Announcements

Staff Awards and Honors

2005

M. Brown: Keynote address, Empowerment of people with TBI in research. Brain Injury Association of New Jersey, Eatontown, NJ.

M. Brown: Keynote address, Measurement of quality of life and participation: Empowering the individual with TBI. New South Wales Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program, Sydney, Australia.

M.P.J.M. Dijkers: Elected Fellow. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

W.A. Gordon: Keynote address, The identification of individuals with TBI: the importance of finding the "uncounted and untreated". New South Wales Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program, Sydney, Australia.

M.R. Hibbard, J.B. Cantor, H. Charatz, & Z. Cheng: The David Strauss, Ph.D., Memorial Award for the poster, Evaluating the impact of a peer mentoring program for individuals with TBI and their family members. Brain Injury Special Interest Group, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

M.R. Hibbard: Keynote address, Psychiatric diagnoses post TBI and their impact on psychosocial functioning. Summit County Traumatic Brain Injury Collaborative, Akron, OH.

2006

M. Brown: The Beatrice Wright and Tamara Dembo Lecture, Past and present meet in the RRTC on TBI Interventions, Division 22 of the American Psychological Association, Reno, NV.

S. Flanagan: Selected Top Doctors. New York Metro Area, Castle Connolly.

W.A. Gordon: Special Recognition Award, National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers.

B. Greenwald: Young Investigator Award. Mount Sinai General Clinical Research Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.

M.R. Hibbard: Keynote address, Challenges in living with a brain injury across the life span. Brain Injury Association of Maine, Portland, MN.

M.R. Hibbard: Keynote address, Aging with TBI: Issues and challenges across the lifespan. Annual meeting of the Western meeting of the Western Michigan Brain Injury Symposium, Grand Rapids, MI.

R.C. Oldfield, T.A. Ashman, J. Cantor & L. Waterston: The David Strauss, Ph.D., Memorial Award for the poster, Spirituality as a predictor of mood and quality of life after traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury Special Interest Group, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

T. Tsaousides: Donald E. Super Fellowship for the Support of Dissertation Research on Career Development. Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) of the American Psychological Association.

2007

W.A. Gordon: Elected Fellow. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

M.R. Hibbard: Keynote address, Addressing neurobehavioral challenges after TBI. Alabama TBI State of the State Conference, Birmingham, AL.

M.R. Hibbard: Roger G. Barker Distinguished Research Contribution Award. American Psychological Association Division 22, Rehabilitation Psychology.

B. Greenwald: Jerry Weissman Teacher of the Year Award. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.

A.B. Warshowsky, T. Ashman, J. Cantor & M. Egan: The David Strauss, Ph.D., Memorial Award for the poster, Employment status, perceived employability, and independence/assertiveness: Quality of life and community participation after traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury Special Interest Group, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Washington, D.C.

2008

M. Dijkers: Presidential address, International collaboration and communication in rehabilitation research. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

W. A. Gordon: Leonard Diller Lecture, A perspective on 40 years of cognitive rehabilitation. American Psychological Association Division 22, Rehabilitation Psychology, Tucson, AZ.

W.A. Gordon: Keynote address, The identification of people with TBI: The importance of finding the "uncounted and the untreated". International Center for the Disabled, New York, NY.

W.A. Gordon: NASHIA Partnership Award, National Association of State Head Injury Administrators.

B. Greenwald: Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors.

R.W. Shields: Exemplary Participation in the Federal TBI Program Award. Health and Rehabilitation Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

2009

W.A. Gordon: The Robert L. Moody Prize for Distinguished Initiatives in Brain Injury Research and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.