MRSCICS Matters Spring 2024 Newsletter

Meet Research Assistant Kelly Keel

Kelly's rich and varied past informs her new position as she enrolls participants in the National Spinal Cord Injury Model System Database at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

Meet Kelly

New study: A new systematic review published in the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation explores what treatments are effective at treating depression in people with spinal cord injury.

Learn More About the Study

Seeking patients with SCI: We are looking for people with SCI to provide feedback on an updated version of the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC) Fact Sheet on Depression and Spinal Cord Injury. Your feedback is important and will help others with SCI and their care partners. If interested, please contact MSKTC@air.org

SCI Research Opportunities

Researchers at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab are recruiting people with spinal cord injury for a virtual focus group to share their inpatient rehabilitation experiences.

For more information visit the focus group webpage or email Lorie Cashdollar at lcashdolla@sralab.org

two yound Black women - one in a wheelchair and one standing behind her giving a hug. This image is from Disabled and Here

The VA Palo Alto Health Care System is looking for people to participate in a research study to learn about the healthcare-seeking experiences of LGBTQ patients with SCI and mental health providers who care for LGBTQ patients with SCI.

Contact Dr. Megan Neal at megan.neal2@va.gov or call (650) 575- 8689.

On the podcast: Catch up on our latest episodes about spinal cord injury and mental health, and about the Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

Listen on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts ⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Model System (MRSCICS) at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is a leading center for innovative, integrated, interdisciplinary research and care for persons with spinal cord injury. It manages several research projects, both unique to MRSCICS and in collaboration with other Model System Spinal Cord Injury Centers around the nation. MRSCICS also contributes data to the National Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Database, established in 1973 as a repository of data collected through the collaborative efforts of federally funded SCI Model System Centers.

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This newsletter is supported by a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grants 90DPKT0007 and 90SIMS0015). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS). The contents of this newsletter do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL or DHSS and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.