M. Campbell, N/A, MSW – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Non-presenting Author: Flavia C D Andrade, n/a – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Presenting Author: Chung-Yi Chiu, CRC, LPC – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Behavioral Health SciencesDiversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    Identifying Cognitive Factors That May Underlie Dual-task Prioritization in Healthy Adults
    Location:  206
    Presenting Author: Liraz Arie – NYU
    Non-presenting Author: Maura Cosetti – Department of Otolaryngology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Non-presenting Author: Tal Krasovsky, PhD – University of Haifa
    Non-presenting Author: Gerald T. Voelbel, n/a – New York University
    Non-presenting Author: Jennifer L. Kelly, PT DPT NCS – New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
    Non-presenting Author: Katherine Scigliano, Au. D., CCC-A – New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
    Non-presenting Author: Brittani Morris – New York University
    Non-presenting Author: Anat V. Lubetzky, PT, PhD, CSCS – New York University
    Aging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesClinical Practice
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM  
    Use of a Metacognitive Approach to Manage Post-concussive Syndrome
    Location:  210
    Presenting Author: Anna E. Boone, PhD, MSOT, OTR/L – University of Missouri
    Non-presenting Author: Whitney Henderson, MOT, OTR/L, OTD – University of Missouri
    Behavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical Practice
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM  
    Thin supplementary motor area in chronic ankle instability: An externally-validated volume and surface-based morphological study.
    Location:  210
    Presenting Author: Xiao'ao Xue – Department of Sports Medicine, Huashan Hospital, China.
    Non-presenting Author: Yinghui Hua – Department of Sports Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University
    Behavioral Health SciencesAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationNeuroplasticity
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    Community-based Participatory Research in a TBIMS Grant Context: Part 2–community-informed Development of Educational Materials
    Location:  303
    Presenter: Michelle Smith, MPH, CHES (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Medical Center
    Presenter: Tamara Bushnik, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rusk Rehabilitation, NYU Langone Health
    Presenter: Olga Garduño-Ortega, B.A. – NYU Langone Health
    Brain InjuryBehavioral Health SciencesHealth Services Research
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    Distinguished Lecturer in Cancer Survivorship Care Award: Optimizing the Coordinated Cancer Care Team
    Location:  304
    Presenter: Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    CancerAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesDiversity, Equity and InclusionEthicsHealth Services ResearchLeadershipWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    4:30 PM – 5:45 PM  
    FEATURED SESSION: A Brave New World: Integrating Behavioral Health Across the Spectrum of Medical Rehabilitation
    Location:  Crystal Ballroom A
    Presenter: Terrence Carolan, MSPT, MBA – CARF International
    Presenter: Jeffrey Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Behavioral Health SciencesAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBrain InjuryCancerClinical PracticeDiversity, Equity and InclusionEarly Mobilization/Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care UnitInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineLimb CareMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeurodegenerative DiseasePain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeTechnologyTrauma
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    8:15 AM – 9:30 AM  
    PLENARY III - Coulter Award Lectureship: Patient, Clinician & Insightful Stakeholder: How we can work together to move rehabilitation medicine forward
    Location:  Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM (she/her/hers) – Shepherd Center
    Health Services ResearchAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBig DataBrain InjuryBurn RehabilitationCancerCardiopulmonary RehabilitationClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineCOVID-19Cultural CompetencyDiversity, Equity and InclusionHealth Services ResearchInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineLimb CareMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationSkin ManagementSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeTechnologyTelehealthTraumaPhysicians & Clinicians
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Autonomic Rehabilitation, Where Do We Start?
