Kessler Foundation Podcasts

Erica Weber, PhD, is a Research Scientist in the Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research at Kessler Foundation. Much of her research studies include cognitive deficits, applied neuroimaging to evaluate cognitive rehabilitation and prospective memory, defined as the ability to remember to carry out intended actions in the future. Dr. Weber works with individuals who have sustained spinal cord in...

Meet Jeanne Zanca, PhD, Senior Research Scientist in spinal cord injury research at Kessler Foundation.

As part of Disability Mentoring Day this year, we created a live radio show for our guest students. Hosted Dr. Denise Fyffe, aka Doc Radio and produced and edited by Joan Banks-Smith.

Keeping “On the Move”: Adventures in Real Life Moderator: Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD Panel Members: Scott Chesney, Charles Fleisher, Ronald Moore, Maggie Redden, Paul Ward Hear the stories and real-world advice of people with SCI or other physical disabilities who are active in their communities.

Welcome to a Kessler Foundation Spinal Cord Injury Grand Rounds podcast featuring Lawrence Harding, a Physical Therapist, Director of Fitness at Axis Project, NYC, and President of Spinal Mobility. He will be presenting “An Introduction to Spinal Mobility (Level I and II/III)” Summary: Spinal Mobility is a new manual neuromuscular re-education intervention that gives therapists an additional tool...

Options for Travelers with Special Needs Linda C. Cutrupi, CMP, ARC, IATA, IATAN, CLIA Owner, Mainly Special Needs Travel, LLC, Author of “A Handbook For Special Needs Travelers,” Special Needs Travel Specialist, Certified Accessible Travel Advocate, & Instructor, Bergen Community College Learn about the many ways you can explore the world and get advice to help you prepare for a successful trip....

Tips and Tricks for Successful Air Travel presented by Mary Shea, OTR/L, ATP and Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD Get practical advice to help you (and your assistive technology) travel safely and smoothly by air.

CarolAnn Murphy, PA, Communications Manager at Kessler Foundation interviews Maggie Redden at the 2016 SCI Consumer Conference Panelist. Maggie Redden Bio ========================== Maggie Redden http://www.teamusa.org/para-track-and-field/athletes/Maggie-Redden Maggie Redden has worn many hats in her life including being a Paralympian (Beijing 2008), harpist who performed at Carnegie Hall, Penn S...

Session 1 – Finding and Funding the Latest Wheelchair Technology Mary Shea, OTR/L, ATP Clinic Manager, Wheelchair Services, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation Learn about new wheelchair and seating technologies that can enhance your mobility as well as creative ways of finding funding for new technology. Bio ================== Mary Shea, OTR/L, ATP Clinic Manager, Wheelchair Services, Kessler In...

If you have a brain or spinal cord injury, stroke or Multiple Sclerosis, access to world-class research is right in West Orange. Kessler Foundation researchers carry out studies on the latest treatments for these conditions. We are looking for research volunteers with brain or spinal cord injury, stroke or MS. We also need healthy persons to serve as controls in our studies. There is no cost to jo...

Welcome to “On the Move”, the 2016 Consumer Conference for People with Spinal Cord Injury. I’m Dana Hawkins-Simons, communications strategist at Kessler Foundation, and our director of multimedia, Jody Banks-Smith, is recording today’s podcasts. Delivering the Welcome & Introductory Remarks to the conference is Jeanne M. Zanca, PhD, MPT, the event organizer. Jeanne is a Senior Research Scientist i...

Since 2005, Kessler Foundation has hosted NJIT (New Jersey Institute of Technology) day. On June 21, 2016, fifty seventh and eighth grade young men and women from the NJIT engineering camp received hands on demonstrations in our various research labs. We had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Karen Nolan, Sr. Research Scientist at the Foundation about this ongoing program and Kaitlyn Gross, a forme...

In June 2016, Jack Fanous of VetsNow Radio stopped by Kessler Foundation and talked with foundation staff members Glenn Wylie, DPhil, Associate Director of Neuroscience and Justin Stanley, Research Recruitment Specialist about our ongoing Gulf War Illness Research. Listen in on the various topics discussed for the radio show. Subject Recruitment and how it relates to the foundation's research (0:0...

More than seven million people in the United States have survived a stroke. Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability. How can research help? On Thursday, June 16, 2016, Kessler Foundation held an evening of discovery and discussion with our rehabilitation researchers. Steve Adubato, PhD, our panel moderator along with distinguished research and clinical staff, A.M. Barrett, MD, Ka...

2016 Employer Recognition Breakfast Alice Hunnicutt, Director, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, DVRS, give Opening Remarks at the Employer Recognition Breakfast Hosted by The Essex County & Newark Workforce Development Boards’ Disability Issues Committee.

2016 Employer Recognition Breakfast Elaine Katz, Senior VP of Grants and Communications at Kessler Foundation, Keynote speaker at the Employer Recognition Breakfast Hosted by The Essex County & Newark Workforce Development Boards’ Disability Issues Committee

INSIDE Kessler Foundation, a new podcast series that we are excited to share with you! Your hosts, Joan banks-Smith and CarolAnn Murphy, PA will be showcasing CUTTING-EDGE rehabilitation research in stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, and spinal cord injury and innovative programs that promote employment for people with disabilities. Our first episode highlights are: 3D Printing and Rehabili...

Cherylynn Marion presents at the 2016 Fellow Symposium "Parent-Child Agreement of Neurobehavioral Functioning Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury"

SIlvana Costa, PhD presenting at the 2016 Fellow Symposium "Information Processing Speed in Multiple Sclerosis"

Meghan Caulfield, PhD presents at the 2016 Fellow Symposium "Changes in Functional Connectivity Following Prism Adaptation Therapy"

Ghaith Androwis, PhD presenting at the Fellow Symposium "Advances in Wearable Robotics & Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research" Ghaith joined the Human Performance and Engineering Lab at Kessler Foundation, with interest to work on Exoskeleton robotics (Ekso) for walking rehabilitation in adults after stroke, TBI and children with CP; Functional electrical stimulation for rehabilitation of foot d...

A quick word from Congressman Scott Garrett at the 2016 Ridgewood Wheelchair 10K.

Larry Bram and Nathaniel Corbin from Easter Seals presents at our Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, May 13, 2016 and share how funding from Kessler Foundation impacts US veterans and their families.

Dr. Gail Forrest is associate director of Human Performance and Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation and is also Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School. Over the last 6 years Dr Forrest has continued to receive state and federal funded grants concentrating on the neuroplasticity, improvement in secondary consequences and...

Dr. Karen Nolan is a Senior Research Scientist in Human Performance and Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation, Assistant Professor of PM&R at Rutgers NJMS, Clinical Research Scientist at Children’s Specialized Hospital, and Affiliated Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dr. Nolan has extensive experience in leading the design and implementation of biom...