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Meet Mentees from the 2024 Global Sports Mentoring Program Class
Meet Mian Absar Ali of Pakistan and Omar Hegazy of Egypt, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s mentees from the Global Sports Mentoring Program Class of 2024. They recently visited Washington, D.C., to present plans to expand access to adaptive athletics in their home countries.
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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Physician-Scientist Visits Congress to Advocate for Patients
Dr. Jayabalan provided insight about the Committee’s focus on advocating for three areas of healthcare reform, including reform to prior authorization — a process requiring approval for treatments and medications by health insurance carriers before a patient receives care.
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Congratulations to our first PhD graduate, Dr. Hongkai Wang!
Dr. Wang's PhD thesis is about creating toolbox in the treatment of diaphragmatic paralysis.
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Game On: Five Tips for Picking up Pickleball
Pickleball is one of America’s fastest-growing sports — but before you grab your paddle, follow these 5 tips from one of our experts to play safely and reduce your risk of injury on the court.
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My Le: Grounding Herself in Rehabilitation Research to Prepare for a Career in Psychology
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Eric Espinoza: Getting the Word Out About Parkinson’s to Chicago’s Spanish-Speaking Community
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Northwestern’s Biostatistics Collaboration Center Adds Firepower to CROR’s Rehabilitation Research
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How a Unique Ultrasound Course Trains Medical Residents
Science — one of the world’s top academic journals, with a 144-year legacy of publishing breakthrough research — recently published a study whose authors included Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's Colin Franz, MD, PhD, physician-scientist. The ultrasound techniques that Dr. Franz utilized in this study were the same ones that he learned a decade ago during his residency at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in the Musculoskeletal (MSK) Ultrasound Course.
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Defying Gravity: The Importance of Gait Training to Restore Mobility
Depending on the nature and severity of an injury, physical therapists can use various techniques and devices to assist patients with movement. Discover the different types of movements.
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NIU Honors Abby Jeppson with Outstanding SLP Alumni Award
Tertia "Abby" Jeppson, senior research speech-language pathologist, Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment, recently was honored with the Outstanding SLP Alumni Award from Northern Illinois University (NIU).
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