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Congratulations to the 2024 Fellow of ASIA (FASIA) Recipients
Fellowship in the American Spinal Injury Association (FASIA) is bestowed by the Board of Directors in recognition of distinguished accomplishments in spinal cord injury research, clinical practice, education, and advocacy, and for a longstanding active membership of service to the society.
The designation of FASIA recognizes prominent contributions to, and support of, ASIA’s policies, practices, operations, and goals, which together advance its organizational mission.
The 2024 FASIA recipients will be honored during the Annual Scientific Meeting, May 20-23 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2024 Fellow of ASIA (FASIA) Award Recipients |
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Amy Bohn is an occupational therapist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in the hand and upper extremity program. Over the years, Amy has developed expertise in treating both pediatric and adult spinal cord injury and complex neurological diagnosis across the continuum of care including ICU, inpatient rehabilitation, day program, outpatient, home health, and community programs. Amy has completed presentations on management of the upper extremity in acute, rehabilitative, and chronic phases of spinal cord injury on local, national, and international levels as well as has publications focusing on management of upper extremity in neurologic patients. | |||
Dr. Jennifer Coker has been at Craig Hospital since April 2012 and is the Co-Project Director of the SCI Model Systems and PI for several other projects. Dr. Coker has worked in the field of traumatic SCI since 1997. She obtained a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in May 2001, where she won the James W. Alley Award for Outstanding Service to Disadvantaged Populations, and a PhD in Clinical Science from the University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus in 2020. | |||
Linda Jones, PT, PhD, has been working in spinal cord injury for more than 20 years. She is an Associate Professor at Thomas Jefferson University and a consultant to biotechnology companies, universities, and non-profits including the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, to advance spinal cord injury research. After focusing on physical therapy interventions in the intensive care unit, she managed the first cell based trial in spinal cord injury followed by the first study utilizing cells derived from human embryonic stem cells in the United States. | |||
Julio C. Furlan is a staff neurologist and a Clinician Investigator in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Lyndhurst Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and KITE Research Institute University Health Network, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto. He is a trained head and neck surgeon from Brazil, who holds a MBA degree in Health Administration, an MSc degree in Clinical Epidemiology, and a PhD degree in Neuroanatomy. | |||
Dr Steven Kirshblum is the Chief Medical Officer for Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (KIR), Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the Chief Medical Officer for the Kessler Foundation (KF). He also serves as the co-director of the Northern NJ Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems and co-director for the Center for Spinal Stimulation at KF. He has served in numerous leadership roles for national organizations including past president of Academy of Spinal Cord Professionals (ASCIP), American Paraplegia Society, Chair of the International Standards Committee for ASIA, and completed 2 terms on the Governing Board of the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA). | |||
Dr. Magnuson received his PhD (Neuroscience) from the University of British Columbia where he worked with Dr. Hugh McLennan. He did postdoctoral work at University College London and at the University of Ottawa. He joined the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Louisville in 1995 and was a founding member of the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center. His research efforts have focused on spinal cord circuitry, the central pattern generator for locomotion, plasticity, rehabilitation and how activity influences functional recovery after SCI. | |||
Shari McDowell, PT, DPT, has been a part of Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia since 1992 as a physical therapist, educator, and an administrator. She is a licensed clinician with expertise in the areas of physical therapy (PT) in the intensive care unit and acute management of patients following spinal cord injury (SCI). She served as the PT lead for a large, multi-center study, SCIRehab, which sought to find relationships between therapy activities and best outcomes to enhance the rehabilitation process.Read More
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Devinder Poonian is the President and Chief Executive Officer of DP Clinical, a company she founded in 1994. Ms. Poonian has more than 30 years of experience in preclinical and clinical research and has led DP Clinical in the conduct of hundreds of Phase I-IV clinical trials. Under Ms. Poonian’s leadership, DP Clinical has provided a full complement of CRO services for critical care, dermatology, infectious disease, neuroscience, oncology, and ophthalmology clinical programs, with a particular focus in spinal cord injury research. | |||
Thank you to the 2024 FASIA recipients for their contributions to ASIA and SCI Science. | |||