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Three Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Nurses Receive 40 Under 40 Emerging Nurse Leaders Award
Three Shirley Ryan AbilityLab nurses — Rachel Adekoya, RN, nurse manager; Katie Earnest, RN, director, Nursing Research; and Lindsay Hong, RN, nurse manager — have been recognized by the Illinois Nurses Foundation with the 40 Under 40 Emerging Nurse Leaders Award.
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Sara Karon: Dedicated to Helping People with Disabilities
Learn more about Sara Karon and her dedication to helping people with disabilities.
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Should I Disclose My Disability When Looking for a Job?
The conventional wisdom in vocational rehabilitation circles has long been fairly straight-forward: job applicants with non-evident disabilities should not disclose their condition or ask for reasonable accommodations until they have received a job offer.
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Should I Disclose My Disability When Looking for a Job?
Vocational rehabilitation experts say it is important for people to know that if they decide to request an accommodation, their employer is allowed to make medical inquiries, including how or if the disability would impact the person’s ability to do the job.
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Meet Dr. Ishan Roy — Physician-Scientist Researching Cachexia, a Cancer-Related Muscle Wasting Syndrome
After officially joining Shirley Ryan AbilityLab as an attending physician-scientist in 2021, Ishan Roy, MD, PhD, practices clinically in the Cancer Rehabilitation Clinic and focuses his research on cachexia (pronounced ca-kex-ia).
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Digital Health Technology for Physical Therapy
The purpose of this study is to learn how to incorporate digital health technology into the early intervention physical therapy clinic for people with Parkinson's disease.
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Stretchable Electronics a ‘Game Changer’ for Stroke Recovery Treatment
Developed at Northwestern, partnering with AbilityLab, the sensor is the latest of stretchable electronics that are precise enough for advanced medical care.
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Specialized Clinical Services & Spaces
In addition to our state-of-the-art ability labs — applied therapeutic and research spaces — our facility features other innovative areas designed to help our patients recover.
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What is a Ventilator, and How Does it Work?
Traumatic injuries to the spinal cord at the neck-level (cervical) can result in damage to the nerves controlling the breathing muscles. Learn more about how a spinal cord injury (SCI) affects these nerves.
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Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Program
See what sets us apart from other rehabilitation hospitals and why our outcomes for spinal cord injury patients are exceptional.
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Jennifer Pearlstein: Using Psychology to Help Improve the Lives of People with Disabilities
After finishing her PhD, Pearlstein stayed on at UW for a post-doctoral fellowship with her mentor Dawn Ehde, PhD, who is currently directing a project funded through the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Ehde and Pearlstein are looking into whether CBT can help people with chronic pain cope and feel better.
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