By Carolann Murphy, PA
In this episode of Kessler Foundation's podcast, learn about “Best of Both Worlds: Establishing Fruitful Partnerships between VA Spinal Cord Injury/Disorders Care and SCI Model System Centers."
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Kessler Foundation highlight how funding and studies in veterans research help improve their quality of life and create employment opportunities.
GI Go Fund
Kessler Foundation funds organizations that help veterans find employment. One organization in particular is GI Go Fund. Our sponsorship ass
This week spotlights women’s health, Gulf War illness and spinal cord injury. To help raise awareness on these topics Kessler Foundation is sharing rehabilitation research information, news, and podcasts from its team of scientists in the field.
National Minority Health Month is an effort to raise awareness about health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minority populations. Some of the efforts by scientists in Kessler Foundation’s Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research, Center for Outcomes & Assessment Research, and Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research, focus on studying how minorities with disabilities are affected and not properly accommodated for in their communities, at their jobs, and other areas.
“We study how to improve quality of life for individuals from all races and cultures,” says John DeLuca, PhD, vice president for research and training. “We also focus on ways to enroll more people from minority groups in research studies. Having greater diversity in our study populations means our findings apply to more people with disabilities.”
WEST ORANGE, N.J.—In recognition of April as Minority Health Month, researchers at Kessler Foundation highlighted their research aimed at improving outcomes for people from minority populations who are disabled by injury or disease. Researchers study health disparities between populations and look
West Orange, NJ. March 17, 2014. Kessler Foundation has received more than $718,000 in grant funding from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. The funding, comprised of five grants, supports a variety of rehabilitation research projects in spinal cord injury (SCI), including pain management, functional
West Orange, N.J. September 24, 2013. An article by SCI researchers appears in the current issue of Archives of Physical Medicine and
Denise Fyffe, PhD, and Anna Barrett, MD, from Kessler Foundation, and Mary Ann Brigante, RN, MSN, from Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, presented their perspective on the obstacles to conducting
February 8, 2010 Anna Barrett, MD, director of Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation,
A grant from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation will enable researchers to develop a series of 3 educational videos on the prevention and management of medical complications in persons with spinal cord i
November 30, 2009
This grant for $97,500 from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation will enable