CDHW Educational Videos

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Michael McKee, MD, MPH

Presenter - Brandie Bentley, PhD

Presenter - Emily Jensen, PhD

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Kara M. Mannor, MPH
Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health

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Brandie Bentley, PhD
Loren Glove, Executive Director at The Arc Detroit

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Ella Greene-Morton, Administrator Community Based Organization Partners/Community Ethics Review Board, Past President APHA

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Michelle Meade, PhD; Gianna Rodriguez, MD; and Lisa Franklin

Presented by Daniel G. Whitney, PhD

Presented by: PF Anderson, MILS; Tyler G. James, PhD, MCHES; Logan Roberts, MS, CHES

Presented By: Erika Barker, PhD Student; Dr. Dominique Kinnett-Hopkins, Advisor

Presented by: Rahee Amin, BS and Maya Rajan, BA

Presented By: Michael McKee, MD, MPH

Presented by: Saumya Gupta, MSE; Erika Barker, MSW; and Michael Andres 

Presented by: Steven Erickson, PharmD; Laura J. Smith, PT, DPT, PhD; Jillian Woodworth, DrOT, OTRL; and Jeanne Andreoli, PhD,

Presented by: Laura J. Smith, PT, DPT, PhD and Alex Gossage 

Presented by: Michelle Meade, PhD, Director UM-CDHW

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Michelle A. Meade, PhD - Professor at the U-M Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Director, U-M Center for Disability Health and Wellness

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Dr. Michael McKee, MD, MPH

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Lisa Reber, PhD

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Elham Mahmoudi, PhD - Department of Family Medicine and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan

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Corrianne Norrid, MSN - University of Michigan Medical school

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PF Anderson

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Gianna Rodriguez, MD - Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabitlitation Michigan Medicine

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Nicole DiPiro, PhD

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Michelle A. Meade, PhD - Professor at the U-M Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Director, U-M Center for Disability Health and Wellness

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Leo Wu, Lindsay Ma, Sarah Hughes, Michael McKee, Dhruv Jain

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Maggie Salinger, MD, MPP, MPH

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Michelle A. Meade, PhD, Lisa Reber, PhD and Nicole DiPirio, PhD

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James Krause, PhD, Medical University South Carolina

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John Waterman, Executive Director and Founder PEAC

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Leslynn R. Angel President & CEO of MI-UCP

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Patrick Yankee, Chief Development Officer of Corktown Health

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Michelle A. Meade, PhD - Professor at the U-M Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Director, U-M Center for Disability Health and Wellness. Patrick Yankee, Chief Development Officer of Corktown Health. Leslynn R. Angel President & CEO of MI-UCP

The Center for Disability Health and Wellness at the University of Michigan developed the U-M CDHW Research Symposium to showcase those researching disability-related issues from across U-M schools and departments.

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Michael M. McKee, MD, MPH- Associate Professor in Family Medicine at the university of michigan, Director of MDisability. and Co-director of the Center for Disability Health and Wellness
Dr. Michelle Meade PHD professor at the University of Michigan Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Family Medicine and Co-Director of the CDHW
Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt, Director of NIDILRR, disability activist, two-time paralympian2013 white house champion of change, 2020 citizen psychologist award winner for advancing disability
Kaila Helm BA Clinical subject coordinator department of family medicine
Dr. Tyler James PhD, CHES- postdoctoral research fellow in the department of family medicine, Michigan Mixed Methods Program and Center for Disability health and Wellness
Kamolnat Tabattanon- PhD candidate in the human sensory-motor performance lab center for ergonomics department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the university of Michigan
Dr. Steven Erickson Pharm. D- Associate professor University of Michigan college of pharmacy
Dr. Mark Peterson PhD. professor at theUniversity of Michigan Medicine department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Samir Rawashdeh- Associate professor electrical and computer engineering University of Michigan Deerboarn
Dr. Anhong Guo PhD- -assistent professor computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan
Dr. Lisa Reber PhD- Postdoctoral fellow at the university of michigan department of Physical medicine and Rehabilitation

The Center for Disability Health and Wellness at the University of Michigan developed the U-M CDHW Research Symposium to showcase those researching disability-related issues from across U-M schools and departments.

