A host of Model System researchers presented at the ACRM 100th Annual Conference on October 27 to 30th, 2025 in Chicago, IL. To learn more about the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems and their research projects, please visit https://msktc.org/sci/model-system-centers. To learn more about the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems and their research projects, please visit https://msktc.org/tbi/model-system-centers. To learn more about the Burn Model Systems and their research projects, please visit https://msktc.org/burn/model-system-centers.
Active and Passive Digital Health Technology Measurements in People with Physical Disabilities
Presenters: Alex Wong, Zijan, Huang, Dan Ding, Michele Polfuss
Monday, October 27, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Aging with SCI: Longitudinal Insights, Successful Aging, Program Development, and Knowledge Translation
Presenters: Philip S. Requejo, James S. Krause, Susan Robinson-Whelen, Xinsheng “Cindy” Cai, and Clara Dismuke-Greer
Monday, October 27, 2025 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Location: Williford B
American College of Surgeons Traumatic Brain Injury Best Practice Guidelines 2024: Novel Collaborative Partnership to Improve Interdisciplinary Care for Survivors of TBI: Part 1 Acute Care
Presenters: Amelia Maiga, Shanti M. Pinto, Yelena Bodien, and Geoffrey Manley
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Location: Conference Room 4F
Associations Between Hospital Length of Stay and Outcomes in Persons After Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review of International Research Literature
Presenters: Lorie Cashdollar
Award Ceremony
Presenters: Alex Wong
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Changing Demographics and Injury Profile of New Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries in the United States, 1972-2024
Presenters: Yuying Chen
Wednesday, October 30, 2025 | 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Location: Station 3
Community Awareness and Use of Emerging Rehabilitation Technologies for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: A Community Survey
Presenters: Ben Dirlikov
Non-Presenting Authors: Ashraf Gorgey, Jeffery W. Rankin, Jeffery W. Rankin, Nicholas H. Evans, Candy Tefertiller, Chad Swank, Dannae Arnold, Amanda Rounds, and Thomas Bryce
Digital Self-management Interventions: Empowering Individuals with Neurological Disorders to Manage Secondary Conditions and Daily Life Participation
Presenters: Alex Wong, Bridget Kraus, and Kerri Morgan
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Disparities in Inpatient Rehabilitation Services for Persons with Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Presenters: Lillian Droscha
Enhancing Rehabilitation Care: Access, Cost-effectiveness and Quality Measurement
Presenters: Anne Deutsch, Adam Kinney, Jessica Edelstein, Corey Morrow, and Brocha Stern
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Employment in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Intervention Strategies for the Whole Team
Presenters: Miriam Rafferty, Mitra Rouhani, Dawn Ehde, Pamela Capraro, Paulo Aco, and Allen Heinemann
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Equivalency of the PHQ-8 and PHQ-9 for Clinical Depression Screening in Community-living Individuals with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Presenters: Yuying Chen
Wednesday, October 30, 2025 | 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Location: Station 3
Examining Body Mass Index Trends of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury from Admission to Five Years Post-Injury
Presenters: Nandan H. Patel, Yue Zhang, and Charlotte DeRose
Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Location: Station 6
Expected Lengths of Stay and Payments for Medicare Fee-for-service Patients with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Treated in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, 2013-2022
Presenters: Anne Deutsch
Non-Presenting Authors: Kimberley R. Monden, David Chen, Chloe S. Slocum, and James Raymond Wilson
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Location: Station 6
Exercise and Wellness Behaviors After Spinal Cord Injury: Update on Guidelines and Scientific Evidence
Presenters: Ronald K. Reeves, Lisa A. Beck, Amanda A. Herrmann, and Kimberley R. Monden
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Location: Conference Room 4F
Evaluating the plantar pressure offloading ability of a novel exoskeleton designed to reduce diabetic foot re-ulceration rates
Presenters: Nataliya Rokhmanova
Non-Presenting Authors: Walter Weiss, Karen D’Huyvetter, Dianna Jimenez, Angella Gardener, Giovanna Quevedo, Thomas Cotton, Keith Eriks, Jeffery W. Rankin, and Mark Roser
Factors Associated with Hospital Length of stay in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review of International Research Literature
Presenters: My Le, Lorie Cashdollar, Jenny Burns, Q. Eileen Wafford, Anne Deutsch, Allen Heinemann, and Alex Wong
From Challenges to Change: Elevating Diet Quality for Optimal Health Following Spinal Cord Injuries/disorders
Presenters: Jia Li, Ceren Yarar-Fisher, Sherri LaVela, and Allen W. Heinemann
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Buckingham Room
Health Information Seeking Among Women with Spinal Cord Injury
Presenters: Susan Robinson-Whelen
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Location: Continental A Ballroom
