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  • Meet MSKTC Ambassador Senja Collins

    Senja's Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Journey Senja has been a physical therapist since 1987. She spent 36 years working at her local Level 1 Trauma Center Hospital. She has worked with countless adult and pediatric patients who had sustained Burns, TBI and SCI. She was an active member of the American ...

  • Meet MSKTC Ambassador Senja Collins

    Senja's Traumatic Burn Injury Journey Senja has been a physical therapist since 1987. She spent 36 years working at her local Level 1 Trauma Center Hospital. She has worked with countless adult and pediatric patients who had sustained Burns, TBI and SCI. She was an active member of the American Burn ...
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    Anxiety and Spinal Cord Injury

    What Is Anxiety? Anxiety is a normal response when faced with stressful situations or life changes. It is a feeling of worry or fear that an event, threat, or situation will come true. Anxiety can sometimes be useful by pushing us to change our behavior or environment, work through problems, or ...

  • Best Practices for Creating Reels and Short-Form Video

    This KT in 15 Minutes with MSKTC session shared tips and best practices for creating short-form videos for social media.Find below the slides and recording for "Best Practices for Creating Reels and Short-Form Video"PowerPoint Presentation Webinar Recording 

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  • Meet MSKTC Ambassador Mandi Dickey

    Mandi Dickey’s Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Journey After years of working in healthcare, Mandi Dickey experienced her own traumatic brain injury in 2023 as the result of a motor vehicle accident. For six months, she struggled to finish thoughts and saw little improvement despite participating in traditional therapies. Progress began when ...

  • Course Teaching Guide for SLP Instructors

    The purpose of this guide is to support teaching professionals in helping their speech language pathology students deepen their understanding of knowledge translation (KT) and the role it can play in their professional practice. This guide outlines ...
  • Videos

    Causes of Disorders of Consciousness

    What causes disorders of consciousness after brain injury? Joseph Giacino, PhD, Project Director of the Spaulding–Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, explains how traumatic brain injury, stroke, anoxic injury, and metabolic or infectious conditions disrupt the brain networks responsible for consciousness. This talk explores both structural damage and loss of ...

  • Disorders of Consciousness

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    The Disorders of Consciousness Spectrum

    Disorders of consciousness after severe brain injury exist on a continuum—from coma to unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (vegetative state) to minimally conscious state (MCS) and post‑traumatic confusional state. In this expert explainer, Joseph T. Giacino, PhD breaks down what clinicians look for—and why repeated assessments matter. In this video, Joseph T. ...
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    How the Brain Recovers from Disorders of Consciousness

    How does the injured brain regain function after a disorder of consciousness? In this expert interview, Joseph Giacino, PhD, explains the core neurological mechanisms that support recovery following severe brain injury—and why improvement can occur even months or years after injury. In this video, Joseph Giacino, PhD, Project Director of ...
  • Videos

    Ambiguous Grief and Disorders of Consciousness

    Gail Strom, mother of Hannah, shares a deeply personal reflection on the grief that can follow survival after a disorder of consciousness. In this video, she describes the complicated emotions of mourning the child her daughter was before injury—while learning to embrace who Hannah has become. Gail speaks honestly about ...
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    Premature Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Treatment for People in Disorders of Consciousness

    In this video, Joseph Giacino, PhD, explains how clinicians approach decisions about withdrawing life‑sustaining treatment for people with disorders of consciousness after severe brain injury—and why these decisions are often made too early. Dr. Giacino discusses the common practice of making withdrawal decisions within 72 hours of injury, despite strong ...
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    How Families Can Make Decisions About Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Treatment

    In this video, Brian Edlow, MD, explains how families and clinicians work together to make decisions about life‑sustaining treatment for people with disorders of consciousness. Dr. Edlow describes a patient‑centered approach grounded in respect for autonomy, focusing on what the patient would want if they could speak for themselves. He ...
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    Outcomes for People in Disorders of Consciousness

    In this video, Joseph Giacino, PhD, challenges common misconceptions about recovery after severe brain injury and prolonged disorders of consciousness. Dr. Giacino explains that early lack of responsiveness does not predict poor long‑term outcomes. Drawing on long‑term research, he describes how recovery can occur months or even years after injury—and that ...
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    Research About Predicting Outcomes of Disorders of Consciousness

    In this video, Brian Edlow, MD, discusses what current research can—and cannot—tell us about predicting recovery after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Dr. Edlow explains how long‑term studies, many conducted through the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems, have reshaped our understanding of recovery. These studies show that recovery does not ...
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    The Value of Integrated Care for People with Disorders of Consciousness

    In this video, Joseph Giacino, PhD, explains why integrated care across the ICU and rehabilitation settings is essential for improving outcomes for people with disorders of consciousness. Dr. Giacino discusses how fragmented, siloed healthcare systems can fuel pessimism and nihilism about recovery—especially when providers only see patients in the acute ...

  • MSKTC Social Media Development Workbook

    This MSKTC Social Media Development Workbook was developed to provide your Model System with a hands-on way to plan, execute, and monitor and optimize your social media activities step-by-step. The Workbook is your tool to help you to think through all the aspects that contribute to developing an efficient and ...
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