In a message dated 11/10/2011 9:47:09 P.M. Central Standard Time,
judith.zaz...@bmc.org writes:
Reminder!
Live SCI Webcast this Saturday
November 12, 2011
10:00am- 4:00pm Eastern Time
Check-in: 9:45am
Thank you for registering for the New England Regional SCI Center’s
Stepping Forward- Staying Informed webcast of the 7th Annual Consumer Research
Conference “Improving Quality of Life after Spinal Cord Injury.”
Conference Materials:
Download a _PDF file of SCI Consumer Education Conference binder_
(http://www.bmc.org/Documents/Binder-Attendee-2011.pdf) .
To access the webcast live this Saturday:
Click on _www.livestream.com/webshare_ (http://www.livestream.com/webshare)
If you type in the URL yourself, be sure to go to
Livestream.com/webshare,
not Livestream.org/webshare
To join the live chat once you link to the webcast:
1. Click in the text entry box next to the <SAY> button.
2. Type “hi” and click <SAY>.
3. Type your name in the Nickname field and click the <SAVE
CHANGES> button in green.
For your convenience, the schedule of presentations and planned breaks
during the conference is included below. Please log in anytime through the
day!
10:00 AM
Welcome
Lisa Hemmerle, MPA, Mistress of Ceremonies
10:15 AM-11:15 AM
Survive, Subsist, Succeed: SCI Outcomes
John D. Steeves, PhD, Founding Director of ICORD at
University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health,
Vancouver, BC.
11:15 AM- 12:15 PM
Pain After Spinal Cord Injury: Insult Added to Injury
J. Scott Richards, PhD, ABPP, Professor, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Birmingham,
AL.
1:15 PM- 2:15 PM
Some is Good. More is Better. Avoid Inactivity: Exercise Prescriptions to
Facilitate Health in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
Rachel Cowan, PhD, ACSM Certified Exercise Specialist,
Post-Doctoral Associate, the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis,
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
2:45 PM- 3:45 PM
Universally Designed and Assistive Products and Technologies
Jennifer Otitigbe, MS, Director of User Experience and Research,
Institute for Human Centered Design, Boston, MA.
3:45 PM- 4:00 PM
Wrap-up
Steve Williams, MD Chief of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston Medical
Center; Chairman, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston University
School of Medicine Boston, MA
We look forward to having you join us!
Judi Zazula M.S., OTR/L
Clinical Research Liaison
New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center at
Boston Medical Center
Tel: 617-638-7314
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