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Alex W. Wong, PhD, DPhil

Assistant Director
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Dr. Wong is an Assistant Director in the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and the Department of Medical Social Sciences (Division of Implementation Science) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He has also been appointed to the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare (CINCCH). Dr. Wong has 10+ years of research experience and has received funding as a principal investigator from federal agencies and private foundations, such as NIH, NIDILRR, the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, and the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation.

Dr. Wong leverages digital health and implementation sciences for outcomes measurement, intervention development, and rehabilitation-focused health services research. His current research program focuses on the development, evaluation, and sustainable implementation of technology-based approaches in the study, assessment, and treatment of neurologic disorders, especially individuals after stroke and spinal cord injury. He is also interested in developing therapeutic tools targeting longitudinal measurement of patient outcomes and personalized and timely models of treatment delivery.

Dr. Wong has published 80+ articles in peer-reviewed journals and has given over 150 presentations at national and international conferences. He is currently the Chair of the Measurement Interdisciplinary Special Interest, and serves on the Community Group Oversight Committee and the Membership Committee at ACRM. He is an Associate Director of the Rehabilitation Research, Policy and Education Journal. He received the ACRM Deborah L. Wilkerson Early Career Award and multiple paper or poster awards at various conferences. He obtained his PhD in Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and completed his postdoctoral training in Health Services and Outcomes Research at Northwestern University.

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

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