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Dr. Jon Pearlman, PhD- Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology University of Pittsburgh Founding Director, International Society of Wheelchair Professionals and Director ofIMPACT Center on Assistive Technology Translation
Dr Lisa Meeks PhD, MA- Co-director of the Docs With Disabilities Initiative and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan., Founder and Director of the Docs With Disabilities Initiative
Dr. Karina Pereira-Lima, PhD- Research Fellow Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Researcher, Meeks Lab
Caroline McGowan- University of Michigan Medical School student
Zoie Sheets, MPH- Former MDisability Intern and current Medical Student at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine
Susan M. Havercamp, PhD, FAAIDD, NADD-CC- Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Genetic Counseling, Director, Health Promotion and Healthcare Parity, Director, Nisonger Behavior Support Services
Dr. Dorothy W. Tolchin, MD, EdM- instructor in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), Harvard Medical School (HMS), Director, Disability and Anti-Ableism Curriculum, HMS, Director of Medical Student Education for the Mass General Brigham/HMS Department of PM&R, Faculty Advisor, HMS Disabilities in Medicine and Dentistry Working Group, Faculty Advisor, HMS Allies in Chronic Illness, Health Conditions, and Disabilities, Lead investigator on multiple research projects focused on optimizing trainee education in both the medical school and residency settings
Dr. Sandra L Hearn, MD- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency Program Director Michigan Medicine
Dr. Michael M. McKee, MD, MPH- Associate Professor in Family Medicine at the university of michigan, Director of MDisability. and Co-director of the Center for Disability Health and Wellness
Dr. Christopher Moreland, MD, MPH- Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency The University of Texas at Austin Immediate Past-President, Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses (AMPHL)

The Center for Disability Health and Wellness at the University of Michigan developed the U-M CDHW Research Symposium to showcase those researching disability-related issues from across U-M schools and departments.

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Dr. Michelle Meade PHD professor at the University of Michigan Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Family Medicine and Co-Director of the CDHW
Dr. Michael McKee, MD MPH-Department of Family Medicine and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
David J. Brown, MD- Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusion, Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and executive sponsor of the Anti-Racism Oversight Committee (AROC).
Dr. Nancy Baum PhD MHS- health policy director at CHRT
Dr. Robyn M. Powell PhD JD- Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, and one of the country’s foremost authorities on law and disability
Suhas Kellampalli- Student at University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and a master’s degree in public health peer advocate for the disabled at the Center for Independent Living in Birmingham.
Tomi Lawal M.D candidate at the University of Michigan Medical School
Rahaf Alharbi- Ph.D. candidate in the School of Information at the University of Michigan
Dr. Erin Klukas OD- Clinical Instructor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Kellogg Eye Center

Docs with Disabilities Access in Nursing Program collaborated with the University of Michigan Center for Disability Health and Wellness and other disability organizations to present this panel “Women with Disabilities: Enriching the Nursing Workforce Panel"

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Brandy Jackson-Co Chair of Access In Nursing
Moderators:
Brigit Carter, PhD, MSN, RN, CCRN- Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at the American Association of Colleges in Nursing (AACN)
Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA- Co-director of the Docs With Disabilities Initiative and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan.
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Dr. Sabrina Ali Jamal-Eddine, PhD BSN RN - serves on the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND) anda postdoctoral fellow in UIC’s Department of Disability and Human Development.
Dr. Vera Kunte, DNP, APN-C- Assistant Professor of Nursing at California State University, Dominguez Hills
Andrea Dalzell MSN-ED, RN- Registered Nurse, Healthcare Advocate, Disability Rights Influencer, and most importantly, a Survivor.
Michele Lopez, DHED, RN, MA, CNE, CDE, CHES- Assistant Professor of Nursing at Pace University, serves in the Medical Reserve Corp, health education practitioner and author.
Clarissa Michalak DNP, ACNPC-AG, CCRN - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and AGACNP Program Director at the University of New Hampshire.

MI-SCIMS and the Michigan Medicines Center for Disability Health and Wellness brought together a group of experts of women's health and SCI.

