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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Appoints Cheri Blauwet, MD, as Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer
Today, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab announced the appointment of a key leader: Cheri Blauwet, MD, as senior vice president and chief clinical officer. She will begin in September and will report to Pablo Celnik, MD, CEO.
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Monica A. Perez, PT, PhD
Scientific Chair, Arms + Hands Lab, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab |
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University

Sensory Activities at Home
Children learn with their whole bodies, which is why sensory activities are a very important part of their education and development. Read more for suggested sensory activities that can be done at home.
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Speeding Drug Repurposing for Patients
Using an Anti-Cancer Drug to Treat Muscle Contractures in Cerebral Palsy.
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The Five Questions Every Physical Therapist Is Asked About Low Back Pain
As a physical therapist, I receive a lot of questions about the human body — and most often, those questions are about low back pain. Here are five of those questions — and the answers that may surprise you!
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Richard L. Harvey, MD
David W. Trott Clinical Chair, Brain Innovation Center
Wesley and Suzanne Dixon Chair of Stroke Research
Kyle Koselke, PT, DPT
Senior Physical Therapist I
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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How Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Intensive Aphasia Program Helps Participants
Through a friend, Jayendra learned about the Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program (ICAP) at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. He arranged a video chat with Leora Cherney, PhD, scientific chair, Think + Speak Lab, and director of the ICAP, to see if Sudha would be a good candidate for treatment.
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