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Angelika Kudla: A Talent for Translating Scientific Research and a Passion for Mental Health
Learn more about Angelika Kudla and her talent for translating scientific research and a passion for mental health.
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Severe COVID May Age Survivors' Brains 20 Years: Study
A serious bout of COVID-19 can prompt a serious loss of brain power, new research warns, triggering a drop in IQ that's equivalent to aging from 50 to 70 in a matter of months.
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Karen Tamley: A Life of Expanding Civil Rights and Increasing Access for People with Disabilities
Karen Tamley was born with a congenital spinal condition that meant she would never be able to walk and would always need a wheelchair. It was the late-1960s, long before the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted, so there were few resources available for her or her parents.
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Tiny Machine Poised to Unlock Brain’s Mysteries
A team of scientists, led by researchers at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Chicago, has developed novel technology promising to increase understanding of how brains develop, and offer answers on repairing brains in the wake of neurotrauma and neurodegenerative diseases.
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Workplace Changes during the Pandemic Help Employment Levels for People with Disabilities Reach New Highs
The last 12 months have been an unprecedented boon for people with disabilities who want to work. From November 2021 through November 2022, the employment-to-population ratio among people with disabilities rose 5.5% to 36.5%, according to the recent National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) report. That compares with less than a 1% increase for people without disabilities.
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Karen Tamley: Q & A
President and CEO Karen Tamley joined Access Living in March 2020 after serving three Chicago mayors as Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities. CROR Outcomes asked Tamley to reflect on how the pandemic has changed the employment landscape for people with disabilities.
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Preventing Nerve Injuries Acquired in the ICU by Patients with Severe COVID
A new study published in the October 2022 issue of the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation from a research team led by SRAlab clinicians identified the cause of — and hope for a potential prevention of — nerve injuries in patients treated in the intensive care unit for severe COVID-19.
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Reconstructive Surgery for People with Spinal Cord Injury
The Journal of Neurophysiology recently published a review by Adenike Adewuyi, MD PhD — a 2022 graduate of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) residency program — and her mentor, Colin Franz, MD, PhD, physician-scientist, at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The review defines a clinical framework for evaluating patients with spinal cord injuries to determine their candidacy for nerve transfer surgery.
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Electrodiagnostic Laboratory
The Electrodiagnostic Laboratory performs nerve and muscle diagnostic testing that include the electromyogram (EMG) and nerve conduction study (NCS).
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2022 Awardee: Sameer Ashaie, PhD
Sameer Ashaie is a research scientist at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and a research assistant professor at Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.
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2022 Awardee: Erin Meier, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Awardee Erin Meier is an Assistant Professor and principal investigator of The Aphasia Network Lab at Northeastern University.
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