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Congratulations to Anna Barrett, MD, MA, honored as the American Society of Neurorehabilitation (ASNR) and World Federation for Neurorehabilitation (WFNR) outstanding member. Dr Barrett’s vital role at Kessler Institute of Rehabilitation is stroke program leadership. She is also director of Stroke Rehabilitation Research at the affiliated Kessler Foundation and a professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), New Jersey Medical School. She holds an additional appointment in the UMDNJ Department of Neurology and Neurosciences. Dr Barrett is an outstanding physician and researcher with numerous awards recognizing her abilities. The awards include the following: Early Career Award, International Neuropsychological Society (2008); Norman Geschwind Prize, American Academy of Neurology Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology (2007); Ohio State University Harold Brenner Pepinsky Early Career Award in Neurobehavioral Science, honoring scholars early in their career for outstanding research in the fields of neurobehavior, cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, neurology, psychiatry, or related fields (2004); and the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Samuel Hinkle Society Outstanding Junior Investigator award—the highest honor conferred on junior faculty researchers in the basic or clinical sciences (2003).
Dr Barrett’s research focus is cognitive and behavioral research on attention and awareness in the disordered brain. One particular area of interest is spatial cognition. Dr Barrett is supported by National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke funding. Her productivity as a researcher is reflected in 63 peer-reviewed publications. Dr Barrett is also an active member of the ASNR. She has served on the Board of Directors of the ASNR since 2005 and is the current president-elect. Dr Barrett helped educate numerous postdoctoral fellows and resident trainees and currently has a K24 Midcareer Investigator Award from the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research supporting her mentoring activities. She is a productive lecturer with numerous talks on cognitive neurorehabilitation topics. Dr Barrett is an extraordinary and exceptionally talented leader in neurorehabilitation. The neurorehabilitation community is fortunate to garner the benefits of her outstanding work reflected in her contributions to clinical care, research excellence, leadership, and educational service.
Meetings of Interest
2010 Asian Congress of Neurorehabilitation
Pattaya, Thailand
December 5-8, 2010
International Stroke Conference 2011
Los Angeles, CA, USA
February 9-11, 2011
strokeconference.americanheart.org/portal/strokeconference/sc/
1st TBI-Challenge.eu 2011
Vienna, Austria
February 23-26, 2011
Technically Assisted Rehabilitation Conference
Berlin, Germany
March 17-18, 2011
The Society of Applied Neuroscience (SAN)
Thessaloniki, Greece
May 5-8, 2011
International Conference on Spinal Cord Medicine and Rehabilitation
Washington, DC, USA
June 4-8, 2011
Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury
Washington, DC, USA
June 13-15, 2011
International Conference on Virtual Reality 2011
Zurich, Switzerland
June 27-29, 2011
8th IBRO World Congress—International Brain Research Organization
Florence, Italy
July 14-19, 2011
International Symposium on Neurorehabilitation
Valencia, Spain
October 2011
ENRC 1st European Neurorehabilitation Congress
Merano, Italy
October 20-22, 2011
9th World Congress on Brain Injury
Edinburgh, Scotland
March 22-25, 2012
7th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation
Melbourne, Australia
May 15-19, 2012
Neurorehabilitation Fellowships
The following listings are current as of August 2009:
Steven A. Sparr, MD, (718) 920-6402,
Harvey S. Levin, PhD, (713) 798-7566,
Michael Alexander, MD, (617) 667-4074,
Douglas I. Katz, MD,
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
Michael J. Reding, MD, (914) 597-2470,
Leonardo G Cohen, MD, (301) 496-9782,
Anna Barrett, MD, (973) 324-3569
Bruce Dobkin, MD, (310) 206-6500
Bruce Rubin, MD, (305) 243-6223,
Maurizio Corbetta, MD, (314) 747-0426 or (414) 362-7620,
Research Resources
ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrials.gov/
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) www.nichd.nih.gov/about/org/ncmrr/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) www.cdc.gov/ncipc/ncipchm.htm
Veterans Administration Research www.research.va.gov
Neuroscience Database Gateway www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=NDG_main
National Research Council of Canada www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange cirrie.buffalo.edu/index.html
Brain Maps brainmaps.org/
REHABDATA—Connection National Rehabilitation Information Center www.naric.com/services/rehab_connect.cfm
The Internet Stroke Center www.stroketrials.org
Evidence-Based Review of Brain Injury Rehabilitation www.abiebr.com/
Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation (EBRSR) www.ebrsr.com
Neuro-Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Network www.NCRRN.org
UCLA Neurologic Rehabilitation and Research Program Bruce Dobkin, MD, (310) 206-6500,
Center for Experimental Rehabilitation Training (CENT) http://www.med.upenn.edu/cent/