Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute

Check out our Brain Injury Functional Outcome Measure (BI-FOM)! A 31-item tool designed to assess global functioning across the full spectrum of recovery after moderate or severe brain injury (#TBI). Developed using Rasch Analysis for precision and reliability. https://lnkd.in/euRP_dev #BrainInjuryAwarenessMonth

In a recent study, Dr. Amanda Rabinowitz and colleagues examined cognitive performance in individuals with #TBI who experience chronic pain. They found that higher pain levels and greater interference were associated with poorer cognitive outcomes, emphasizing the importance of considering pain as a factor affecting cognition. https://lnkd.in/e_BtcK4H

It's #BrainAwarenessWeek! Brain Awareness Week is a global campaign celebrating the wonders of the brain and the impact of brain science on our daily lives! Every March, communities worldwide host events to inspire curiosity and support for neuroscience. https://lnkd.in/g-Mwprq8 #BrainInjuryAwarenessMonth #TBI #BrainInjury

Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems centers, including ours, have been advancing care and outcomes for people with #braininjury close to 40 years! Find a MSKTCTBI center near you: https://lnkd.in/easeKV52 Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC), Jefferson Moss-Magee Rehabilitation #BrainInjuryAwarenessMonth #TBI

Happy #InternationalWomensDay from all of us at Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute!

Drs. Amanda Rabinowitz and Umesh Venkatesan co-authored a recent paper exploring episodic memory differences in older adults with and without moderate-severe #TBI. Their findings suggest a connection between memory performance and default mode and frontoparietal network connectivity, with hippocampal-subcortical resting-state connectivity being the least reliable. Link: https://lnkd.in/e6mCuyh7

Mark your calendars!?? Dr. Amanda Rabinowitz will be a panelist at the National Neurotrauma Society's public forum on June 14th. Check out the flyer for more details!?? #BrainInjuryAwarenessMonth #TBI #BrainInjury

We enjoyed hosting Dr. Noa Herz at our Cognition Behavior and Emotion Focus Area Meeting yesterday! Dr. Herz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology, and she gave an excellent presentation titled "Memory in the Human Brain: From Stabilization to Modulation". Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University #memory #neurology #neuroscience

A recent study from Drs. Amanda Rabinowitz and Umesh Venkatesan examining depression and apathy in older adults with TBI was featured in the latest Thomas Jefferson University Research Roundup! Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/egucQktz #BrainInjury #TBI #Depression #Apathy

??Mental health issues like apathy or depression are common in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and can result from patients’ challenges with everyday functions. Jefferson Health brain injury researchers investigated levels of depression and apathy in older adults with TBI. Both conditions have been reported in older adults with dementia and with Parkinson’s disease, but there’s less data on apathy in people with TBI. Amanda Rabinowitz, MD, PhD, associate director of Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, and her colleague Umesh Venkatesan, PhD, found that people with apathy were more likely to have cognitive problems (like with attention control). People with depression were less likely to engage socially. And people with signs of both had overall poorer functioning. ??Read more about how studies like these can inform clinical guidance and therapeutic approaches for these conditions in Thomas Jefferson University News written by Jill Adams: https://lnkd.in/eRmm-myF