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Episode 13: Spinal Cord Injury and Mental Health
On this episodeof INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we'll learn about some common mental health challenges that people face after spinal cord injury, and about a Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research project funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation that seeks to better understand and support the mental health of people with spinal cord injury.
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Episode 08: A Decision Aid for Requesting an Accommodation at Work
On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Resaerch Podcast, we speak with Mark Harniss, PhD, Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Director of the UW Disability Studies Program at the University of Washington, Seattle, and Heather Evans, PhD, Acting Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle and Director of Research for the Northwest ADA Center.
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Episode 12: Kenny's World: Person-Centered Planning in Practice
On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we speak with Kenny, a home and community-based services recipient, and Heather LaTorra, CEO of Kenny's provider agency, Marrakech, about how they partnered to make the necessary changes to Kenny’s services to meet his goals.
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Episode 06: Becoming Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Learn how did the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago become Shirley Ryan AbilityLab -- the first-ever translational research rehabilitation hospital where clinicians and researchers work together in the same space to drive innovation?
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Episode 09: Inclusive Disaster Planning
On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we talk with Dawn Skaggs director of emergency, disaster and climate resilience at the World Institute on Disability.
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Hiring People with Disabilities: the Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, RUSH University Medical Center and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
On July 26, 2022, the 32nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot opened the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) Career Center.
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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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Illinois Assistive Technology Program
In Illinois, the Illinois Assistive Technology Program (IATP) provides access to assistive technology devices and services to people with disabilities throughout the state.
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Kara Link: Working to Understand the Connections Between Chronic Pain and Substance Misuse
Link began working with Ehde on a project funded through the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The project examines whether telephone-delivered therapy can help people with disabilities, including multiple sclerosis (MS), stay employed.
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Jacqueline Kish, PhD, a CROR postdoctoral fellow with an interest in accessible transportation
Jacqueline Kish, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Rehabilitation and Outcomes Research, says that her area of expertise – accessible transportation – isn’t one people think about until they have to.
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C-STAR Collaborative Mentorship
Our program provides junior faculty and early-career rehabilitation researchers with mentoring and career advancement guidance from senior scientists and clinicians at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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HCBS Quality Matters Summer 2023
The 2023 Summer edition of HCBS Quality Matters is here! The newsletter focuses on inclusive disaster planning, profiles two of our HCBS project staff our literature corner and links to our new INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast.
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