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Training Opportunities for Psychology Professionals
Our psychology department at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab offers a rehabilitation post-doctoral fellowship and pre-doctoral advanced externships.
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Managing Chronic Pain through Exercise: Sol Makes Pilgrimage through Spain
The Camino De Santiago is a network of ancient pilgrimage routes that wind through Spain and end in Santiago de Compostela. Today, the Camino is enjoyed by those seeking spiritual nourishment, as well as others seeking to clear the mind, get exercise and take in the beauty of Europe’s cities and countryside.
Patient Story
Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Treatment & Rehabilitation
Read more about the causes and symptoms of GBS — and the important role of rehabilitation in your recovery.
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How can patients make life decisions when it’s tough to talk?
Individuals with aphasia can demonstrate their decision-making capacities with the assistance of skilled conversation partners and supportive communication techniques. Supporting patients in this way is a critical step in allowing them to maintain autonomy.
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Charles Bombardier: Combining Behavioral Medicine and Rehabilitation Psychology to Help People with Disabilities
Learn more about Charles Bombardier and his combining behavioral medicine and rehabilitation psychology to help people with disabilities.
In the News
Tasos Karakostas, MPT, PhD
Associate Director
Adjunct Faculty for Orthopedic Surgery, Northwestern
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Patient Featured in Newsweek Story About Treating Chronic Pain
Megan H., 46, has lived with chronic pain her entire adult life. She finally learned strategies and techniques for better managing her pain and flare-ups when she discovered Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Pain Management Center, one of the only interdisciplinary pain clinics in the country that offers a novel, team-based approach to help patients with pain.
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Gilbert Family Foundation Contributes Nearly $375 Million in Partnership with Henry Ford Health to Bring Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to Detroit
The Gilbert Family Foundation (GFF), Henry Ford Health and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab today announced a historic partnership to bring a 72-bed state-of-the-art physical medicine and rehabilitation facility to Detroit.
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What treatments are effective at treating depression in people with spinal cord injury?
While there are few randomized controlled studies that look at interventions to treat moderate to severe depression in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), a new study in the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation found that therapies delivered online and the antidepressant venlafaxine XR appear promising.
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Just Move: A Step-by-Step Approach to Physical Fitness for Cancer Survivors
The head of our Cancer Innovation Center, discuss how cancer survivors should get active to prevent or reverse the effects of their treatments
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Dr. Cherney Honored by ASHA
Leora Cherney, PhD, SLP, scientific chair, Think + Speak Lab, received the Honors of the Association at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA) Convention in Orlando, Fla.
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Staff Spotlight - Scott Roiter: Communicating research findings with different audiences
Scott Roiter works as a research assistant at The Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Prior to that, he analyzed data at AMITA Health.
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