Improving Access to Post-acute Care for People with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Next Steps
Presenters: Mary Slavin, Flora Hammond, Joseph Giacono, John Whyte, Cynthia Beaulieu, and Anne Deutsch
Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Innovative Approaches to Integrating Evidence-based Practice: Appreciative Inquiry and Microlearning
Presenters: Linda Ehrlich-Jones and Jacqueline Kish
Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Loneliness and Social isolation in Persons with Neurological Disorders: Definition, Assessment, Intervention and Implication
Moderator: Alex Wong, Sherri LaVela, and Kelsey Berryman
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | 1:30PM - 2:30 PM
Location: Marquette Room
NIDILRR ARRT Fellows Symposium
Moderator: Allen W. Heinemann
Monday, October 27, 2025 | 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Location: Marquette Room
Non-traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Characteristics and Outcomes: Findings from the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems and Veterans Health Administration Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders
Presenters: Yuying Chen, Jennifer L. Sippel, Bridget M. Smith, and Stephen Burns
Non-Presenting Contributors: Jennifer L. Coker, and Adam Eberhart
Monday, October 27, 2025 | 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Location: Conference Room 4B
Occupational and Physical Therapy in Acute Care: Association of Timing and Frequency with 30-day Readmission After Ischemic Stroke
Presenters: Jessica Edelstein, Amanda Hoffman, Darcie Luby, Joseph Rosenthal, James Graham, and Anne Deutsch
Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Partners in Progress: Creating Successful Clinical-research Alliances in Rehabilitation Medicine
Presenters: Brooks C. Wingo
Non-presenting Author: Deborah Backus
Non-Presenting Contributors: Jennifer L. Coker, and Adam Eberhart
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: Poster Station 6
Patient and Caregiver Perspectives on Outcome After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Presenters: Ellyn Pier, William H. Torp, Katherine Golden, Jessica Wolfe, Lydia Borsi, Kira S. Brenner, Amanda R. Merner, Enrico L. Quilico, Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz, Lindsay Wilson, Joseph T. Giacino, and Yelena Bodien
Non-Presenting Contributors: Jennifer L. Coker, and Adam Eberhart
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | 4:30–4:45 PM
Location: Poster Station 6
Preliminary Analysis of Changes in Depression and Pain Interference in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury and Chronic Pain Participating in a 10-week Non-pharmacologic Pain Management Program
Presenters: Lisa L. Lighthall Haubert
Non-Presenting Authors: Karen D’Huyvetter, Jeffery W. Rankin, and Shailesh S. Kantak
Publishing in High-impact Rehabilitation Journals
Presenters: Allen W. Heinemann, Leighton Chan, Helen M. Hoenig, and Jeffrey Basford
Thursday, October 30, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Astoria Room
Research Reality Check: The Unseen Challenges That Shape Rehabilitation Researchers’ Journeys
Presenters: Brooks C. Wingo and Deborah Backus
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
The Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and Combined with the PHQ-9 to Identify Major Depression in Traumatic Brain Injury
Presenters: Charles H. Bombardier
Thursday, October 30, 2025 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Conference Room 4A
The Great Mattress Face-Off: When Low Air Loss Wins the Pressure Game
Presenters: Elizabeth Twist
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Location: Station 9
The Rehabilitation Measures Database: A Curricular Resource for Collaboration with Health Professional Students
Presenters: Linda Ehrlich-Jones, Allen W. Heinemann, Sabrin Rizk, Sharon Parmet, and Maya R. Smith
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Location: Conference Room 4E
The Role of Enablement Theory in Rehabilitation Practice, Education, and Research
Presenters: Shanti M. Pinto, Sue Ann Sisto, Jamie Gibson, Carla Tierney-Hendricks, Gareth D. Jones, and John Whyte
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Private Dining Room #7
The Significance of Early Radiology Findings in Predicting Outcomes for Patients with Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Presenters: Jennifer H. Marwitz
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Station 6
Translating Rehabilitation Measures into Infographics for Patients and Their Care Partners
Presenters: Sharon Parmet, Linda Ehrlich-Jones, Jenny Burns, Kevin Fearn, Deborah Crown, and Allen Heinemann
Understanding Chronic Pain and Opioid Use After Traumatic Brain Injury: Leveraging Integrated Data to Identify High-risk Use Patterns
Presenters: Amy J. Starosta,
Thursday, October 30, 2025 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Conference Room 4C
Weight Loss Behaviors and Eating Patterns Used by Individuals Living with Spinal Cord Injuries/disorders
Presenters: Alex W. Wong
Thursday, October 30, 2025 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Joliet Room
Where Is the Map? Navigating Health Care After TBI
Presenters: Anthony H. Lequerica, Jeanne M. Hoffman, Risa Nakase-Richardson, and Michael W. Williams
Thursday, October 30, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Continental Ballroom B