Kessler Foundation Disability Rehabilitation Research And Employment

Fast Takes - Episode 18 Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/Curiosity%20leads%20Dr.%20Karunakaran%20to%20a%20career%20in%20rehabilitation%20engineering%20research-Ep18-TRANSCRIPT_0.pdf Welcome to a Fast Takes #WomenInScience podcast honoring the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Celebrated on February 11th, this United Nations initiative recognizes the critical role of women and girls in science and technology communities and calls for strengthening of their participation in STEM fields. Did you know that today, just 30% researchers are women, and only 35% of all students enrolled in STEM-related fields of study are women? At Kessler Foundation, 70% of our staff are women making major contributions to the advances we achieve in rehabilitation research that changes the lives of people with disabilities. Episode 17 features Dr. Kiran Karunakaran, associate research scientist in our Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research. Produc

Fast Takes - Women in Science - Ep17 Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/Dr.%20Michelle%20Chen-Integrating%20technology%20in%20neuropsychology%20research%20to%20improve%20clinical%20care-Ep17_0.pdf Welcome to a Fast Takes #WomenInScience podcast honoring the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Celebrated on February 11th, this United Nations initiative recognizes the critical role of women and girls in science and technology communities and calls for strengthening of their participation in STEM fields. Did you know that today, just 30% researchers are women, and only 35% of all students enrolled in STEM-related fields of study are women? At Kessler Foundation, 70% of our staff are women making major contributions to the advances we achieve in rehabilitation research that changes the lives of people with disabilities. Episode 17 features Dr. Michelle Chen, post doctoral fellow in our Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research. Producer Joa

Fast Takes - Women in Science - Episode 19 Read the transcript https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/Dr.%20Costa%20takes%20cognitive%20research%20to%20new%20levels%20by%20applying%20eye%20tracking%20to%20studies%20of%20MS%20and%20SCI-EP19-TRANSCRIPT.pdf Welcome to a Fast Takes #WomenInScience podcast honoring the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Celebrated on February 11th, this United Nations initiative recognizes the critical role of women and girls in science and technology communities and calls for strengthening of their participation in STEM fields. Did you know that today, just 30% researchers are women, and only 35% of all students enrolled in STEM-related fields of study are women? At Kessler Foundation, 70% of our staff are women making major contributions to the advances we achieve in rehabilitation research that changes the lives of people with disabilities. Episode 18 features Dr. Silvana Costa, a research scientist in our Center for Neuropsychology and Neur

Fast Takes - Women in Science - Ep16 Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/dr-botticello-researches-how-environmental-factors-determine-outcomes-for-people-with-disabilities-Ep16.pdf Welcome to a Fast Takes #WomenInScience podcast honoring the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Celebrated on February 11th, this United Nations initiative recognizes the critical role of women and girls in science and technology communities and calls for strengthening of their participation in STEM fields. Did you know that today, just 30% researchers are women, and only 35% of all students enrolled in STEM-related fields of study are women? At Kessler Foundation, 70% of our staff are women making major contributions to the advances we achieve in rehabilitation research that changes the lives of people with disabilities. Episode 16 features Dr. Amanda Botticello, assistant director in our Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research and Center for Outcomes and Assessment Re

Fast Takes – Episode 12 View the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/Evaluating%20Sensory%20Acuity%20as%20a%20Marker%20of%20Balance%20Dysfunction%20After%20a%20Traumatic%20Brain%20Injury-Ep12-TRANSCRIPT_0.pdf In this episode Dr. Rakesh Pilkar, senior research scientist from our Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation talks about his latest peer reviewed article "Evaluating Sensory Acuity as a Marker of Balance Dysfunction After a Traumatic Brain Injury: A Psychophysical Approach” which was published August 11, 2020 in the journal Fontiers of Neuroscience. Funding sources for this study was the New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research (NJCBIR) Multi-Investigator Grant CBIR15MIG004 Learn more about Dr. Pilkar at https://kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus/Rakesh%20Pilkar and the Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research at https://kesslerfoundation.org/research/center-mobility-and-rehabilitation-engineering

