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Why the “ChronicBabe” Loves the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Pain Management Center
After being diagnosed with fibromyalgia, Jenni came to the Pain Management Center for treatment. Today, she blogs her experience with chronic pain.
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Research Jobs & Fellowships
We offer several types of research fellowships, suitable for funding physicians or PhD scientists in rehabilitation research or others looking for careers opportunities in our field
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Nick Formanski: CROR Senior Project Coordinator, Peer Mentor … and Magnuson Founder’s Award Finalist
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PMR On Point.
PMR on Point taps the brainpower of our clinicians, scientists and alumni to highlight Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation from every angle.
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Pivot to Telehealth During the Pandemic Kept Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Patients Connected to Therapists
By late March 2020, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab had pivoted to a completely new telehealth model that affected the roughly 800 patients who were using the DayRehab Centers at the hospital’s downtown location and suburban sites.
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Hiring People with Disabilities: the Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, RUSH University Medical Center and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
On July 26, 2022, the 32nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot opened the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) Career Center.
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Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab |
Professor, Physiology, PM&R and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

Milap Sandhu, PT, PhD
Research Scientist II, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University

Your Care Team
Your rehabilitation team is chosen just for you and includes the specific doctors, therapists and other professionals you need to make the best recovery.
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Jessica Presperin Pedersen, OT, OTD
OT Research Scientist
Assistant Professor Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine