Didactic Interactions

Upcoming Events

The National Pediatric Rehabilitation Resource Center offers multiple informative presentations, including short courses, symposia, demonstration workshops, and webinars.

Please review these upcoming events hosted by other NIH-funded resource centers in the MR3 Network and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and others:

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Past Events

Webinar: Scientific Rationale for the Use of Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Paired with Rehabilitation for Stroke, June 22, 2022, 5:00pm EST by Steven Wolf, PhD, PT, FAPTA, FAHA, FASNR.

Dr. Wolf is a physical therapist and neuroscientist who has spent over five decades studying the development of novel interventions and the mechanisms underlying their utility for improving upper extremity function and gait among stroke survivors and postural control in older adults who experience frequent falls. He is a professor and Director of Research within the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Physical Therapy and a professor in the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine. Watch the Video
Critical Questions for Pragmatic Clinical Trialists: Insights From the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s First Decade, June 15-16, 2022, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Keynote presentation by Shannon N. Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., F.A.A.N., director, National Institute of Nursing Research.
15th NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors

June 3, 2022, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Virtual Meeting.

Keynote address: “The Virus of Racism: Understanding its Threats, Mobilizing Defenses,” by 2022 NIH Matilda White Riley Distinguished Lecturer David R. Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H., Florence and Laura Norman Professor of Public Health; Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard Chan School of Public Health; and professor of African and American Studies, Harvard University.

Webinar: Aberrant Sensorimotor Processing in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: Findings from MEG EEG Brain Imaging, Feb. 23, 2022, 1 p.m. EST, by Yanlong Song, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center, Cook Children’s Health Care System. Watch the Video
Webinar: On Time Mobility for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Perceptions, Use Patterns, and Developmental Outcomes Following a Powered Mobility Trial, Feb. 16, 2022, 1 p.m. EST, by Heather A. Feldner, PT, Ph.D., PCS; Lisa Kenyon, PT, DPT, Ph.D., PCS; and Sam Logan, Ph.D. Watch the Video
Webinar: Visuo-Motor Integration Assessment Through Immersive Virtual Reality in a Busy Cerebral Palsy Clinic Setting: Feasibility, Benefits, and Challenges, Feb. 9, 2022, 1 p.m. EST, by Danielle Levac, PT, Ph.D. Watch the Video
Webinar: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Pediatric Rehabilitation Trials: Why and How Can I Make Them Happen? Jan. 28, 2022, 10 a.m. EST, by Warren Lo, M.D. Dr. Lo leads the C-Progress Mentored Collaborative Opportunities core. Dr. Lo is a clinical professor in pediatrics and neurology at the Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He works in the area of pediatric stroke, particularly in stroke outcomes and improving outcomes in children. He serves as a multiple PI with Dr. Landesman Ramey on the I-ACQUIRE trial of high intensity motor rehabilitation in infants who have suffered stroke. Watch the Video
STRIVE for Change Workshop Series: Societal Influences and Health Disparities During Childhood, Aug. 25. (Other workshops scheduled for Sept. 15 and Oct. 6)
National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research, May 2021, video available on demand
MR3 Network Precision Rehabilitation Scientific Retreat, June 29-30, 2021, archived presentations
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development Events

Resources

Here are some supportive reference materials that might help your research:

Mass General Research Institute | Community Access, Recruitment and Engagement: The CARE Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital studies the science of diverse research engagement, recruitment and retention in clinical trials.
Social Injustice and Intensive Therapies in Pediatric Rehabilitation Research | Read Online
Navigating the NIH-NSF Divide for Rehabilitation Researchers | PDF Download
Medical Rehabilitation: Guidelines to Advance the Field with High-Impact Clinical Trials | PDF Download

Didactic Interactions Summary

C-PROGRESS offers a wide mix of didactic activities to assist others in the following areas: developing, rigorously testing, and appropriately measuring outcomes of new pediatric rehabilitation treatments via a variety of research designs; analyzing multivariate and longitudinal data from pediatric clinical trials that face unique challenges, because children are developing at varying rates over the course of rehabilitation treatment and throughout the follow-up period; developing and applying tools to measure Fidelity of Treatment Implementation; and designing and conducting research in the relatively new field of Implementation Science, so that efficacious treatments can be applied in a timely and effective way in real world settings to realize maximum benefits. These Didactic Interactions offerings are designed to be practically useful for scientists and clinicians interested in furthering clinical pediatric rehabilitation research.

For more information about C-PROGRESS Didactic Interactions, please contact Stephanie DeLuca, Ph.D. at stephdeluca@vt.edu.

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