Research Seminar Series

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Seminars that are in webinar format will be shared via weekly announcement emails and calendar invitations. If you would like to be added to the distribution list (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Northwestern University, and Affiliates only), please contact Miranda Nwakah mnwakah@sralab.org.

Jan. 5 -- Richard L. Lieber, PhD, MBA
Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President of Research, Shirley Ryan Abilitylab
"Special Presentation to Researchers"
Location: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, 10 Floor, Auditorium ABC

Jan. 12 -- Matthew Major, PhD
Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University
"Disarming Stability: Understanding the Impact of Upper Limb Absence on Falls and Dynamic Balance"
Location: Virtual

Jan. 19 -- No scheduled seminar - Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

Jan. 26 -- Michael Wolf, MD, MPH, MA
Associate Vice Chair for Research & James R. Webster Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Applied Health Research on Aging (CAHRA), Northwestern University
"Cognitive Epidemiological Investigations to Inform Health System Strategies for the Prevention - Detection-Management of Later Life Functional Decline"
Location: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, 12 Floor, Room IJK

Feb. 2 -- Michael Lewek, PT, PhD
Associate Director, Closed Loop Engineering for Advanced Rehabilitation (CLEAR) Core, Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina
"Hypokinesia in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease"
Location: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, 10 Floor, Auditorium ABC

Feb. 9 -- Siobhan Phillips, PhD
Interim Chief of Behavioral Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University
"Movement as Medicine: Optimizing Physical Activity in Cancer Care"
Location: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, 12 Floor, Room IJK

Feb. 16 -- No scheduled seminar - Presidents' Day

Feb. 23
Paul Ford, PhD
Neuroethics Program Director, Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic
Levi Hargrove, PhD
Scientific Chair, The Regenstein Foundation Center for Bionic Medicine, Shirley Ryan Abilitylab
Meghan Morrow, OTR/L
Resource Coordinator, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
"Expert Panel: RoboEthics - Bioethical Issues in Robotic Development and Clinical Uptake"
Location: Virtual

Mar. 2 -- Virginia Kraus, MD, PhD
Mary Bernheim Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Orthopaedics & Pathology, Duke University
"Matrix Protein Anabolic Indices Identify Regenerative Cartilage Small RNAs"
Location: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, 10 Floor, Auditorium ABC

Mar. 9 -- Christopher Nagelli, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic
"Repurposing Surgical Waste for a Personalized Cell Therapy for Musculoskeletal Tissue Repair"
Location: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, 12 Floor, Room IJK

Mar. 16 -- Friedemann Müller, MD, MSc
Head of Department, Neurology, Physical Therapy, and Rehabilitation, Schon Klinik Bad Aibling, Germany
"Disorders of Consciousness: Basic Research and Treatment Issues"
Location: Virtual