Angie Garcia, Ryan Nussbaum, Chris Standaert
- Excellence in Patient Experience Awards
- Top UPMC Physician by Specialty
- Of the more than 5,000 UPMC physicians, they are among only 46 recipients of this award across UPMC’s specialties
Wendy Helkowski
- Accepted as a member of the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators
- Based on excellence in teaching, in medical education leadership, and in cultivating a thriving culture of inquiry
Chris Standaert
- Just graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a Master of Science in Health Care Transformation
- The only physiatrist in the world with this degree
Mike Boninger
- Keynote speaker at the MR3 Network meeting
- Anyone at Pitt can register for this event for free at the following website. Without registering, people can attend the lecture in person at the Mercy Pavilion in the large lecture hall 4.221 from 10:40 to 11:30 on Friday September 20th.
Lynn Worobey
- R01 Funded - Determining the relationship between experiences of ableism and health outcomes for people with mobility disabilities
- Shoutout to the grants team (Amanda and Gloria) - instrumental in supporting this submission
Corina Bondi
- One of 5 faculty receiving the NINDS Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship and the first one at Pitt
- Vice-President elect for the National Neurotrauma Society
- Received a 9% on a R03 grant on first submission
Lisa Stanford and Kathleen Hassara
- Article published
- Differential Contributions of Performance-Based and Parental Reports of Executive Functioning on Memory in Pediatric Focal and Generalized Epilepsies
Max Hurwitz
- Publications and research funded
- Presenting a PhyzTalks presentation at the Annual Assembly about street medicine and how it has impacted him, both personally and professionally
- Publications
- A dearth of disability‐related competencies in Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's Milestones 2.0 - Houtrow - PM&R - Wiley Online Library
- Racial disparities in prosthesis abandonment and mobility outcomes after lower limb amputation from a dysvascular etiology in a veteran population - Hurwitz - PM&R - Wiley Online Library
- New research and funding -
- CO-I on CTSI Bridge grant - Intersection of Homelessness and Disability: Examining health and housing service use and outcomes for people experiencing homelessness
- P-I on Hillman funded project looking at care and treatment of homeless individuals as they access traditional healthcare services
Sarah Laughlin
- Leading a panel presentation at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities’ (AUCD) Annual Meeting in November
- State Government and Health-Service Collaboration to Improve Access to Home/Community-Based Services for Those with Intellectual Disability and Autism