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Dr. Michelle Meade PHD professor at the University of Michigan Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Family Medicine and Co-Director of the CDHW
Dr. Claire KalpakjianPhD, MS- Associate Chair for Research, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Dr. Gianna Rodriguez – Clinical Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury Program Directorand Fellowship Program Director, Medical Director of Wheelchair Seating Services, PMR Lead of Domino's Farms Comprehensive Wound Care Program, PMR Lead of the Michigan Bowel Control Program, PMR Lead of the Adult Assisted Ventilation Program and PMR Lead of the SCI Peripheral Nerve Program
Megan Christ speech pathologist with a C7 spinal cord injury and two children
Tameka Citchen-Spruce LEAD Co-Director, Michigan Disability Rights Coalition, disability advocate and film maker

University of Michigan staff volunteers, and students with the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), worked alongside colleagues from the University of Melbourne (Australia) and Stanford to champion and advocate for community members who navigate neurodiversity. This video features a series of talks and research presentations covering a variety of related topics.

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Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Students
Liam Benton - University of Michigan Student
Annalisa DeGyzmansmon - University of Michigan student
Jenna Santamaria - University of Michigan student
Sally Mo - University of Michigan student
Dr. Megan Pesch MD, MS - Developmental and Behavioral pediatrics Michigan Medicine
Dr. Shanna Kattari Associate professor University of Michigan's school of social work and department of women's and gender studies
Haylie Miller PH.D - assistant professor of Movement Science and director of the Motor and Visual Development Laboratory at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology
Dr. Sean Ahlquist- Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, director of the Lab for Socio-material Architectures, and director of the Master of Science in Digital Material Technologies (DMT).
Dr. Lawrence Fung MD PHD- associate professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, director of the Stanford Neurodiversity Project, director of the Neurodiversity Clinic, and principal investigator at the Fung Lab
Melbourne Team
Dr. Jessica Riordan-Director of Neurodiversity Project at University of Melbourne
Dr. Matthew Harrison-Director of Neurodiversity Project at University of Melbourne
Dr. Sarah Timperley- Director of Neurodiversity Project at University of Melbourne
University of Michigan Equity Civil Rights and Title IX (ECRT)
Lauren O’Connor- Accessibility Specialist for the Disability Equity Office
Erin Metz - Accessibility Specialist for the Disability Equity OfficeJack Seel- University of Michigan Student

The University of Michigan Center for Disabilities health and Wellness’s, 4th annual Martin Luther King Jr day celebration. This video goes over the connection between the Disability Rights movement and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy.

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Reshawna Chapple, PhD, MSW, LCSW- Associate Professor, School of Social Work at the University of Florida
Tameka Citchen-Spruce- LEAD Co-Director, Michigan Disability Rights Coalition and disability advocate
Barbara Johnson- Behaviorist and Life Coach, National Black Disability Coalition
Camille Proctor- Founder and executive director of the Color of Autism Foundation, and advocate and public speaker
Sheryl Emery - Founding Director of National Black Deaf Advocate Association

This video discusses the Disability Accommodations Tab within MiChart. It goes over how to use it to optimize care for patients, legal requirements, and practical information and resources.

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Matt Galvan, JD- Senior Diversity Representative Shared Human Resources Michigan Medicine Patient Civil Rights Coordinator.
Alex Gossage- Vice-Chair oc Disability Network Michigan and Executive Director of Disability Network Washtenaw Monroe Livingston
Megan Marshall - Deputy ADA Coordinator Equity, Civil Rights, and Title IX Office at the University of Michigan
Michael M. McKee, MD, MPH- Associate Professor in Family Medicine at the university of michigan, Director of MDisability. and Co-director of the Center for Disability Health and Wellness
Dr. Michelle Meade PHD professor at the University of Michigan Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Family Medicine and Co-Director of the CDHW
Christa A. Moran, NIC, MEd, CoreCHI- Supervisor ASL/English Interpreter,
Coordinator at the Medical Interpreter Training Academy Interpreter Services at Michigan Medicine
Latasha Washington- Member of the Warriors on Wheels of Metropolitan Detroit

This  IDEAL RRTC video discusses the inequalities people with disabilities face in the heathcare system. Rethinking and redesigning our health care, through the guidance of innovative clinics and programs, is needed to address these inequities and care for these individuals effectively. This video  reviews current models and strategies that could be widely adopted in health care. These steps can make health care more inclusive and equitable.

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Dr. Michael M. McKee, MD, MPH- Associate Professor in Family Medicine at the university of michigan, Director of MDisability. and Co-director of the Center for Disability Health and Wellness
Dr. Diane M HarperDiane M. Harper, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.- Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, U-M College of Engineering, Department of Women's and Gender Studies, U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

These Americans with Disabilities Act Workshops were held in summer 2025 for grantees in the Disability Health Care Access and Quality Community Grants Program to provide practical training on the ADA and strategies to improve clinic accessibility for patients with disabilities. This video provides a general overview of ADA-mandated requirements for clinics, including physical and digital accessibility, communications, equipment considerations, and more.   This webinar was recorded on July 15, 2025. 

These Americans with Disabilities Act Workshops were held in summer 2025 for grantees in the Disability Health Care Access and Quality Community Grants Program to provide practical training on the ADA and strategies to improve clinic accessibility for patients with disabilities. This video discusses patient flow, from initial contact through intake, the clinic visit, creating a care plan, discharge, and follow up.

These Americans with Disabilities Act Workshops were held in summer 2025 for grantees in the Disability Health Care Access and Quality Community Grants Program to provide practical training on the ADA and strategies to improve clinic accessibility for patients with disabilities. This video focuses on disability awareness training for clinic staff and regular evaluation of accessibility practices.

These Americans with Disabilities Act Workshops were held in summer 2025 for grantees in the Disability Health Care Access and Quality Community Grants Program to provide practical training on the ADA and strategies to improve clinic accessibility for patients with disabilities. This video focuses on dental care for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including communication best practices to ensure high quality care.

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Liv Akkerman-Byram – Second-year law student at the University of Michigan; member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians; disabled person.

Mark Standing Eagle Baez, PhD – President-elect of the Society of Indian Psychologists; Assistant Professor, Clinical & Counseling Program, Bemidji State University; member of Coahuiltecan Nation and Mohawk and Pawnee descent. 

Melissa Buffalo (Moderator) – CEO, American Indian Cancer Foundation; Meskwaki and Dakota. • Vicky T. Lomay, PhD – Clinical Psychologist, Tsinajini Psychology Services; Diné.

Join this book talk for a conversation with Alice Wong, editor of a new anthology featuring 37 disabled people, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century 

This webinar presented on January 22, 2026. 

U-M CDHW partnered with filmmaker Teddy Dorsette III, Brandie Bentley, and disabled advocates throughout Metro Detroit — including Lisa Franklin, Shanta Favors, Jaime Junior, and others — to create a video series addressing the health care needs and lived experiences of Black disabled people in Detroit, Michigan.

This IDEAL RRTC video discusses the Community Grants program, which supports programs or services that improve the health and wellness of individuals living with long-term physical disabilities. This video goes over the community grants guidelines and process and highlights the work of grant recipients.

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Chris Sutton- Broadcast Coordinator LGBT Detroit
Essence Wilson- Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of Communities First
Kathryn Linehan- Fund Development Manager at Communities First
Carrie Gerdeman- Recreation & Health Services Director at Disability Network Eastern Michigan
Dr. Michelle Meade PHD professor at the University of Michigan Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Family Medicine and Co-Director of the CDHW

In the CDHW’s third annual MLK panel discussion, social justice expert Dr. Reshawna Chapple and her guests discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to services and access to work for people with disabilities from the perspective of the Black disability community.

Many people experienced trying times during the COVID-19 pandemic, but marginalized populations have been bearing the brunt of this public health crisis. People with disabilities have experienced significant changes in how they access work, study, and care, impacting nearly every aspect of their lives.

Honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on anti-racism, equity, and inclusion, panelists discuss their lives before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting ongoing struggles and celebrating moments of resilience, intersectionality, and elevation.

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Reshawna Chapple, PhD, MSW, LCSW- Associate Professor, School of Social Work at the University of Florida
Tameka Citchen-Spruce LEAD Co-Director, Michigan Disability Rights Coalition, disability advocate and film maker, serves on the board of Warriors of Wheels of Metropolitan Detroit and is a Program Leader and Racial Justice Specialist for the Leadership Engagement and Advocacy Development program for the Michigan Disability Rights Coalition and a recipient of the Cookie Gant Spirit Award.
Theodore Dorsette III- Deaf filmmaker, entrepreneur, and social justice advocate from the city of Detroit, Creative Producer at Gallaudet University, co-chair of the “Dismantling Racism” Committee for the National Association of the Deaf, president of the Michigan Coalition for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind People and has been appointed to the Licensing and Regulatory Affairs interpreting board and the Michigan Statewide Independent Living Council.
Jaime Junior- activist and an advocate for people with disabilities, member of Warriors of Wheels of Metropolitan Detroit, active in the Michigan Developmental Disability Council and the Constituents’ Voice advisory group of the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network, a recipient of the Cookie Gant Spirit Award, Ms. Wheelchair Michigan 2023

This video presents the findings from a study on the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults with physical disabilities from marginalized communities in Southeast Michigan, one of the early pandemic epicenters in the United States.

