Congressman Frelinghuysen visits Kessler Foundation

Tours new Neuroimaging Center

On July 26, 2013, Congressman Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ-11) toured the new Neuroimaging Center at Kessler Foundation in West Orange with Rodger DeRose, president and CEO and John DeLuca, PhD, vice president for Research and Training. The Foundation has the only freestanding research facility with a scanner dedicated solely to rehabilitation research. Dr. DeLuca explained the extraordinary capabilities of the Center’s 3T Siemens-Skyra scanner, the most powerful of its kind.  “We are now able to explore not only how the brain and spinal cord function, but to measure the effects of experimental treatments. This will provide the data needed to document the efficacy of rehabilitation interventions. Having this new Center will expand our collaborations with scientists here in the US and internationally, and quicken the pace of research.”

Foundation scientists study better ways to improve cognition, mobility, and employment among people with disabilities caused by stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and brain injury.  Kessler Foundation employs more than 80 people at two locations in West Orange. The Foundation receives funding from government grants, pharmaceutical companies, device manufacturers, foundations and national societies.

About Kessler Foundation
Kessler Foundation, a major nonprofit organization in the field of disability, is a global leader in rehabilitation research that seeks to improve cognition, mobility and long-term outcomes, including employment, for people with neurological disabilities caused by diseases and injuries of the brain and spinal cord. Kessler Foundation leads the nation in funding innovative programs that expand opportunities for employment for people with disabilities. For more information, visit KesslerFoundation.org.