Dr. Kalpakjian presents SCI Grand Rounds at Kessler May 27

Makes You Want to Just Give Up…and Hide”: The Gynecological Health Care Experiences of Women with Disabilities

Title: “Makes You Want to Just Give Up…and Hide”:  The Gynecological Health Care Experiences of Women with Disabilities

Tuesday, May 27 4:15 - 5:15 pm

Speaker: Claire Z. Kalpakjian, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Medical School

Location: Kessler Conference Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052

Audience: clinicians, researchers, and persons with SCI.

Presented by the Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System (NNJSCIS) with support from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education, Grant #H133N110020. NNJSCIS is a cooperative effort of Kessler Foundation, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, and Rutgers University.

Dr. Kalpakjian is an Assistant Professor and Clinical Psychologist with specialized training in Rehabilitation Psychology and post-graduate training in clinical research. She has practiced in the field of rehabilitation for over 20 years as a clinician and researcher. She has received NIH and NIDRR funding for research that focuses on women’s health and disability, gender differences in health and well-being after injury, and psychosocial outcomes of disability. She is Co-Investigator at the University of Michigan Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems. At the University of Michigan, she co-directs a research training program for practicing clinicians, co-directs the PMR Resident Research Program, and serves on the Institutional Review Board of the Medical School.