    Location:  407
    Presenter: Raouf Gharbo, FAAPMR FAANEM (he/him/his) – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Presenter: Sonya Kim, PhD, CRC, BCB, FACRM – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Bio/Neurofunctional Assessment and Bio/Neuro Therapeutics SeriesComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeLifestyle MedicineTechnology
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Interdisciplinary Approaches to Assessment and Treatment in an Intensive Brain Health Program
    Location:  313
    Presenter: Lauren Brenner, PhD, CBIS (she/her/hers) – Home Base Program- a Massachusetts General Hospital and Red Sox Foundation Program
    Presenter: Louis Chow, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School
    Presenter: Mary Alexis Iaccarino, MD (she/her/hers) – Home Base Program- a Massachusetts General Hospital and Red Sox Foundation Program
    Behavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical PracticeMilitary and Veterans Affairs
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Relationships of Emotional Functioning, Pain, and Substance Use with Alexithymia after Brain Injury
    Location:  206
    Presenter: Dawn M. Neumann, PhD, FACRM (she/her/hers) – Indiana University
    Presenter: Flora M. Hammond, MD – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Presenter: Jacob A. Finn, PhD (he/him/his) – Minneapolis VAHCS
    Presenter: Devan R. Parrott, PhD – Indiana University
    Presenter: Angelle M. Sander, PhD, FACRM – Baylor College of Medicine
    Non-Presenting Author: Joyce S. Chung, PhD MPH – VA Palo Alto
    Non-Presenting Author: Daniel W. Klyce, Ph.D., ABPP – Richmond VA
    Non-Presenting Author: Tamara Bushnik, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rusk Rehabilitation, NYU Langone Health
    Brain InjuryBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeMilitary and Veterans AffairsPain Rehabilitation
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    10:45 AM – 12:00 PM  
    SPECIAL Symposium: Developing Resiliency for all of Life’s Challenges: An Insider’s Perspective
    Location:  Crystal Ballroom B
    Presenter: Claudia Mason, CPC (she/her/hers) – Force Emulations LLC
    StrokeBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineLifestyle MedicineTrauma
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  
    Chat with the Experts: The Integration of Behavioral Health into Rehabilitation Medicine
    Location:  EXPO/Salon - Location 2 near Booth 518
    Panelist: Jeffrey Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Panelist: Terrence Carolan, MSPT, MBA – CARF International
    Panelist: Nancey Trevanian Tsai, MD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Panelist: Teresa A. Granger, CRC (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama
    Behavioral Health SciencesAging Research and Geriatric RehabilitationAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBrain InjuryCancerClinical PracticeDiversity, Equity and InclusionInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineLimb CareMilitary and VeteransNeurodegenerative DiseasePain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeTechnologyTrauma
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    Introduction to ACRM Women’s Health Committee: Insights for Reproductive Mental & Brain Health Research
    Location:  406
    Presenter: Maheen M. Adamson, PhD, MHL (she/her/hers) – WRIISC-WOMEN, VA Palo Alto, Stanford School of Medicine/Soof Solutions Inc.
    Presenter: Claire Kalpakjian, PhD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine
    Presenter: Susan Robinson-Whelen, PhD (she/her/hers) – TIRR Memorial Hermann / Baylor College of Medicine
    Clinical PracticeAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesHealth Services ResearchMilitary and Veterans AffairsTrauma
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    Leveraging Social Support to Promote Health-Related Quality of Life, Participation, and Activity After Stroke
    Location:  209
    Presenter: Emily Kringle, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Presenter: Elena V. Donoso Brown, PhD, OTR/L – Duquesne University
    Presenter: Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, PhD, OTR/L – Georgia State University
    Presenter: Grace J. Kim, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Non-presenting author: Suzanne Burns, PhD, OTR/L – University of New Mexico
    Non-presenting author: Timothy Dionne, PhD, OTR/L – University of New Mexico, School of Medicine
    Non-presenting author: Mathew Farag, BSc – University of Toronto
    Non-presenting author: Emily Gilbert, MLIS – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Non-presenting author: Tina Griffin, MLIS – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Non-presenting author: Jessica Kersey, PhD, OTR/L – Washington University in St. Louis
    Behavioral Health SciencesLifestyle Medicine
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    Optimizing Digital Interventions to Improve Behavioral and Rehabilitation Outcomes: Design and Evaluation Considerations
    Location:  204
    Presenter: Alex Wong, PhD, DPhil – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab/ Northwestern University
    Presenter: Yun Shi, PhD – New York University Grossman School of Medicine
    Non-Presenting Author: Lu Hu, PhD – New York University Grossman School of Medicine
    Non-Presenting Author: Eric Lenze, MD – Washington University School of Medicine
