Dyson-Hudson Receives Standing Tall Award
2011-03-25 14:21:03 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD, interim director of Spinal Cord Injury Research, was awarded the Standing Tall Award by the Alan T Brown Foundation
PARAMUS, N.J.—Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD, Interim Director of the Spinal Cord Injury Research (SCI) and Outcomes & Assessment Laboratories at Kessler Foundation received the Standing Tall Award from the Alan T Brown Foundation to Cure Paralysis (ATBF) on Monday. Dr. Dyson-Hudson was honored for his career dedicated to improving the lives of people with SCI. He has worked as a clinical research scientist at Kessler Foundation since 1999.
On Monday, ATBF hosted its 22nd Annual Celebrity Golf and Tennis Tournament at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ. The awards dinner followed. Each year, ATBF chooses one person who has made a significant contribution to the SCI community to receive the Standing Tall Award.
"I'm truly honored and humbled to receive the Standing Tall Award," said Dr. Dyson-Hudson. "I'm able to 'stand tall' because of the wonderful people around me. I look forward to continuing research and finding more ways to improve the quality of life of individuals with SCI."
At Kessler Foundation, Dyson-Hudson studies new ways to address medical complications associated with SCI, such as pain and heart disease. He is also the Director of Consumer Dissemination and Outreach for the Northern New Jersey SCI Model Systems. Outreach projects include a consumer newsletter for people with SCI and a series of conferences entitled "Life after Spinal Cord Injury." The most recent, which addressed employment issues, attracted more than 100 individuals with SCI from the community.
Dr. Dyson-Hudson is the Chair of the SCI Community Advisory Board and serves on the Professional Standards Board for the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America. He is also a member of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals, American Spinal Injury Association, National SCI Association and the United Spinal Association.
Established after Alan Brown's SCI in 1988, ATBF supports scientific and medical research worldwide. It recently directed its focus to quality of life issues for people living with physical disabilities and paralysis. Through the Outreach and Peer Mentoring Program, individuals with SCI gain information needed to have independent lives.
Dr. Dyson-Hudson first met Brown shortly after his own spinal cord injury in 1992 when, as a medical student on a Rehabilitation Medicine rotation at Mount Sinai Medical Center, their two pathways crossed.
"Alan was a real inspiration to me," said Dr. Dyson-Hudson. "I was trying to come to terms with my injury. We both have similar levels of injury [quadriplegia] and he showed me I didn't have to always compromise when it came to my dreams. Alan inspired me to pursue my dreams and help others with paralysis pursue theirs."
About Kessler Foundation
Kessler Foundation strives to be a leader in rehabilitation research and grant making that benefit people with disabilities. The Foundation's mission is to improve quality of life for people with physical and/or cognitive disabilities through discovery, innovation, demonstration, application, and dissemination. Kessler Foundation Research Center conducts research that improves function and quality of life for persons with injuries of the spinal cord and brain, including stroke, multiple sclerosis, TBI and other chronic neurological and orthopedic conditions.
The Model Systems are federally funded comprehensive networks that promote independent and collaborative research to improve the national standard of care for individuals with devastating injuries, such as spinal cord injury, brain injury, and burns. Kessler Foundation Research Center is one of only eight centers in the country to have Model Systems for both spinal cord and brain injury.
Kessler Foundation also supports programs that promote the employment of people with disabilities through its Program Center's "Transition to Work" Signature and Community Employment Grants. The Foundation's Special Initiative Grants support educational programs like 'ThinkFirst', an injury prevention program aimed at children and teens. Kessler Foundation has a full-time staff of 90 individuals, divided between two locations in West Orange, New Jersey.
For more information, visit www.KesslerFoundation.org ( http://www.kesslerfoundation.org/ )
Kessler Foundation Contact:
Lauren Scrivo
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