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  • Thursday, Oct 31st
    7:30 AM – 2:30 PM  
    ACRM Early Career Development Course: Meeting Your Career Expectations: Aligning Multiple Definitions of Success with a Career in Rehabilitation Medicine 2261 - This Course includes a luncheon for course participants only supported by the University of Texas Medical Branch Sealy Center on Aging
    Location:  ROOM: Metropolitan REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Proceed straight ahead, past the skylight. Metropolitan is the first room to the left.
    Keynote Speaker: Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD – Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas
    Corresponding Presenter: Brian Downer, PhD, FACRM – University of Texas Medical Branch
    Moderator: Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM (she/her/hers) – Shepherd Center
    Presenter: Jereme D. Wilroy, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Panelist: Yumi Kim, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Panelist: Willa P. Vo, Psy.D. – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Panelist: Ralph Nitkin, PhD (he/him/his) – NICHD/NIH
    Panelist: Reza Ehsanian, MD PhD – University of New Mexico Hospital
    Panelist: Patricia A. Dorn, PhD – Department of Veterans Affairs
    Panelist: Linda Vo, MPH (she/her/hers) – National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
    Panelist: Julie M. Faieta – University of Pittsburgh
    Panelist: Dwayne Taliaferro, PhD (he/him/his) – Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program
    Presenter: Brad G. Kurowski, MD, MS – University of Cincinnati and Ciincinnati Children's
    LeadershipWriting Grants & Getting FundedCareer Development
  • Thursday, Oct 31st
    7:30 AM – 2:30 PM  
    NCCIH/NCMRR R13 Diversity Mentoring and Career Development in Complementary and Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine Workshop (by Invitation Only) 5645
    Location:  ROOM: Monte Carlo REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Monte Carlo is the sixth room on the left.
    Presenter: Patricia C. Heyn, PhD, FGA, FACRM (she/her/hers) – Center for Optimal Aging, Marymount University
    Corresponding Presenter: Sonya Kim, PhD, CRC, BCB, FACRM – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Presenter: Ralph Nitkin, PhD (he/him/his) – NICHD/NIH
    Presenter: Radha Holavanahalli, PhD (she/her/hers) – NIDILRR - ACL
    Presenter: Lanay Mudd, PhD (she/her/hers) – NCCIH
    Presenter: Julie M. Faieta – University of Pittsburgh
    Presenter: Nabila Enam, OTD, OTR/L, RYT – Saint Joseph's University
    Presenter: Pooja M. Jethani, DrOT, OTR/L – MGH IHP
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineCultural CompetencyDiversity, Equity and InclusionWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Thursday, Oct 31st
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM  
    2026 NIH Research Plan for Rehabilitation: Listening and Engagement Session 4047
    Location:  ROOM: Obelisk B REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>>DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Obelisk B is the second room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Obelisk B is the second room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Theresa Hayes Cruz, PhD (she/her/hers) – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
    Writing Grants & Getting Funded
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Publishing in High-impact Rehabilitation Journals 0920
    Location:  ROOM: Madrid REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Madrid is the first room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Allen W. Heinemann, PhD FACRM (he/him/his) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Presenter: Leighton Chan, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – NIH Clinical Center
    Presenter: Helen M. Hoenig, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Duke University Medical School
    Presenter: Jeffrey Basford, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Writing Grants & Getting FundedEthicsLeadership
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    4:15 PM – 5:15 PM  
    FEATURED SESSION: Federal Funding Opportunities & Initiatives for Rehabilitation 1870
    Location:  ROOM: Chantilly Ballroom/Plenaries REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From the ACRM Registration desk, proceed towards the elephants. Go past the elephants and the Chantilly Ballroom is through the foyer.