    Non-Presenting Author: David C. Mohr, PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    MeasurementBehavioral Health SciencesTechnology
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    Reducing Head Impact Exposure in American Football: The Importance of Intervention Adherence
    Location:  312
    Presenter: Erik E. Swartz, PhD, ATC, FNATA – Adelphi University
    Athlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health Sciences
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM  
    Nutritional Functioning after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Military Veterans: Operationalizing a New Approach
    Location:  308
    Presenting Author: Diana Brostow, PhD, MPH, RDN (she/her/hers) – Rocky Mountain MIRECC
    Non-presenting Author: Alexandra Smith – Rocky Mountain MIRECC
    Non-presenting Author: Nazanin H. Bahraini, PhD – Rocky Mountain MIRECC
    Non-presenting Author: Karen Besterman-Dahan, PhD, RD – Tampa VA Medical Center
    Non-presenting Author: Jeri Forster, PhD – Rocky Mountain MIRECC
    Non-presenting Author: Lisa A. Brenner, PhD, ABPP – Rocky Mountain MIRECC
    Military and Veterans AffairsBehavioral Health SciencesComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineTrauma
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    The Effect of Sensory Reweighting on Postural Control in Parkinson’s Disease
    Location:  204
    Presenting Author: Maryam Sadeghi, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Non-presenting Author: Thomas Bristow – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Non-presenting Author: Sodiq Fakorede, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Non-presenting Author: Rajesh Pahwa, M.D. – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Non-presenting Author: Kelly E. Lyons, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Non-presenting Author: Hannes Devos, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Neurodegenerative DiseaseAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineMeasurementNeuroplasticityTechnologyTelehealthWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    3:45 PM – 5:15 PM  
    Stroke ISIG Young Investigator Award: Restoring Physically Active Lifestyles through Engagement in Meaningful Activities
    Location:  301
    Presenter: Emily Kringle, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Moderator: Veronica T. Rowe, PhD, OTR/L – Georgia State University
    StrokeBehavioral Health SciencesLifestyle MedicineTelehealth
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Addressing Compassion Fatigue: Helping Our Heroes
    Location:  209
    Presenter: Judi Cineas, LCSW – LTD
    Behavioral Health Sciences
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Interdisciplinary Vision Rehabilitation: What Is Known, What’s in Practice, and Where to Go from Here
    Location:  405
    Presenter: Kathleen M. Weden, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – Children's of Alabama
    Presenter: Kelsey Watters, CScD, OTR/L, BCPR, CBIS – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Presenter: Jeffrey C. Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN, FACRM – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Presenter: Debra S. Ouellette, MS/OTR/L, BCPR,SCLV,FNAP,FAOTA (she/her/hers) – Casa Colina Hospitals and Centers for Healthcare
    Presenter: Kathryn Farris, OTR/L – Shepherd Center
    Presenter: Mahya Beheshti, MD (she/her/hers) – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Moderator: John-Ross Rizzo, MD, MSCI, FACRM – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Clinical PracticeBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryEarly Mobilization/Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care UnitStrokeTechnology
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    4:00 PM – 5:15 PM  
    Biofeedback in Rehabilitation
    Location:  407
    Presenter: Peter Behel, MA, BCB – Sonoma State University
    Presenter: Urszula Klich, PhD, BCB – My Mindful Way Of Life
    Bio/Neurofunctional Assessment and Bio/Neuro Therapeutics SeriesComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCardiopulmonary RehabilitationClinical PracticeLifestyle MedicineNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTelehealth
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    6:45 PM – 7:30 PM  
    Behavioral Health Networking Group Meeting
    Location:  218
    Co-Chair: Jeffrey Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Co-Chair: Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga, PhD, CRC, CVE, CLCP, CBIST – University of South Florida, Tampa
    Behavioral Health Sciences
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    A Consensual Qualitative Research Analysis of Counselors-in-training Experiences Providing Telemental Health Counseling to Rural Children
    Location:  208
    Presenter: Kristina Henderson, PhD, CRC, LPC (she/her/hers) – Mercer University
    Presenter: Carrie Elder, PhD, LPC, NCC, ATR-BC, CPCS – Mercer University
    Presenter: Raven Scott, MS, APC, NCC – Mercer University
    Presenter: Cameron A. Miller, PhD (he/him/his) – Mercer University
    Behavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeTelehealth
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Biofeedback and Neurofeedback in Rehabilitation
    Location:  209
    Presenter: Thomas F. Collura, PhD, QEEG-D, BCN, LPCC (he/him/his) – BrainMaster Technologies, Inc.
