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Our recent publication in Neurology details an innovative method that directly correlates brain regions with patterns of paralysis in patients follow their strokes. These finding could offer patients a pathway for enhanced rehabilitation.   Leveraging his expertise as the Director of the Neurorecovery Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. David Lin’s work through the Stroke …

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Julie DiCarlo, MS will be presenting her abstract, “Distinct Clinical and Neuroanatomic Factors Associated with Function-based versus Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Stroke,” as a poster presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society’s 51st Annual Meeting in San Diego, California on February 1-4, 2023.

Julie DiCarlo, MS will receive the Mary “Kay” Ryan Award for Excellence in Support of Clinical Research in recognition of her remarkable work in supporting clinical research at Massachusetts General Hospital. LTNr PI, David Lin, MD, on Julie’s contribution to clinical research at MGH: “Julie represents so many of the values that are core to …

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Richard Hardstone, PhD will receive the MGH Clinical Research Day, Neurology Abstract Award for his abstract titled “Persistent Asymmetry of Aperiodic Resting-state Neural Activity in Both Cortical and Sub-cortical Strokes.” Richard will present his findings and be recognized at the MGH Clinical Research Day on October 13, 2022.

Kelly Rishe, MSOT will be presenting her abstract, “Novel clinical trial of portable near-infrared spectroscopy-based (fNIRS) brain computer interface to augment motor recovery after stroke,” as an oral presentation at the Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource (MR3) Network Retreat on September 30th 2022.  Her presentation will be on the PROMOTE Trial which integrates a novel portable neuroimaging …

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Marina Petrilli, OTD was awarded the 2022 MGH Institute of Health Professions Department of Occupational Therapy Emerging Scholar Award. This award honors a student or group of students that have distinguished themselves through significant participation in scholarly work during their time as occupational therapy students at the MGH Institute of Health Professions or within one year of …

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The LTNr team attended the annual meeting of the American Society of Neurorehabilitation (ASNR) in St. Louis, MO. Team members Richard Hardstone, Julie DiCarlo, and Sarah Cavanagh all presented their accepted abstracts as poster presentations on April 1, 2022. The titles of their abstracts are: Richard Hardstone, PhD: “Persistent Asymmetry of Aperiodic Resting-State Neural Activity …

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The Laboratory for Translational Neurorecovery is honored to welcome Kelly Rishe to our team. Kelly Rishe received her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy in 2015 from Medical University of Southern Carolina in Charleston, SC. Next, she served as an acute care OT for 6 years at their Medical University Hospital. More recently, Kelly has …

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Julie DiCarlo received the Stroke Rehabilitation Award from the American Stroke Association for her abstract titled “Patient-reported And Performance-based Outcomes Separate Independently And Are Associated With Distinct Patterns Of Neuroanatomical Injury After Stroke”. Julie will present her findings and be recognized at the 2022 International Stroke Conference on February 9, 2022 from 7:36 am – …

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