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Faculty Update – January 2026

Amy Wagner

  • Appointed to National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Committee on Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery and Late Effects for Social Security Disability Evaluation

Melissa Sutcliffe

  • Completed the Pitt Advanced Faculty Leadership Program
    • For mid-career and senior faculty members is designed to cultivate transformative academic leaders through shared leadership training

Karen Barr and Kevin Franzese

  • Article accepted for publication in PM&R - “A medical education leadership track for PM&R residents: A promising way to develop clinician educators”

Amery Treble

  • Published "Differential DNA Methylation of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Gene is Observed after Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Compared with Orthopedic Injury" in the Journal of Neurotrauma

Lynn Worobey

  • Mobility and the Impact of Psychosocial Factors Following Spinal Cord Injury to the Neilsen Foundation Psychosocial Research mechanism funded

Ted Barrios

  • Received funding through the PUnCh program