Fast Takes – Episode 15 Read the transcription at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/dr-erica-weber-researches-ways-to-rehabilitate-memory-in-people-with-cognitive-disabilities-ep15.pdf Welcome to a Fast Takes #WomenInScience podcast honoring the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Celebrated on February 11th, this United Nations initiative recognizes the critical role of women and girls in science and technology communities and calls for strengthening of their participation in STEM fields. Did you know that today, just 30% researchers are women, and only 35% of all students enrolled in STEM-related fields of study are women? At Kessler Foundation, 70% of our staff are women making major contributions to the advances we achieve in rehabilitation research that changes the lives of people with disabilities. Episode 15 features Dr. Erica Weber, a research scientist in our Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research. Producer Joan Banks-Smith interviews Dr. Weber about her

Fast Takes – Episode 14 Read the transcription at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/Dr-Jeanne-Zanca-Balances-Family-Life-with-a-Career-in-Spinal-Cord-Injury-Research-Ep14-TRANSCRIPT.pdf Welcome to a Fast Takes #WomenInScience podcast honoring the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Celebrated on February 11th, this United Nations initiative recognizes the critical role of women and girls in science and technology communities and calls for strengthening of their participation in STEM fields. Did you know that today, just 30% of researchers are women, and only 35% of all students enrolled in STEM-related fields of study are women? At Kessler Foundation, 70% of our staff are women making major contributions to the advances we achieve in rehabilitation research that changes the lives of people with disabilities. Episode 14 features Dr. Jeanne Zanca, senior research scientist in our Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research and Center for Outcomes and Assessment Research.

Fast Takes – Episode 13 Read the transcription at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/Translating%20stroke%20data%20to%20help%20people%20recover%20their%20ability%20to%20read%20and%20process%20language-TRANSCRIPT_1.pdf Welcome to a Fast Takes #WomenInScience podcast honoring the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Celebrated on February 11th, this United Nations initiative recognizes the critical role of women and girls in science and technology communities and calls for strengthening of their participation in STEM fields. Did you know that today, just 30% of researchers are women, and only 35% of all students enrolled in STEM-related fields of study are women? At Kessler Foundation, 70% of our staff are women making major contributions to the advances we achieve in rehabilitation research that changes the lives of people with disabilities. Episode 12 features Dr. Olga Boukrina, a research scientist in our Center for Stroke Rehabilitation Research. Producer Joan Banks-Sm

COVID-19 Edition - Episode 12 Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/Evas%20Village%20Maintains%20Vital%20Lifelines%20to%20Clients%20in%20Recovery%20During%20the%20Pandemic%20-TRANSCRIPT.pdf In 2020, Kessler Foundation awarded nearly $1 million in COVID-19 emergency grants to nonprofits faced with new and sudden challenges to serving people with disabilities in New Jersey. The Foundation’s COVID Emergency Fund provided funding for 37 grantees of Kessler Foundation’s employment grant program. In this mini-series, we explore how our COVID emergency grants supported these nonprofits as they adapted to a new reality, enabling us to continue toward our common goal – helping individuals with disabilities reach their goals of independence and self-sufficiency. Episode 12 features Eva’s Village in Paterson, New Jersey. Producer Joan Banks-Smith interviews Marie Caliendo, director of philanthropy who was faced with the uncertainty of being able to maintain vital lifelines

COVID-19 Edition, Episode 11 In 2020, Kessler Foundation awarded nearly $1 million in COVID-19 emergency grants to nonprofits faced with new and sudden challenges to serving people with disabilities in New Jersey. The Foundation’s COVID Emergency Fund provided funding for 37 grantees of Kessler Foundation’s employment grant program. In this mini-series, we explore how our COVID emergency grants supported these nonprofits as they adapted to a new reality, enabling us to continue toward our common goal – helping individuals with disabilities reach their goals of independence and self-sufficiency. Episode 11 features the Camden Children’s Garden in Camden NJ. Producer Joan Banks-Smith interviews Jeff Clarke, supervisor for youth programs about the impact of the Foundation’s COVID emergency grant and how it allowed the Garden to employ disabled and at-risk youth to raise seedlings and distribute them and vegetable plants to the Camden community during the pandemic. View the transcript at will add link once pod

