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Drs. Kirksey and Kezar highlighted as impactful members by the Association of Academic Physiatrists
Association of Academic Physiatrists promotes women in medicine featuring PM&R's Drs. Kirksey and Kezar.
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PM&R's Chen Named 2018 Fellow of ACRM
Dr. Yuying Chen is one of 8 individuals recognized for service by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Fellows Committee and Board of Governors
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PM&R's Yvonne Akins named Susan D. Marchase Outstanding Woman UAB Administrator
From mentoring women with whom she works, to sending encouraging notes to a male colleague’s wife while he was deployed, Akins consistently inspires the women within her unit and outside it.
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Revolutionary rehab technique shows promise in multiple sclerosis
Originally developed as a rehabilitation technique for stroke, PM&R researcher, Dr. Victor Mark, finds "game-changing" results for patients with MS
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A Model of Progress: Long-funded model system advances knowledge of and care for spinal cord injuries
UAB’s SCI Model System is one of only 14 officially recognized systems in the country and the longest continually funded SCI model system in existence. UAB is also home to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center. See the impact these programas have on the lives of people with SCI.
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PM&R part of virtual reality research team
Pain psychologists believe neuropathic pain develops due to a dissonance between information entering and leaving the body. In theory, virtual reality therapy could be used to treat neuropathic pain by reversing cortical changes caused by that dissonance.
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Rehabilitation psychologists provide pathways to quality of life
Spain Rehab's team of rehab psychologists provides services to people experiencing a wide range of medical trauma, including fractures, burn, crush, amputations, spinal cord injury and mild to severe brain injury.
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PM&R receives funding for two longstanding centers
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation receives Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has received $5.6 million to continue two of its longstanding spinal cord injury grants.
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Kristen Dubose honored as UAB Employee of the Month
Kristen Dubose ‘embodies all that is genuinely good about working at UAB.’ For her dedication, hard work and contributions to the university, Kristen is recognized as UAB's outstanding employee.
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UAB employees rally around PM&R's Yvonne Akins as she fights breast cancer
She has been a mentor, a confidant and an encouragement to others and is a dear friend to many. Now, for all of the times she has helped others in their times of need, Yvonne Akins is the one receiving support from a network of people she has impacted through four decades.
