Rehabilitation Roundup for March 2020
Greetings!

This month we have Dimitry Sayenko, PhD from Houston Methodist as the CARE speaker, presenting his work on electrical stimulation for motor recovery after spinal cord injury.

Please register for CARE Research Day (deadline March 8th)! See below.
We hope to see you there and have a great spring break!

Best,

Linda Noble and James Sulzer
CARE Co-Directors


CARE Events
CARE Spring Seminar Series
Spinal Cord Injury

“Neuromodulation of spinal networks to recover motor function: Underlying mechanisms and clinical translations”

Dimitry Sayenko, MD,PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Houston Methodist

Friday, March 27th, 2020
1:00pm-2:30pm
SEA 4.244 
Register for CARE Research Day by March 8th !
CARE's signature event will be on the afternoon of April 10th, 2020 in HDB (Dell Med School)!. There will be food, scientific posters, a Keynote lecturer, all finished off with a Happy Hour!

This year, Edelle Field-Fote from Emory University / Shepard Center will complete our unit on spinal cord injury as the Keynote Lecturer
Related Events
Whole Communities Whole Health Bridging Barriers Faculty Search

WCWH is taking a novel approach to search talks with four 30-minute talks in a row from 10am-12pm on Mondays, 3/2 and 3/9

All talks are in Glickman Conference Center (RLP 1.302B)

Talk time and topic
10-10:30 Neurobiological impact of childhood adversity on development
10:30-11 Smart homes – intelligent environment to support health and wellbeing
11-11:30 Multi-ethnic quantitative and computational health bio-omics
11:30-12 Visual communication and persuasion in health communication
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is hosting two candidates for a faculty position in Intervention and Rehabilitation in Pathological Cognitive Aging as part of the Texas Aging and Longevity Center’s cluster hiring initiative on Diversity in Cognitive Functioning in Late Life. For more information on TALC's cluster hire,  click here . Talk information is below.
 
Please contact Maya Henry ( [email protected] ) if you would like to meet with either of these candidates during their visits.
Thomas Parsons, Ph.D.
Professor, College of Information
University of North Texas
"Novel technologies for neuropsychological assessment and modeling of cognitive aging"
Talk: Monday March 9 th  | 12:30-1:30pm | BMC 5.102


Angela Roberts, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pepper School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Northwestern University
 "Biomarkers and Treatment Targets: The science of applied spoken discourse analysis for optimizing diagnostics and clinical interventions in aging and neurodegenerative disorders"
Talk: Thursday March 12 th  | 12:30-1:30pm | BMC 5.208



CALL-FOR-ABSTRACTS
Interprofessional Health Showcase on May 1, 2020 at the Student Union. We’re currently accepting abstracts from students and residents for health-related projects. The deadline is March 6, 2020. A brief description:  On May 1, 2020, the Center for Health IPE will host its 2nd Interprofessional Health Showcase where students (undergraduate and graduate) and residents present their projects in one of three categories: community engagement, quality improvement, and research. These projects pertain to advancing population health and creating healthier communities. Click  here   to read more.  
 
UT Austin has become the 4 th  national training site for the T3 Interprofessional Team Development Program via the Center for Health IPE. We are hosting this training June 1-4, 2020 at the School of Nursing. A brief description: T he T3 Program is a 3.5 day immersive training that gives teams the tools to design and implement effective interprofessional education and collaborative practice projects at their institutions. It is specifically designed for clinical educators and collaborative practice partners and is led by health care leaders who are trained in and passionate about collaborative, team-based health care, professional development, and assessment and evaluation. Click   here   to read more.
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CARE would like to thank the Cockrell School of Engineering and the Office of the Vice President for Research for their generous support