The mission of the ASIA Early Career Committee is to nourish the career growth of students, trainees, and early career professionals with an interest in the SCI field, encourage interaction across rehabilitation disciplines and throughout the career trajectory, and foster leadership within the field.
We hope to see you at the ASIA Annual Scientific meeting where we’ll meet with ASIA board members for the Early Career breakfast and other networking activities. Other early career benefits include:
- Travel Awards
- Annual Meeting Poster and Oral Presentation Awards
- Webinars with topics of interest including Research Skills, Grant Writing, and Manuscript submissions.
- Fellowship opportunities and profiles
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Chair: Monica Perez, PhD Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Professor PM&R Northwestern University |
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Vice Chair: Annie Palermo, PT, DPT Neuroscience Research Australia New South Wales, Australia |
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Board Liaison: Rita Hamilton, DO, FAAPMR UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX |
Committee Members:
Alex Benedetto, PhD Student
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Julia Carter, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
James Cotton, PhD, MD
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Chicago, IL
Brent Fogel, Medical Student
NYITCOM
Glen Head, NY
Jacob Goldsmith, MS, PhD
Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center
Richmond, VA
Vincent Huang, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Jia Liu, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Melina Longoni
Hospital Los Madroños
Madrid, Spain
Bria MacIntyre, MS
Craig Hospital
Englewood, Colorado
David McMillan, PhD
University of Miami
Miami, FL
Ramanamurthy Mylavarapu, PhD
University of Miami
Miami, FL
Gregory Nemunaitis, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Laura Ramirez Abadia, MD
Colombia valle del cauca
Cali, Columbia
Rahul Sachdeva, PhD
International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD)
Vancouver, BC
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Shane Stone, MD
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
Chicago, IL