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Dr. Lisa Reber, PhD- postdoctoral research fellow with U-M’s IDEAL RRTC
Ms. Jodi Kreschmer, MSW- Research Area Specialist Associate in the Michigan Medicine's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, a member of the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living (AACIL) advisory board, advocate for people with disabilities
Gina DeShong- Program Director of The Disability Network (TDN)

This IDEAL RRTC video discusses the Community Grants program, which supports programs or services that improve the health and wellness of individuals living with long-term physical disabilities. This video goes over the community grants guidelines and process and highlights the work of grant recipients.

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Chris Sutton- Broadcast Coordinator LGBT Detroit
Essence Wilson- Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of Communities First
Kathryn Linehan- Fund Development Manager at Communities First
Carrie Gerdeman- Recreation & Health Services Director at Disability Network Eastern Michigan
Dr. Michelle Meade PHD professor at the University of Michigan Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Family Medicine and Co-Director of the CDHW

This IDEAL RRTC video features an interdisciplinary panel of experts including those with lived experience. They discuss healthy aging for people with long-term physical disabilities.

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Dr. Michelle Meade PHD professor at the University of Michigan Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Family Medicine and Co-Director of the CDHW
Dr. Philippa Clarke, PhD- Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at U-M’s School of Public Health, Research Professor at U-M’s Institute for Social Research.
Robyn Rontal, JD, MHSA- leads U-M’s Center for Health Research and Transformation’s data analytics and consulting projects
Dr. James S. Krause, PhD- Associate Dean for Research, Professor in the College of Health Professions at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Director of MUSC’s Center for Rehabilitation Research in Neurological Conditions.
Dr. Margaret Campbell, PhD- owner of Campbell & Associates Consulting in Seattle, WA

Presenters

Dr. Mark Peterson is an Associate Professor in University of Michigan (UM) PMR and an active member in the UM Neuroscience Graduate Program, IHPI, Michigan Center of the Demography of Aging, and the Michigan Institutes for Data Science. 

Dr. Heidi Haapala is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Michigan Medical, University of Michigan.  She is also on staff as an Attending Physician with the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

This symposium aims to raise awareness of ongoing research and clinical programming within the University of Michigan related to the health, functioning, and participation of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).

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Gianna Rodriguez, MD- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Health
Noelle Carlozzi, PhD,-Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health
Cory Wernimont, MD,- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Health
Courtney Fankhauser, CTRS- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Health
Carrie Pilarski, PhD-Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Health
Ted Barrios, PhD-Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Health
Michael Blackstock, MS, OTRL,-Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Health
Seong-Hee Westlake, ATP, RET- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Health
Michelle Meade, PhD- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Health
Michael McKee, MD MPH-Department of Family Medicine and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Emma Butcher, MPH- Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Health
Jane Huggins, PhD- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Health, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan College of Engineering
Diane M. Harper, MD- Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Health, and Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts

In this meeting, disability specialists offer holiday wellness tips for people with disabilities, their families, and their community.

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Dr. Michelle Meade PHD professor at the University of Michigan Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Family Medicine and Co-Director of the CDHW
Alanna Giordano- Occupational Therapist from the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Carrie Pilarski, PhD, University of Michigan Rehabilitation Psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Michigan Medicine Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Michael Harris-Government Relations Director, Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America and SCI expert with lived experience

MI-SCIMS and the Michigan Medicines Center for Disability Health and Wellness brought together a group of experts of women's health and SCI.