    Bio/Neurofunctional Assessment and Bio/Neuro Therapeutics SeriesComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical PracticeTechnology
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Use of Virtual Reality to Assess the Efficiency of Perceptual-motor Processes
    Location:  207
    Presenter: Gary B. Wilkerson, EdD, ATC, FNATA – University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Athlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical PracticeLifestyle MedicineMeasurementNeuroplasticityTechnology
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    10:45 AM – 12:00 PM  
    Medicine & Behavior: Redefining Rehabilitation
    Location:  206
    Presenter: Eric Spier, MD – Craig Hospital
    Brain InjuryBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeMeasurement
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Applying a Precision Medicine Approach to Optimizing Health Behaviors in Cancer Rehabilitation
    Location:  402
    Presenter: Stephen B. Wechsler, PT, DPT, PhD – MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA
    CancerBehavioral Health SciencesLifestyle Medicine
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Neurorehabilitation with Photobiomodulation (PBM)
    Location:  209
    Presenter: Lew Lim, PhD – VieLight
    Bio/Neurofunctional Assessment and Bio/Neuro Therapeutics SeriesComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCancerClinical PracticeCOVID-19Lifestyle MedicineNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationStrokeTechnology
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    The Biopsychosocial Impact of Autism Spectrum Disorder on Children and Families
    Location:  208
    Presenter: Sekeria V. Bossie, PhD – Alabama State University
    Presenter: Danita H. Stapleton, EdD, CRC, LPC-S, NCC – Alabama State University
    Behavioral Health Sciences
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    The Psychology of Pain: Implications for Clinical Practice
    Location:  309
    Presenter: Michael JL Sullivan, PhD – McGill University
    Pain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesMeasurementTelehealth
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Using Wearable Devices to Monitor Behaviors and Physiological Signs Following Spinal Cord Injury
    Location:  211
    Presenter: Gino Panza, PhD – Wayne State University, Department of Veteran Affairs
    Presenter: Fei Zhao, PhD – Wayne State University
    Presenter: Shivayogi V. Hiremath, PhD (he/him/his) – Temple University
    Non-Presenting Author: Tom E. Nightingale, BSc, PhD, FHEA – University of Birmingham
    Non-Presenting Author: Shane Balthazaar, PhD, RDCS, FASE – School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham
    Spinal Cord InjuryBehavioral Health SciencesHealth Services ResearchTechnology
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Cognition in Aging Task Force - A Roadmap of Current Projects and Future Goals
    Location:  208
    Presenter: Urvashy Gopaul, MSc, PhD PT – Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
    Presenter: Julie Faieta, PhD, MOT, OTR/L – University of Pittsburgh
    Presenter: Patricia C. Heyn, PhD, FGSA, FACRM (she/her/hers) – Marymount University
    Presenter: Julie L. Schwertfeger, PhD, DPT, MBA, PT – Lovell Federal Health Care Center; Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
    Non-Presenting Author: Preeti Pushpalata Zanwar, PhD, MPH, MS (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
    Behavioral Health SciencesAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationBrain InjuryClinical PracticeCOVID-19StrokeTechnology
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Emerging Theory and Management of Chronic Spinal Pain Sensitization
    Location:  309
    Presenter: Areerat Suputtitada,MD., Professor – Chair of Neurorehabilitation Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University
    Presenter: Thiru M. Annaswamy, MD, MA (he/him/his) – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
    Presenter: Denise D. Lester, MD (she/her/hers) – Central Virginia Veterans Health Service Center, VCU Health Assoc Professor PMR
    Pediatric RehabilitationAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineEthicsInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineMeasurementNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTechnologyTelehealth
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    How Eeg-informed Photobiomodulation Supports Healthy, Flexible Brain Function
    Location:  209
    Presenter: Penijean Gracefire, LMHC, BCN, qEEG-D – BrainStar Innovations
    Presenter: David S. Cantor, PhD, MS, QEEG-DL, BCN, FNAN (he/him/his) – Mind and Motion Developmental Centers of Georgia
    Bio/Neurofunctional Assessment and Bio/Neuro Therapeutics SeriesComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical PracticeMeasurementTechnology
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Impact of Opioid Use in the Care of Traumatic Brain Injury on Non-pain Outcomes
    Location:  302
    Presenter: Amy J. Starosta, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Presenter: Aaron M. Martin, PhD – James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
    Presenter: Librada Callender, MPH – Baylor Scott & White Research Institute
    Presenter: Randi A. Dubiel, D.O. – Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation
    Brain InjuryBehavioral Health SciencesHealth Services Research
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Leveling the Field: Enhancing Health Equity and Accessibility with New Concussion Management Program Standards
    Location:  206
    Presenter: Terrence Carolan, MSPT, MBA – CARF International
    Brain InjuryAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical PracticeDiversity, Equity and InclusionInternationalLifestyle MedicinePediatric RehabilitationTrauma
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Management and Treatment to Accelerate Recovery from Concussion in Children and Youth: A Multidisciplinary Approach
    Location:  312
    Presenter: Vicki A. Anderson, MA (Clin Neuro), PhD (she/her/hers) – Murdoch Children's Research Institute
    Presenter: Shannon Scratch, Ph.D., C.Psych. (she/her/hers) – Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
    Presenter: Vanessa C. Rausa, MPsych (Clin Neuro) (she/her/hers) – Murdoch Children's Research Institute
    Presenter: Isabelle Gagnon, PT, PhD (she/her/hers) – Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University
    Pediatric RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical Practice