    Presenter: Theresa Hayes Cruz, PhD (she/her/hers) – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
    Presenter: Patricia A. Dorn, PhD – Department of Veterans Affairs
    Corresponding Presenter: Jean Hsieh, PhD (she/her/hers) – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    Presenter: Radha Holavanahalli, PhD (she/her/hers) – NIDILRR - ACL
    Writing Grants & Getting FundedHealth Services Research
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    4:15 PM – 5:15 PM  
    Health Services Research: addressing Disparities in Persons with Disability 0584
    Location:  ROOM: Obelisk B REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>>DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Obelisk B is the second room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Obelisk B is the second room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Lynne S. Padgett – National Institute on Minority Health and Disparities
    Presenter: Janet Prvu Bettger, ScD – Duke University
    Presenter: Amit Kumar, MPH, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Utah
    Presenter: Monique R. Pappadis, MEd, PhD, FACRM (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
    Health Services ResearchBrain InjuryCancer RehabilitationCardiopulmonary RehabilitationStrokeWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    4:15 PM – 5:15 PM  
    Mind Matters: Navigating Mental Health in Early Career Researchers 9611
    Location:  ROOM: Peridot REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Peridot is the third room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Peridot is the third room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Fransiska M. Bossuyt, PhD (she/her/hers) – ETH Zurich
    Presenter: Yohali Burrola-Mendez, PT, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Presenter: Natalie A. Williams, PhD (she/her/hers) – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    Presenter: Judith M. Burnfield, PhD, PT – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    InternationalCOVID-19Diversity, Equity and InclusionLeadershipWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Funding Implementation Science in Traumatic Brain Injury: I-HEAL, a Case Study 9615
    Location:  ROOM: Morocco REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Proceed straight ahead, past the skylight. Morocco is the room to the right.
    Moderator: Jessica L. Ryan (she/her/hers) – James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
    Corresponding Presenter: Risa Nakase-Richardson, FACRM, FNAN – James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
    Corresponding Presenter: Jolie N. Haun, PhD EdS LMT – Veterans Health Administration
    Presenter: Marc A. Silva, PhD (he/him/his) – James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
    Presenter: Natalie M. Gilmore, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) – James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
    Presenter: Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo, PhD – James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
    Writing Grants & Getting FundedBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCaregiver NeedsMilitary and Veterans Affairs
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    The Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS): A Framework for Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Research, Education, and Clinical Practice 0574
    Location:  ROOM: Cortez C REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. Proceed past the restrooms to the end of the hall and turn right. Proceed down the corridor on the left. Cortez C is the last room on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Shanti M. Pinto, MD, MSCS (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Non-presenting author: Leanna W. Katz, OTD, OTR (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Presenter: Jeanne M. Zanca, MPT, PhD, FACRM – Kessler Foundation
    Non-presenting author: Katy H. O'Brien, PhD CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) – Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute
    Presenter: Susan E. Fasoli, ScD OTR (she/her/hers) – MGH Institute of Health Professions
    Rehabilitation Treatment Specification SystemClinical PracticeWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Improving Intervention Research Design and Reporting Using the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System 9573
    Location:  ROOM: Miro REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Proceed straight ahead, past the skylight. Miro is the second room to the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Jeanne M. Zanca, MPT, PhD, FACRM – Kessler Foundation
    Presenter: Sue Ann Sisto, PT, MA, PhD, FACRM – University at Buffalo
    Presenter: Jeremy Wolfberg, MS, CCC-SLP (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Presenter: Jarrad H. Van Stan, PhD, CCC-SLP – Harvard Medical School
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Marcel P. Dijkers, PhD (he/him/his) – Wayne State University
    Presenter: John Whyte, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
    Rehabilitation Treatment Specification SystemClinical PracticeWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Fundraising, Incorporation, and Other Technology Startup Basics: A Panel Discussion Hosted by Startups Founders and Early-stage Employees 4522
    Location:  ROOM: Obelisk B REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>>DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Obelisk B is the second room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Obelisk B is the second room on the left.
    Presenter: Kira Burns, MBA – Gravitrex, Inc
    Presenter: Kathryn Riccio, MS, OTR/L – Neurofenix, Inc
    Corresponding Presenter: Kristin Nuckols, OTD, MOT, OTR (she/her/hers) – Imago Rehab, Inc
    TechnologyAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationClinical PracticeLeadershipTechnologyWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    3:00 PM – 4:15 PM  
    CLOSING PLENARY: The Voice of Parkinson’s: Evidence for Singing as Medicine 0882
    Location:  ROOM: Chantilly Ballroom/Plenaries REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From the ACRM Registration desk, proceed towards the elephants. Go past the elephants and the Chantilly Ballroom is through the foyer.
    Presenter: Elizabeth L. Stegemöller, PhD, MT-BC (she/her/hers) – Iowa State University
    Arts & NeuroscienceAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityWriting Grants & Getting Funded