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Dr. Michelle Meade PHD professor at the University of Michigan Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Family Medicine and Co-Director of the CDHW
Dr. Claire KalpakjianPhD, MS- Associate Chair for Research, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Dr. Gianna Rodriguez – Clinical Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury Program Directorand Fellowship Program Director, Medical Director of Wheelchair Seating Services, PMR Lead of Domino's Farms Comprehensive Wound Care Program, PMR Lead of the Michigan Bowel Control Program, PMR Lead of the Adult Assisted Ventilation Program and PMR Lead of the SCI Peripheral Nerve Program
Megan Christ speech pathologist with a C7 spinal cord injury and two children
Tameka Citchen-Spruce LEAD Co-Director, Michigan Disability Rights Coalition, disability advocate and film maker

This webinar explores the practicalities of bowel management for individuals living and aging with neurogenic bowel following spinal cord injury. Hosted by the U-M Center for Disability Health and Wellness (CDHW) and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, with support from the Michigan SCI Model System (MI-SCIMS), the session highlights both clinical knowledge and day-to-day strategies.

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Michelle A. Meade, PhD – Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Family Medicine; Director, U-M Center for Disability Health & Wellness; Principal Investigator, Michigan SCI Model System

Gianna Rodriguez, MD – Clinical Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; SCI Program Director, Michigan Medicine; Co-Principal Investigator, Michigan SCI Model System

Jonathan C. VandenBerg, DO – Attending SCI Physiatrist, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital; Co-Principal Investigator, Michigan SCI Model System

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Brandie Bentley, PhD, MSW — Panelist
Research Fellow, University of Michigan Center for Disability Health and Wellness

Maryam Berri, MD — Panelist
Clinical Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Michigan Medicine

Tameka Citchen-Spruce — Panelist
LEAD-IN Director, Michigan Disability Rights Coalition

Susan Ernst, MD — Panelist
Chief of Gynecology and Sexual Health, University Health Service
Medical Advisor for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Michigan Medicine

Dani Izzie — Panelist
Founder, Access Social, LLC
Founding Member, ProFound

Michelle A. Meade, PhD — Moderator
Professor, Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Family Medicine
Director, University of Michigan Center for Disability Health and Wellness
PI and Director, Michigan Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems (MI-SCIMS)

This video addresses the importance and challenges of accessible road transportation for the quality of life of people with disabilities. Pannelists  discuss driverless and shared-use automated vehicles, what these are, and what promise they hold for addressing community mobility needs of individuals with disabilities, using examples from ongoing projects related to the accessible and inclusive design of these emerging transportation technologies.

Speakers/Participants

Dr. Jordana Maisel, PhD, MUP- Director of Research, IDEA Center Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning University at Buffalo, SUNY, co-directs the NIDILRR-funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Accessible Public Transportation (RERC-APT), directs the current RERC on Universal Design and the Built Environment.
Prof. Victor L. Paquet, ScD, MS- Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering University at Buffalo, SUNY, Co-Investigator on the NIDILRR-funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Accessible Public Transportation (RERC-APT) and the RERC on Universal Design and the Built Environment (RERC-UD).
Dr. Clive D'Souza, PhD, MS- Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology University of Pittsburgh, Co-Investigator on the NIDILRR-funded Investigating Disability factors and promoting Environmental Access for healthy Living Rehabilitation Research Training Center (IDEAL RRTC) and faculty affiliate at the University of Michigan’s Center for Disability Health and Wellness.

This IDEAL RRTC video discusses the importance of broadband internet in modern society and how little is known about the impact of broadband internet access for the health of people with disabilities. Panalests present new research findings and discuss current policy implications related to broadband internet for the health of adults with disability.

Speakers/Participants

Dr. Philippa Clarke, PhD- Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at U-M’s School of Public Health, Research Professor at U-M’s Institute for Social Research.
Robyn Rontal, JD, MHSA- leads U-M’s Center for Health Research and Transformation’s data analytics and consulting projects

MI-SCIMS, the Michigan Medicines Center for Disability Health and Wellness and Maryfreebed brought together a group of experts on adaptive sports.

Speakers/Participants

Dr. Jonathan VandenBerg DO, Co-PI and site director at MI-SCIMS
Maria Besta CTRS, Manager of Recreational Therapy, Wheelchair and Adaptive Sports, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation
Pat Besta- Engineer and adaptive athlete
Jocelyn Dettloff - Major gifts director at the MAry Free Bed Foundation, adaptive athlete, advocate, and author
Becky McVey CTRS- Supervisory Recreational Therapist for physical medicine and rehabilitation at Michigan Medicine and UMAISE board member
Dr. Melissa Tinney MD- Clinical Assistant professor pf physical medicine and rehabilitation at Michigan Medicine, adaptive sports specialist, and UMAIS board member

This video provides an overview of the process to request accommodations on the USMLE Step examinations for students with disabilities.

