INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast

On this episode, we will hear about the results of a national survey of people with disabilities about the facilitators and barriers they face in getting a job and staying employed. Our guests are Emily Dinelli, L/CPO, a research assistant and Angelika Kudla, LCMHCA, a senior project manager both in the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Emily and Angelika are lead authors on a pair of recentpap...

MENTOR is a free, virtual exercise, mindfulness and nutrition program for people experiencing mobility challenges. The 8-week program is from the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD).

Our guests for the episode are Jim Rimmer, PhD, NCHPAD Director, and Tim Behrens, a MENTOR participant who says the program was a "turning point" for him after complications from COVID-19, including stroke and long COVI...

This episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast focuses on sexuality and spinal cord injury (SCI). Our guest is Nicole Sharf, MA, a clinical psychology graduate student in The Chicago School and graduate research assistant at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab where she works on a project to support the mental health of people with SCI.

Listen to learn how SCI can impact sexual health and what people with SCI can do t...

On our latest episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we learn how a new, $2.5 million, 5-year grant will support research to enhance accessible and inclusive air travel for people with physical disabilities as well as older adults.

Our guests are Shu Cole, PhD, professor of Health and Wellness Design at the Indiana University School of Public Health--Bloomington, and Jacqueline Kish, PhD, OTR/L, a post-...

On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we focus on vocational rehabilitation to recognize National Disability Employment Awareness Month this October.

Our guests are Jennifer Barthel, a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Sabrina, her client.

After experiencing a stroke that impacted her memory and ability to keep pace at work, ultimately resulting in her being la...

On our latest episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we talk about the Clinical Research Registry at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab with our guest, Carolyn Ostrowski, Clinical Research Registry coordinator.

Get involved in our cutting-edge research: By becoming a member of the Clinical Research Registry, you have the opportunity to become a participant in current and future research studies at Shirley Rya...

On our latest episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, our guest is Mike Whelan, an advisory committee member for the Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Mike shares his personal experience with spinal cord injury (SCI) and his inpatient rehabilitation journey.

This episode is supported by a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Re...

What is disability data justice? How are people with disabilities counted? Why do we need accurate data about people with disabilities? Our guests for this episode are Bonnie Swenor, PhD, the founder and Director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, and Kate Caldwell, PhD, Director of Research and Policy at the Center for Racial and Disability Justice in the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Both Dr. Swenor ...

On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we talk about cutting-edge research at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab that could help people with spinal cord injury regain some motor function.

Our guest is Monica Perez, PT, PhD, Scientific Chair, Arms + Hands Lab at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Her innovative protocol uses noninvasive neurostimulation combined with physical therapy to strengthen connections between...

On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we explore how inpatient rehabilitation length of stay can affect outcomes in people with spinal cord injury.

Our guests are:

• Anne Deutsch, PhD, RN, a clinical research scientist in the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. She is a principal investigator on a new grant that looks at how inpatient rehabilitation lengt...

On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we will be talking about accessibility and public transportation around Chicago.

Our guests are Jacqueline Kish, PhD, OTR/L, a postdoctoral fellow in CROR's Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Home and Community-Based Services at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, and Kira O’Bradovich, a disability and community advocate who serves as Advocacy Committ...

On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we'll learn about some common mental health challenges that people face after spinal cord injury, and about a Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research project funded by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation that seeks to better understand and support the mental health of people with spinal cord injury.

Our guests are Kaylee Dragna, a clinical psychologist...

On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we speak with HCBS recipient Kenny and the CEO of his provider agency, Heather LaTorra at Marrakech, about how they partnered to make the necessary changes to Kenny’s services to meet his goals and preferences.

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This podcast is funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitatio...

On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, our guests are Bridgette Schram, PhD, project manager on the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Home and Community-Based Services at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, and Sara Karon, PhD, co-principal investigator on the project and a senior health policy analyst at RTI International. Sara, Bridgette, and their team are working on developing a set of pers...

On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we talk with David Chen, MD, the George M. Eisenberg, Chair of spinal cord injury rehabilitation at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, about the Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System, the National Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Database and cutting-edge research into biomarkers that may predict functional recovery after spinal cord injury. A ⁠transcript...

On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we talk with Dawn Skaggs director of emergency, disaster and climate resilience at the World Institute on Disability. We'll learn about their global disaster response program, find out what can go wrong when people with disabilities aren't included in disaster planning, and hear about Dawn's 25 years of experience helping organizations, corporati...

Mark Harniss, PhD, Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Director of the UW Disability Studies Program at the University of Washington, Seattle, and Heather Evans, PhD, Acting Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle and Director of Research for the Northwest ADA Center, are developing an interactive decision guide designed to help people think through requesting a reasona...

Robin Jones has served as Director of the Great Lakes ADA Center since its inception in 1991. It is part of the ADA National Network and provides information, materials, technical assistance and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act.

On this episode of Inside the OUTcomes, we talk to Robin about the Great Lakes ADA Center, how the Covid-19 pandemic influenced the kinds of calls fielded by the center and how AI is is impa...

How did the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago become Shirley Ryan AbilityLab -- the first-ever translational research rehabilitation hospital where clinicians and researchers work together in the same space to drive innovation? On this episode we'll find out in our discussion with Rick Lieber, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President of Research and Miriam Rafferty, PT, DPT, PhD, Director of Implementation Sc...