COVID-19 Edition, Episode 10 Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/COVID%20Emergency%20Grant%20helps%20Career%20Development%20Project%20safely%20operate%20group%20homes-COVID-19-Ep%2010-TRANSCRIPT.pdf In 2020, Kessler Foundation awarded nearly $1 million in COVID-19 emergency grants to nonprofits faced with new and sudden challenges to serving people with disabilities in New Jersey. The Foundation’s COVID Emergency Fund provided funding for 37 grantees of Kessler Foundation’s employment grant program. In this mini-series, we explore how our COVID emergency grants supported these nonprofits as they adapted to a new reality, enabling us to continue toward our common goal – helping individuals with disabilities reach their goals of independence and self-sufficiency.   Episode 10 features the Career Opportunity Development Project in Egg Harbor City, NJ. Producer Joan Banks-Smith interviews Kurt Ohlson, the Project’s vice president for property management, who was fac

Fast Takes – Episode 10 View the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-01/Patterns%20of%20cognitive%20deficits%20in%20persons%20with%20spinal%20cord%20injury%20as%20compared%20with%20both%20age-matched%20and%20older%20individuals%20without%20sci-TRANSCRIPT.pdf In this episode, Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD, Director for the Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research and the Center for Outcomes and Assessment Research at Kessler Foundation talks about his latest peer reviewed article “Patterns of cognitive deficits in persons with spinal cord injury as compared with both age-matched and older individuals without spinal cord injury” published in the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine online December 3, 2018. Funding Source: New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research and Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Read more about Dr. Dyson-Hudson and his research at https://kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus/Trevor%20Dyson-Hudson For more information about this study, check out th

Fast Takes – Episode 9 View the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-01/Exercise%20and%20PRP%20Promising%20for%20Shoulder%20Pain%20in%20Wheelchair%20Users%20with%20Spinal%20Cord%20Injury-TRANSCRIPT.pdf Dr. Trevor Dyson-Hudson, Director for the Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research and the Center for Outcomes and Assessment Research at Kessler Foundation to talk about his latest peer reviewed article “Ultrasound-guided platelet-rich plasma injection for the treatment of recalcitrant rotator cuff disease in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury: A pilot study" was e-published ahead of print on May 7, 2020 by the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. Funding sources for this study is the Derfner Foundation, Kessler Foundation, and the National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (90SI5011) For more information about this study, check out the press release on our website at https://kesslerfoundation.org/press-release/exercise-and-prp-prom

Fast Takes - Episode 11 View the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-01/COVID-19%20Impact%20Survey%20Yields%20Unexpected%20Findings%20for%20Individuals%20with%20Progressive%20MS_0.pdf In this episode, Dr. Nancy Chiaravalloti, Director of Our Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience and Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research to talks about her latest peer reviewed article “COVID-19 Impact Survey Yields Unexpected Findings for Individuals with Progressive MS" which was published online August 19, 2020 in Journal of Neurology at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-020-10160-7 and at Kessler Foundation at https://kesslerfoundation.org/press-release/covid-19-impact-survey-yields-unexpected-findings-individuals-progressive-ms. Funding sources for this study is the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada grant EGID3185. Co-authors: Maria Pia Amato, Giampaolo Brichetto, Jeremy Chataway, Ulrik Dalgas, John DeLuca, Cecilia Meza, Nancy B. Moore, Peter Feys, Mass

Fast Takes - Episode 7 View the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/Dr-Helen-Genova-receives-NIH-career-award-to-advance-her-autism-research-in-transition-age-youth.pdf In this episode, Dr. Helen Genova, assistant director of our Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research at Kessler Foundation talks about her recent K18 Career Enhancement Award to Advance Autism Services Research for Adults and Transition-Age Youth. Dr. Genova, is known for her research in disorders of social functioning in populations with brain injury and multiple sclerosis, with broad-based funding from federal, state, and private sources. Through Kessler Foundation’s partnership with Children’s Specialized Hospital, she applied this background to adolescents with autism, whose difficulties with social functioning can affect their interactions with family members, educators, and peers. This award is funded by NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Learn more about Dr. Helen Ge

