Connections: Sexuality and Relationships after Spinal Cord Injury
Join us to learn more about intimacy, sex, dating, long-term relationships, parenting and family life.
Spinal cord injury is life-changing. Much of the focus…
ReelAbilities Film Festival
Kessler Foundation is a proud sponsor of the ReelAbilities Film Festival New Jersey.
ReelAbilities Film Festival is the largest festival in the US dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation…
Fire or False alarm? Restoring confidence in fMRI research
By Ekaterina Dobryakova, PhD, research scientist in Traumatic Brain Injury Research at Kessler Foundation.
Kessler Foundation Showcases Robotic Exoskeleton During 2018 Gallery Walk
Gallery Walk highlights new generation of changemakers using data and technology to empower the developing world…
Elaine Katz of Kessler Foundation Attends "Lights! Camera! Access! 2.0"
This past spring, TV Guide attended "Lights Camera Access 2.0," a disability and media summit supported by various organizations including Kessler Foundation, EIN SOF Communications, the Loreen Arbus Foundation, PolicyWorks and the National Disability Mentoring Coalition. One in a series of regional summits, the event was designed to…
Dr. John Deluca interviewed at 2018 annual Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers conference
While in Nashville, TN, for the 2018 meeting of the Consortium of MS Centers, Dr. John DeLuca, senior VP for Research and Training at Kessler Foundation, was interviewed by Neurology Reviews about advances in cognitive rehabilitation. With permission, we are sharing reporter Erica Tricario's interview…
Kessler Foundation Awarded Four Grants by NJ Commission on Spinal Cord Research
Foundation scientists received more than $1.5 million to develop new strategies to improve rehabilitative care for complications of spinal cord injury
Kessler Foundation Researchers Honored at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Graduation
East Hanover, NJ – June 12, 2018. Kessler Foundation’s researchers and post-doctoral fellows were honored at The Annual Graduation Reception of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School’s Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. The reception was held at Ravello’s restaurant in…
Seeking Healthy Volunteers for Important MS Study of Processing Speed
East Hanover, NJ, May 29, 2018. Kessler Foundation in East Hanover, NJ, is seeking healthy volunteers for a study investigating a standard tool - the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) - for assessing processing speed in individuals with MS. By updating this tool with normative data from the healthy population, researchers aim to…
Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation Explores Intervention for Reading Deficits After Stroke
NIH funds grant to further research on impaired reading post-stroke at Kessler Foundation
Strategic Collaboration: Leveraging Dollars for Impact
The Great Recession strained philanthropic financial resources and the nonprofit organizations they support but also paved new avenues for collaboration. Today, we are seeing more models (e.g., learning networks, funder syndicates, venture models) that highlight collaborative funding as an increasingly popular and practical option.
Dr. A.M. Barrett Accepted as Fellow in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program for Women
A.M. Barrett, MD, director of Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has been accepted as a Fellow in the 2017-2018 Class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women at Drexel…
Jerome “Jerry” Kessler, Pioneer in Prosthetics and Orthotics
Son of Dr. Henry H. Kessler, founder of Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, passes away at age 93.
It's March! Awareness Month for MS and TBI
March 3, 2017. Two disabling neurological conditions share March Awareness Month – multiple sclerosis (MS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). These conditions share other things as well, including causing an array of cognitive, emotional and physical disabilities, and presenting barriers to…
