Denise C. Fyffe, PhD, is an assistant director in the Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research, director of the Center's Health Equity in Disability and Outcomes Research Laboratory at Kessler Foundation, and a co-investigator in the federally funded Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System. She is also an assistant director in the Center for Outcomes and Assessment Research at the Foundation. 

She has facilitated focus groups, semi-structured and cognitive interviews among individuals with SCI, caregivers, and clinicians in the development of SCI-specific quality of life measures as well as cognitive interviews with diverse populations. Dr. Fyffe helped spearhead the SCI Navigator Program at the Foundation to provide a free, dedicated resource for individuals with spinal cord injury and their families. Through care coordination, support adjusting to home life, and connections to community resources, the program meets the evolving needs of people living with spinal cord injury.

Dr. Fyffe received her Doctorate in Clinical and School Psychology from Hofstra University. She completed postdoctoral training in geriatric mental health at the Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry followed by additional training in cancer disparities at the Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. She is a research assistant professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and a leader in the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, serving as past Chair of ACRM’s SCI Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group.