Enabling America Assessing the Role of Rehabilitation Science and Engineering (1997) / Chapter Skim
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D Committee and Staff Biographies
D Committee and Staff Biographies
Pages 382-392
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Prior to assuming his current responsibilities in 1992, Dr. Brandt served as Executive Dean of the College of Medicine of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
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Dr. Baum has served as President of the American Occupational Therapy Association and as President of the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board, and she has recently completed a term at the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research at the National Institutes of Health and on the McDonnel Science Foundation Task Force for Improving Cognitive Rehabilitation.
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She is also the Project Director and Principal Investigator of the Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) System, one of 18 model SCI centers funded by NIDRR.
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His research concerned control and movement of the human eye; this work stimulated his interest in muscle mechanics, electromyography, and the human motor control system. In 1966, he joined the Orthopaedic Surgery Department at the Northwestern Medical School.
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His honors and awards include the Presidential Award of the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with Combat V, the Veterans Administration Exceptional Service Award, the Citation for Meritorious Service from the American Hospital Association, the Silver Medal Award of the American College of Hospital Administrators, the American Medical Association's Nathan Smith Davis Award, the Alumni Award of Merit from Northwestern, and honorary degrees from Albany Medical College and Wabash College, his alma mater.
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and foundation research grants, primarily on the neural and biomechanical constraints of human locomotor control. He was the 12th Annual Eugene Michels Researcher's Forum Featured Speaker of the American Physical Therapy Association and received its 1994 Golden Pen Award for Distinguished Scientific Writing.
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Turk assisted the Paralyzed Veterans Association in developing their practice parameters for spinal cord injury rehabilitation. In the publication sphere, Dr.
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He has published extensively and has received many awards and distinctions for his research. He has served as President for the Orthopaedic Research Society, the American Society of Biomechanics, and the International Society for Fracture Repair and as Chairman for the Bioengineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the United States National Committee on Biomechanics, and the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
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During his tenure at the National Academy of Sciences, and since 1989 at the Institute of Medicine, Dr. Pope has directed and edited numerous reports on environmental and occupational issues; topics include injury control, disability prevention, biologic markers, neurotoxicology, indoor allergens, and the inclusion of environmental health content in medical and nursing school curricula.
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She has conducted research in molecular hematology and virology and has had a distinguished career in government, serving in numerous positions including as Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Research programs at the National Institutes of Health, and in her last position, as Acting Director of the National AIDS Program Office. Her expertise includes molecular biology and genetics, health science program management, health policy analysis, and program development.
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