Fast Takes - Episode 6 View the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/applying-virtual-reality-to-improve-job-reentry-skills-in-individuals-with-traumatic-brain-injury.pdf In this episode, Dr. Helen Genova, assistant director of our Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research at Kessler Foundation talks about her study " Using virtual reality to improve job reentry in adults with traumatic brain injury: a randomized controlled trial.“ This is a three-year study funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) 90IFRE0031. Learn more about Dr. Helen Genova at at https://kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus/Helen%20Genova and podcast host Joan Banks-Smith at https://kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus/Joan%20Banks-Smith Co-authors: Denise Krch, PhD, and Anthony Lequerica, PhD, from the Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research, and John O’Neill, PhD, director of the Center for Employment and Disability Research. Lear

Fast Takes – Episode 5 View the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/Efficacy-of-the-Spanish-modified-Story-Memory-Technique-in-Mexicans-with-multiple-sclerosis.pdf Dr. Denise Krch, Senior Research Scientist from our Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research talks about her latest peer-reviewed article “Efficacy of the Spanish modified Story Memory Technique in Mexicans with multiple sclerosis: A pilot randomized controlled trial” NeuroRehabilitation on December 16, 2019. Co-authors include Lequerica, Anthony, Aguayo Arelis, Adriana, Rábago Barajas, Brenda Viridiana, Arango-Lasprilla, Juan Carlos, Chiaravalloti, Nancy D. View this article at https://content.iospress.com/articles/neurorehabilitation/nre192808 Funding source: National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Kessler Foundation???? Read more about Dr. Krch and her research at https://kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus/Denise%20Krch For more information about this study, check out the press release at https://www.eurekal

Fast Takes - Episode 8 Kessler Foundation Pilot Study Incorporates Mobile App for Collecting Data on Real-Time Experiences, toward the Goal of Real-Time Intervention Strategies Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/mobile-app-for-collecting-data-on-real-time-experiences-among-stroke-%20caregivers.pdf “The stress of caring for stroke survivors can affect the mental and physical health of caregivers and lead to decline in quality of life. These negative effects can be exacerbated when recovery is complicated by spatial neglect, a common but hidden disability that affects 30% to 50% of survivors. Spatial neglect increases the risk for falls, prolongs hospitalization, and impedes rehabilitation outcomes,” explained Dr. Chen, “and complicates the job of caregiving provided by family members. Documenting stress levels and triggers is essential to developing interventions that lower stress and burden among family caregivers.” In this episode, I spoke with Dr. Peii Che

Fashion meets Accessibility, is a Kessler Foundation podcast that takes you into the fashion industry, we’ll discuss inclusion, accessibility and adaptive clothing for people with disabilities. Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/Shaholly-Ayers_Model-With-a-Disability-Talks-About-Her-Experience-in-the-Fashion-Industry.pdf   In this podcast series, we’ll chat with fashion designers, models, everyday people, and caregivers who are making a fashion revolution come to life. The industry predicts that adaptable fashion will earn up to $400 billion dollars by 2026.    In this episode, Nicky Miller, our social media specialist interviews Shaholly Ayers, shares insight about her experience in the fashion industry. Ayers, has been featured in Nordstrom, the Today Show, BBC News and Glamour and People Magazine. Listen-in as she discusses disability and inclusion in the fashion industry. Be sure and listen to more Fashion meets Accessibility podcasts at https://soundcloud.c

My Life As A Research Assistant: Salma Omai on Meeting New Stroke Participants *** Originally recorded on June 9, 2016, updated September 8, 2020. *** *** Salma is currently a market associate at T-Fal Cookware.*** Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/Salma-Omai-on%20Meeting-New-Stroke-WEB-TRANSCRIPT.pdf Welcome to our podcast series, “My Life As A Research Assistant”. This series is brought to you by Kessler Foundation, where we are changing the lives of people with disabilities. Research assistants are on the front lines of our research studies—collecting data, conducting interviews, testing subjects—and are the face of Kessler Foundation to our research study participants. In 2020, Kessler Foundation was ranked among one of the Best Nonprofits to Work For and Best Places to Work in New Jersey (kesslerfoundation.org/press-release/…ork-new-jersey)! Throughout this series, we’ll meet up with research assistants from our centers for mobility, spinal cord injury