University of Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Science & Technology

02.22.2022!! #Pdog

Join Judy Chan and get your DICP certificate. The program link is https://www.diversity.pitt.edu//diversity-and-inclusion-ce

Staff Council Spring Assembly WHO ARE YOU IN THE LEGACY OF RACISM? Join Staff Council as we welcome Keynote Speaker, Felicia Savage Friedman, M.ED, E-RYT 500 (She/Her). She will give participants the opportunity to begin or continue to dismantle racism, patriarchy, and capitalism through the lens of self and collective care. Wednesday, March 9 at 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

One week until #PittDayofGiving! Your actions make an impact. See your contributions at work. Donate today to the Rehabilitation Science and Technology or Prosthetics and Orthotics Scholarship.

FEMA Provides Vaccine Resources and Information for People with Disabilities https://content.govdelivery.com//USACCESS/bulletins/2c970a0

Here's a great opportunity for a Program Manager, Disability Accommodations for Built Environment within UPMC. Click on this link for the full job posting: : https://careers.upmc.com//6454209-program-manager-disabili

Listen to Dr. Brienza on this podcast http://ow.ly/l8uq50DO8Wh where he discusses the Prophylactic Dressing Standards Initiative with NPIAP and EPUAP.

Sara Múnera MS, Jon Pearlman PhD, Maria Toro PhD, Lynn Worobey PhD, Michael Boninger MD & Rory Cooper PhD (2021) Development and efficacy of an online wheelchair maintenance training program for wheelchair personnel, Assistive Technology, 33:1, 49-55, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2019.1619632

Fifth Annual Pitt Day of Giving Draws Record Number of Donors. @PittTweet received gifts totaling nearly $2.5 million from alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends in all 50 states and 31 countries! #H2P https://www.pittwire.pitt.edu//fifth-annual-pitt-day-draws

Congratulations to the following RST authors: Kamalakannan, Paula W. Rushton, Ed Giesbrecht, David F. Rusaw, Selsabil-A. Bouziane, Melodie Nadeau, Jennifer McKee, Rosemary J. Gowran, R. Lee Kirby, Jessica P. Pedersen, Tomasz Tasiemski, Yohali Burrola-Mendez, Marco Tofanin, Mary Goldberg & Jon Pearlman (2020) Wheelchair service provision education for healthcare professional students, healthcare personnel and educators across low- to high-resourced settings: a scoping review protocol, Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2020.1852325

Lee-Hauser, C.R., Schein, R.M., Schiappa, V.J., Pruziner, A.L., Tostenrude, D., Goedhard, K.E., Nelson, L.M., & Schmeler, M.R. (2020). Demographic and Functional Characteristics of National Veterans Wheelchair Games Participants: A Cross-sectional Study. Military medicine, usaa398. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaa398

Ott, K.K., Schein, R.M., Saptono, A., Dicianno, B.E. & Schmeler, M.R. (2020). Veteran & Provider Satisfaction with a Home-Based Telerehabilitation Assessment for Wheelchair Seating & Mobility. International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 12(2), 3-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/ijt.2020.6341

Congrats! Bell, M., Schein, R.M., Straatmann, J., Dicianno, B.E. & Schmeler, M.R. (2020). Functional Mobility Outcomes in Telehealth and In-Person Assessments for Wheeled Mobility Devices. International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 12(2), 27-34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/ijt.2020.6335

Congrats Yohali!! https://twitter.com/pittshrs/status/1338574758707912705?s=21