Faculty Update - October 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Harrington and Dr. Maria Twichell, recipients of the 2020 Excellence in Patient Experience Award!
Dr. Jason Edinger celebrates 10 years at UPMC.
Dr. Mike Munin is appointed to serve on the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
Dr. Kerry DeLuca is appointed to serve as a member of the Academy's Health Policy and Legislation Committee.
Dr. Kentaro Onishi served on the International Olympic Committee at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Dr. Yetsa Tuakli's e-edition and editorial on sports equity was published by the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Dr. Tad Gorske presented at the PA Psychological Association Fall Conference.
Dr. Amy Houtrow is quoted in a PBS NewsHour story entitled, "For Paralympic athletes, challenges at 2020 Games echo longstanding barriers."
Dr. Allison Bean is awarded the Richard Materson ERF New Investigator Grant from the Foundation for PM&R.
Dr. Jessica Jarvis is the recipient of the of the Gabriella Molnar Pediatric PM&R Research Grant Award from the Foundation for PM&R.
Dr. Sarah Laughlin's poster “Family Leadership within Family-Hospital Partnership to Promote Accessible Healthcare for those with Autism Spectrum Disorder” is accepted to the AUCD Conference in November 2021.
Dr. Brad Dicianno is a Co-Investigator on an award from the NIDILRR entitled, "Promoting Mainstream Wireless Inclusion through Technology Services (PROMISE)."
The SCI Model Systems grant was renewed. Drs. Michael Boninger and Lynn Worobey are investigators with the Model Systems Center.