Kessler Foundation Disability Rehabilitation Research And Employment

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

My Life As A Research Assistant: Salma Omai on Meeting New Stroke Participants Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/Salma-Omai-on%20Meeting-New-Stroke-WEB-TRANSCRIPT.pdf *** Originally recorded on June 9, 2016, updated September 8, 2020. *** *** Salma is currently a marketing associate at T-Fal Cookware.*** 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 inj

The 2020 Kessler Foundation Virtual Grantee Symposium taught how employers use artificial intelligence (AI) in the employment process for streamlining resume screening, interviewing candidates, and onboarding new hires. Increasingly, this machine learning process is reshaping the world of work. It is important for disability professionals working in job search, placement, and support to understand how disability is defined and understood in the context of AI, and the perils of bias in these systems. View the symposium video at https://youtu.be/PF7bVQtKoY4 View the slides at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020%20Grantee%20Symposium%20Slides-WEB.pdf Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/Implications-of-AI-for-employment-of-individuals-with-disabilities-TRANSCRIPT.pdf Moderator: Elaine Katz, MS, CCC-SLP is Senior Vice President of Grants and Communications. Elaine Katz oversees Kessler Foundation’s comprehensive grant making program and it

My Life As A Research Assistant: Jonathan Augustine on Outcomes in Spinal Cord Injury Research Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/Jonathan-Augustine-on-Outcomes-in-Spinal-Cord-Inury-Research-WEB-TRANSCRIPT.pdf *** Originally recorded on June 9, 2016, updated September 8, 2020. *** *** Jonathan was promoted from research assistant to senior research technician in 2019.*** 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

My Life As A Research Assistant: Michele Barry on the Importance of Recruiting Research Participants with and without Disabilities Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/Michele%20Barry%20on%20The%20Importance%20of%20Recruiting%20Research%20Participants%20with%20and%20without%20Disabilities%20_WEB-TRANSCRIPT.pdf *** Originally recorded on June 9, 2016, updated September 8, 2020. *** *** Michele is currently a project manager at Mt. Sinai Health Systems in Northern New Jersey.*** 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

My Life As A Research Assistant: Silvio Lavrador on Traumatic Brain Injury Data Collection at Kessler Foundation *** Originally recorded on April 14, 2016, updated September 25, 2020. *** *** Silvio is currently a Realtor/Marketing Director for Realty 33 in Northern New Jersey.*** Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/Silvio-Lavrador-on-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Data-Collection-at-Kessler-Foundation.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

Fast Takes - Episode 4 Dr. John DeLuca, Senior Vice President for Research and Training at Kessler Foundation talks about his latest peer reviewed article “Treatment and management of cognitive dysfunction in patients with multiple sclerosis” which was published on May 5, 2020 in the journal Nature Reviews Neurology. Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/Treatment-and-management-of-cognitive-dysfunction-in-patients-with-multiple-sclerosis-John-DeLuca-TRANSCRIPT_0.pdf Funding source: Kessler Foundation and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Read more about Dr. DeLuca and his research at https://kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus/John%20DeLuca For more information about this study, check out the press release https://kesslerfoundation.org/press-release/experts-analyze-options-treating-multiple-sclerosis-related-cognitive-impairment or at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41582-020-0355-1 Co-authors: Nancy D. Chiaravalloti (https://kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus

My Life As A Research Assistant: Tiara Brown on Helping Inform the Public on Research Studies Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/Tiara-Brown-on-helping-inform-the-public-on-research-studies-TRANSCRIPT.pdf *** Originally recorded on March 29, 2016, updated August 10, 2020.*** *** Currently, Tiara is a clinical psychology doctoral candidate at Fairleigh Dickinson University.*** 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

My Life As A Research Assistant: Gabriel Felix on Learning to Interact in a Clinical Setting Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/Gabriel-Felix-on-learning-to-interact-in-a-clinical-setting-WEB-Transcript.pdf *** Originally recorded on June 9, 2016, updated July 20, 2020. *** *** Currently, Gabriel is a resident physician at Cambridge Health Alliance.*** 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 assistant

