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Congratulations to Professor Jane Burridge, the American Society of Neurorehabilitation and World Federation for Neurorehabilitation member recognized for her outstanding contributions to neurorehabilitation research. Dr Burridge is professor of restorative neuroscience at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Her responsibilities include heading the Rehabilitation and Health Technologies (RHT) Research Group in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
RHT is an interdisciplinary research group bringing together academics, researchers, and graduate students from medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, podiatry, speech therapy, engineering, and psychology. The work of the group spans user-centered development and evaluation of technologies and understanding mechanisms of normal, impaired, and recovering movement. Dr Burridge’s own research reflects this interdisciplinary approach as evidenced by her recent publication in Current Opinion in Neurology (2010;23(6):671-677), reflecting the use of microstimulators for individuals following strokes. Dr Burridge is quite an active educator; she notes involvement with 10 PhD students and leads a master’s course in sensory motor interaction in neurorehabilitation, which teaches the neurophysiological and motor learning principles that underpin current neurorehabilitation practice.
Dr Burridge’s research reflects her interdisciplinary commitment and focuses on 3 areas: (a) functional electrical stimulation (FES), (b) motor control and recovery, and (c) rehabilitation technologies, especially the use of iterative learning control in rehabilitation robotics. Dr Burridge’s present research efforts are well funded. Her current funding support is approximately £2.7 million. Her research efforts have yielded more than 72 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
In addition to her outstanding research and educational endeavors, Dr Burridge is a leader in the neurorehabilitation community. She is president of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society. She is also on the editorial boards of Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, the Journal of Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair (FES Section Editor), and the International Journal of Research in Rehabilitation.
Dr Burridge is an exceptional member of the neurorehabilitation community. She continues to advance the scientific progress of restorative neuroscience. What is even more incredible is the fact that with all her accomplishments, she continues to pursue her love of music. Dr Burridge is certainly an individual with a wonderful balance of research, academics, and humanity. She is a unique and gifted individual to be treasured for her contributions.
Meetings of Interest
International Conference on Spinal Cord Medicine and Rehabilitation
Washington, DC
June 4-8, 2011
FICCDAT 2011 Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Ageing and Technology
Toronto, Canada
June 5-8, 2011
23rd Annual Meeting of European Academy of Childhood Disability
Rome, Italy
June 8-11, 2011
Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury
Washington, DC
June 13-15, 2011
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International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation 2011
Zurich, Switzerland
June 27-29, 2011
International Neurorehabilitation Symposium 2011
Zurich, Switzerland
June 27-July 1, 2011
National Neurotrauma Symposium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
July 10-13, 2011
Brain Injury in Children
Toronto, Canada
July 12-14, 2011
8th IBRO World Congress—International Brain Research Organization
Florence, Italy
July 14-19, 2011
Remodeling the Brain
Toronto, Canada
July 15, 2011
Brain Injury Association of Canada Annual Conference
Charlottetown, Canada
August 24-26, 2011
8th Annual NABIS Conference on Brain Injury
New Orleans, Louisiana
September 14-17, 2011
International Symposium on Neurorehabilitation
Valencia, Spain
October 2011
ASNR/ACRM Joint Annual Conference
Atlanta, Georgia
October 11-15, 2011
ENRC 1st European Neurorehabilitation Congress
Merano, Italy
October 20-22, 2011
XX World Congress of Neurology
Marrakesh, Morocco
November 12-17, 2011
2012 Brain Injury Summit—A Meeting of the Minds
Beaver Creek, Colorado
January 9-11, 2012
9th World Congress on Brain Injury
Edinburgh, Scotland
March 21-25, 2012
7th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation
Melbourne, Australia
May 15-19, 2012
Spineweek. Third Combined Congress of the Different Spine Societies
Rai Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 27-June 1, 2012
Neurorehabilitation Fellowships
The following listings are current as of December 2010:
Steven A. Sparr, MD, (718) 920-6402,
Harvey S. Levin, PhD, (713) 798-7566,
Michael Alexander, MD, (617) 667-4074,
Douglas I. Katz, MD,
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
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Veterans Administration Research
Neuroscience Database Gateway
National Research Council of Canada
Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange
Brain Maps
brainmaps.org
REHABDATA-Connection National Rehabilitation Information Center
The Internet Stroke Center
Evidence-Based Review of Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation
Neuro-Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Network
UCLA Neurologic Rehabilitation and Research Program
neurorehab.neurology.ucla.edu
Center for Experimental Rehabilitation Training