2024.10.10 – Memory and Other Cognitive Deficits after TBI and Rehabilitation (Recorded Webinar)
A David Strauss Memorial Clinical Lecture recorded webinar featuring Nancy Chiaravalloti, Ph.D.
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Aired live on October 10, 2024. Includes 1 ACBIS CEU.
Note: A certificate of attendance/ACBIS CEU certificate will not be available with the purchase of this webinar after October 31, 2027.
In this David Strauss Clinical webinar, Nancy Chiaravalloti, Ph.D. will present the most common cognitive deficits seen following TBI. She will also discuss evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation protocols for persons with TBI as well as protocols under investigation, focusing on learning and memory.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the most common cognitive deficits seen following TBI.
- Discuss the importance of other aspects of cognition when treating memory deficits.
- Describe some of the evidence-based memory rehabilitation options available to clinicians.
Includes 1 ACBIS CEU.
Speaker Bio
Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, Ph.D. is Director of Neuropsychology, Neuroscience and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research at Kessler Foundation and Research Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers University, New Jersey (NJ) Medical School. She has obtained over $23 million in grant funding, including grants from the NIH, Department of Defense, National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the NJ Commission on TBI Research, and the NJ Commission on SCI Research. At least half of these grants have been in brain injury.
Dr. Chiaravalloti has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, including a book on changes in everyday life following brain injury and illness. She has also made hundreds of national and international presentations. She has received several national and international career awards and is considered an expert in cognitive rehabilitation in both Multiple Sclerosis and TBI. She is the Project Director of the Northern NJ TBI Model System, one of 16 federally funded model systems of research and clinical care for persons with TBI. She has been leading the TBI research at Kessler Foundation since 2009. Under her leadership, the TBI research program has grown tremendously. She is a reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals and is on the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Neurotrauma and MS Journal.