Speakers/Participants

Dr Lisa Meeks PhD, MA- Co-director of the Docs With Disabilities Initiative and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Grace Clifford MAEd- Director for Disability Services at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine.
Aggie McGrane MS- Associate Director for AccessibleNU (ANU) – Chicago at Northwestern University
Sue Nahm MA MPhil- Director of Student Academic Support at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine

This video highlights best practices for how Disability Resource Professionals (DRPs) at allopathic medical schools can collaborate with healthcare providers to garner high-quality documentation as required by the NBME.

Speakers/Participants

Becca Güler Med, EdD -the owner/consultant of On-Call Advising & Support and Director for UTMB School of Medicine's Academic Support & Career Counseling at the John Sealy School of Medicine
Kara James MS, CRC, PVE Disability access resource specialist at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Sara Triano MS, NCC, LPC- chair of access in medicine Director of the Center for Learning Excellence at the Geisinger College of Health Sciences

This video discusses best practices for Disability Resource Professionals when providing guidance and support to students writing their personal statements.

Speakers/Participants

Dr Lisa Meeks PhD, MA- Co-director of the Docs With Disabilities Initiative and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Ellen Kaplan M.Ed.- Learning Specialist and Disability Coordinator for the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore
Jan Serrantino Ed.D- independent higher education consultant, former Director of the Disability Services Center at the University of California, Irvine

This video goes over a longitudinal study conducted by Family Medicine Associate Professor Elham Mahmoudi, PhD. The study compared commercial and public health insurance and what influence they may have on the use of preventive services and potentially preventable hospitalizations for people with disabilities.

Speakers/Participants

Dr. Elham Mahmoudi, PhD- Associate Professor of health economics in the Department of Family Medicine, Michigan Medicine
Robyn Rontal, JD, MHSA- Interim Executive Director for the Center for Healthcare Research And Transformation (CHRT)

This video reviews the following topics on family caregiving: the current state of informal or family caregiving in the United States; current research on factors that impact caregiver stress; policy solutions at the local, state and national level; and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speakers/Participants

Robyn Rontal, JD, MHSA- Interim Executive Director for the Center for Healthcare Research And Transformation (CHRT)

This video give an introduction to IDEAL RRTC and goes over a research study on preventable hospitalizations (PPH) among adults with disabilities. The study examined potential risk and protective factors for PPH, comparing adults with disabilities to people without. Results indicate that adults with disabilities were at greater odds for PPH compared to people without disabilities. Use of preventative services such as annual wellness visit had substantial protective association against PPH.

Speakers/Participants

Dr. Elham Mahmoudi, PhD, Assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Robyn Rontal, JD, MHSA- Interim Executive Director for the Center for Healthcare Research And Transformation (CHRT)

Speakers: Dr. Vijay Vasudevan, Dr. Monika Mitra, Dr. Michael McKee

This video provides an overview of The National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA) and why a researcher use NaNDA instead of primary data. I then provides case studies from the NaNDA repository that augment and recombine publicly available data to create novel measures to study the role of neighborhoods for health and health inequities.

Speakers/Participants

Dr. Philippa Clarke, PhD- Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at U-M’s School of Public Health, Research Professor at U-M’s Institute for Social Research.
Robert Melendez- Geospatial Data Specialist, Institute for Social Research at University of Michigan Megan Chenoweth Data Manager, Curator at the Institute for Social Research at University of Michigan

This IDEAL RRTC video brings together a panel of experts to discuss bone frailty often experienced by adults with pediatric-onset neurodevelopmental disabilities and skeletal disabilities.

Speakers/Participants

Dr. Daniel G. Whitney, PhD- Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Edward A. Hurvitz, MD- Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Michigan Medical School, James W. Rae Collegiate Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Presenters

Dr. Elham Mahmoudi Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan

Mr. Neil Kamdar Statistician Expert, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI), Data and Methods Hub at University of Michigan