TBI Model System Researchers Collaborate on Recently Published Articles

A host of TBI Model System researchers from the Rocky Mountain Spinal Injury System (RMRSIS) published the following articles: 

• "Physical, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Characteristics Associated with Mortality in Chronic TBI Survivors: A National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study."  Authors of the article include Therese O’Neil-Pirozzi, ScD, CCC-SLP; Jessica Ketchum, Ph.D.; Flora Hammond, M.D.; Angela Philippus, B.A.; Erica Weber, Ph.D.; and Kristin Dams-O’Connor, Ph.D.  View the abstract here.      

• "Obesity and Overweight Problems Among Individuals 1 to 25 Years Following Acute Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury: A NIDILRR Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study. Authors of the article include Laura Dreer, Ph.D.; Jessica Ketchum, Ph.D.; Thomas Novack, Ph.D.; John Corrigan, Ph.D.; Jennifer Bogner, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Felix, Ph.D.; Douglas Johnson-Greene, Ph.D.; and Flora Hammond, M.D." View the abstract here.

•  "Social Competence Treatment after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Interactive Group Treatment versus Non-Interactive Treatment. Authors of the article include Cynthia-Harrison-Felix, Ph.D.; Jessica Ketchum, Ph.D.;  Jody Newman, MA, CCC-SLP; Lenore Hawley, MSSW, LCSW ; Clare Morey, MA, CCC-SLP; Cynthia Braden, MA, CCC-SLP; CB Eagye, MS; William Walker, MD; Kathleen Bell, MD; Scott Millis, Ph.D.; James Malec, Ph.D.; and Laura Howe, JD, Ph.D." View the abstract here.

Model Systems Researchers selected as Fellow of American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine

The following Model Systems researchers were awarded the Fellow of American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine designation:

• Yu-Ying Chen, M.D., Ph.D., FACRM, Project Director of the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center; Professor & Director, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Thomas F. Bergquist, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, FACRM, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Mayo Brain Injury Outpatient Program
•  Kristen Dams O'Connor, Ph.D, FACRM, Associate Professor, Director, Brain Injury Research Center; Research Director, Mount Sinai Injury Control Research Center
• John DeLuca, Ph.D., Project Director of the Northern New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Model System; Senior Vice President for Research, Kessler Foundation