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Early Study Feedback Suggests Virtual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy May Help Some People Working with Chronic Pain
Early results from a study at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research suggests that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) delivered virtually helps people with disabilities manage their chronic pain.
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Angelika Kudla: A Talent for Translating Scientific Research and a Passion for Mental Health
As a Senior Project Coordinator at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, her job is to take CROR’s research findings and translate them into more everyday language.
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CROR Director presents at IPSO Annual Conference on Custom Ankle Orthotics
Center for Rehabilitation Research Director Allen Heinemann, PhD, presented his research on 'Sensitivity to Change of Patient-Reported and Performance Measures for Custom AFO Users' at the annual conference of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Elise Olsen: Early experiences and connections to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab make her job 'very full circle'
You could say it was inevitable that Elise Olsen would find her way to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab where she is a research assistant in the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR).
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Linda Ehrlich-Jones: A Career in Nursing and Research Leads to Induction as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing
Ehrlich-Jones became a full-time clinical research coordinator in 2005. She also began working with the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at RIC, which is now known as the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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Episode 04: A Phone-Based Intervention for Self-Managing Pain at Work
On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast we discuss a phone-based intervention for self-managing pain at work that is part of a clinical trial through the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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Dr. Roy Joins Research Team Investigating Improved Care for Patients with Brain Cancer
The Lurie Cancer Center recently awarded a grant to an interdisciplinary team of researchers — including Ishan Roy, MD, PhD, attending physician, Cancer Rehabilitation Clinic, and research scientist — to improve care for patients with glioblastoma (GBM), a fast-growing type of brain cancer.
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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Nurse Residency Program Recognized for Excellence
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s New Graduate Nurse Residency Program received “Accreditation with Distinction” for the second consecutive time by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Practice Transition Accreditation Program (PTAP).
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Dr. Leora Cherney Quoted on Aphasia
A recent National Aphasia Awareness Month article on Johnson & Johnson’s health news website includes quotes from Leora Cherney, PhD, director, Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment, describing the difference between “nonfluent aphasia” and “fluent aphasia”
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Early Study Feedback Suggests Virtual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy May Help Some People Working with Chronic Pain
Early results from a study at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research suggests that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) delivered virtually can help people with disabilities manage their chronic pain.
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