Center for Large Data Research and Data Sharing in Rehabilitation

Rehab Sciences | Dec 11, 2020

Join Dr. Theresa Cruz, Director of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR), a part of the NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and the centers of the Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource Network Friday, December 11th, from 2-3 p.m. ET for a Webinar about Research on Rehabilitation Needs Associated with COVID-19. Dr. Cruz will introduce the NICHD Notice of Special Interest for applications of research on rehabilitation needs associated with COVID-19 and discuss what this notice means for funding opportunities.

Rehab Sciences | Nov 11 , 2020

A multidisciplinary team consisting of physicians, rehabilitation specialists, nurses, and data scientists looked at hip fractures. Using a visual analytical method Suresh K Bhavnani, PhD and team were able to identify subgroups of patients with hip fractures who shared pre-existing conditions and map out how combinations of these conditions could lead to a higher risk of readmissions. Read the UTMB News post, Data Science Driven by a Family Need and the scientific article, How High-Risk Comorbidities Co-Occur in Readmitted Patients With Hip Fracture: Big Data Visual Analytical Approach.

Rehab Sciences | Sept 14 , 2020

NIH Rehabilitation Research 2020: Envisioning a Functional Future October 15-16, 2020. This trans-NIH conference will highlight advances in rehabilitation research that have emerged since the 2016 Rehabilitation Research at NIH: Moving the Field Forward conference. This meeting also will help inform the revision of the congressionally mandated NIH Research Plan on Rehabilitation. This event is free to attend - register today!