Cross-Cutting
Instructional Course
Reza Ehsanian, MD PhD
Resident Physician PGY-2
Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
San Jose, New Mexico
Julie Silver, MD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Director Cancer Rehabilitation
Harvard Medical School & Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
Boston, Massachusetts
Dawn Neumann, PhD
Associate Professor
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana
Ralph Nitkin, PhD
Deputy Director, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation
NICHD/NIH
Bethesda, Maryland
Trudy Mallinson, PhD, OTR/L, FACRM
Associate Professor
George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia
Angela Colantonio, PhD, OT Reg. (Ont.)
Professor and Director
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Lori Quinn, EdD, PT
Associate Professor
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, New York
Brian Downer, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch, School of Health Professions, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, Texas
Prakash Jayabalan, MD, PhD
Attending Physician Scientist
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab/Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Glenview
Monique Pappadis, M.Ed., PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston, Texas
Stephanie Kolakowsky-Hayner, PhD, CBIST, FACRM
Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
San Jose, California
A. Cate Miller, PhD
Rehabilitation Program Specialist
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Washington, District of Columbia
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Patricia Dorn, PhD
Director, Rehabilitation Research and Development Service
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, District of Columbia
Patty Smith, MLIS
Senior Engagement Manager
Altmetric
Karen Gutzman, MSLS, MA
Head, Research Assessment and Communications
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM
Director MS Research
Shepherd Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Sandra Kletzel, PhD
Research Health Scientist
Edward Hines Jr., VA Hospital
Hines, Illinois
Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, PhD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
Amy Herrold, PhD
Research Health Scientist
Edward Hines Jr., VA Hospital
Hines, Illinois
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The Early Career Development Course at ACRM continues to be a favorite for early and mid-career conference attendees due to the opportunities it allows to make connections with seasoned professionals and organizational leaders. In this forum, attendees are able to ask questions regarding career development opportunities and receive mentorship from some of the most renowned members of the ACRM community. This year’s course will focus on how to effectively promote your science and more importantly yourself. The speakers will provide you with career development tools and advice in regards to career promotion. The course will provide opportunities to learn from experts in public speaking, funding agency representatives, and distinguished scientists.
Through didactic presentations, panel discussions, small group discussions, and one-on-one networking, the attendees will learn how to confront career development challenges with a specific focus on giving effective presentations, promoting your science, and successfully navigating the road to promotion. The program will include the highly regarded presentations from representatives of major federal funding agencies discussing new rules and regulations as well as updates on funding opportunities. They will be available to give grantsmanship advice based on each organization’s mission and funding priorities. The Emerging Scholars Panel Session will feature early career research professionals who will share their experiences and answer questions about the best way to assure your work gets the recognition it deserves. While the Distinguished Scholars Panel Session will include prominent and accomplished rehabilitation professionals who will let you know what attributes they deem important when advising junior staff and provide tactful methods to promote yourself in a competitive environment. In collaboration with the Early Career Mentoring Task Force of the Early Career Networking Group, the course will also include a mentoring lunch, which will give mentees the opportunity to discuss various career development topics in a small group setting. Following the course, we will have a reception in collaboration with the ECNG to give the attendees an opportunity to network with other early career professionals, new members, and ACRM leadership. "Not only is there a broad range of professional/academicians/researchers you can learn from an talk to, but the break-outs are set up such that you are in a more intimate environment in which you can ask real, specific, pressing questions...Having attended the Early Career Development Course, I have access to any of the individuals who presented - everyone is willing and open to help support your career as much as they can." Dr. Valerie Hill, University of Southern California