Fast Takes - Episode 3 Cognitive deficits are a major challenge to individuals, their caregivers, and their health care providers. A new text focuses on the efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation across a variety of neurological conditions, with specific emphasis on treatment-related changes in the brain detectable via neuroimaging.” In this episode of Kessler Foundation’s Fast Take podcast series, lead author John DeLuca, PhD, Senior Vice President of Research and Training, highlights the usefulness of the text for professionals in clinical and research settings. “By enabling us to examine brain processes and correlate them with behavior and anatomical structures, neuroimaging is advancing our ability to manage the cognitive effects of aging, stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and multiple sclerosis. Incorporating neuroimaging in clinical trials will hasten progress toward establish Class I evidence for new treatments.” Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation

My Life as A Research Assistant at Kessler Foundation Series: Denise Vasquez on Participants are Everything Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/Denise-Vasquez-on-Participants-are-Everything-WEB-TRANSCRIPT.pdf *** Originally recorded on April 14, 2016, updated June 19, 2020.*** *** Currently, Denise is a registered nurse in an ICU Stepdown Unit in Northern New Jersey.*** 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

My Life as A Research Assistant at Kessler Foundation Series: Christian Lucca on Balancing Research and Clinical Skills Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/Christian%20Luca%20on%20Balancing%20Research%20and%20Clinical%20Skills-TRANSCRIPT.pdf *** Originally recorded on March 29, 2016, updated August 5, 2020.*** *** Currently, Christian is a neuropsychology extern at Staten Island University Hospital.*** 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

Fast Takes – Research that Changes Lives Episode 2 Dr. Michelle Chen, Post Doctoral Fellow from our Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research talks about her latest peer-reviewed article “Neural mechanisms underlying state mental fatigue in multiple sclerosis: a pilot study" which was published in the Journal of Neurology on April 29, 2020. Co-authors include Glenn R. Wylie, Brian M. Sandroff, Rosalia Dacosta-Aguayo, John DeLuca & Helen M. Genova. View this article at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-020-09853-w Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/Neural-mechanisms-underlying-state-mental-fatigue-in-multiple-sclerosis.pdf Funding source: National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Kessler Foundation. Read more about Dr. Chen and her research at https://kesslerfoundation.org/about-us/foundation-staff/michelle-chen For more information about this study, check out the press release https://kesslerfoundation.org/press-release/mental-fat

My Life as A Research Assistant at Kessler Foundation Series: Emma Kaplan on Seeing Real Rehabilitation Research Results Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/Emma-Kaplan-on-Seeing-Real-Rehabilitation-Research-Results-Transcript.pdf *** Originally recorded on June 9, 2016, updated July 17, 2020.*** *** Emma is currently a Research Coordinator at the Center for Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation (https://kesslerfoundation.org/research/stroke/rehabilitation).*** 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

Voices of the ADA Generation: Bryce Stanley Rises to Success, Despite Educational Barriers and Discrimination Against His Disability Read the transcript: https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/Bryce-Stanley-Rises-to-Success-Despite-Educational-Barriers-and-Discrimination-Against-His-Disability.pdf In this episode of Kessler Foundation's podcast, Nicky Miller spoke with Bryce Staley, a PhD candidate in economics at the University of New Hampshire, where he studies mental health policy and labor markets. They talked about his sleeping disorder and his experience at high school and college. Stanley, reflected on his experiences dealing with skeptical high school teachers doubting he had a disability, and moving forward in his career, earning a BSBA from Bryant University, and an MA in Economics from the University of New Hampshire, before studying for his PhD.  Our survey dispelled many long held myths about people with disabilities and higher education. Young people and their families were

Fast Takes – Episode 1 Dr. Lauren Strober, a Senior Research Scientist from our Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research talks about her latest peer-reviewed article “Determinants of unemployment in multiple sclerosis (MS): The role of disease, person-specific factors, and engagement in positive health-related Behaviors” which was epublished on September 3rd, 2020 in “Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders“ Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/determinants-of-unemployment-in-multiple-sclerosis-TRANSCRIPT.pdf Funding source: National Institute of Health. Read more about Dr. Strober and her research at https://kesslerfoundation.org/aboutus/Lauren%20Strober For more information about this study, check out the press release https://kesslerfoundation.org/press-release/study-defines-risk-factors-unemployment-working-people-multiple-sclerosis or at the journal Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/a