Dr. Albin T. Jousse Lecture Series: Changing trends in spinal cord injury in the COVID-19 era: Findings from the United States Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Database
Speaker: Dr. Yuying Chen
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Biography
Dr. Chen is a Tenured Professor and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Dr. Chen received her medical education and PM&R residency training in Taiwan. She subsequently earned a Master of Public Health degree from Yale University and PhD in epidemiology from UAB. She presently serves as the Project Director of the National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)-funded National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center that directs and manages the National Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Database. Dr. Chen’s research focuses on the epidemiology, mortality, and secondary conditions after spinal cord injury (SCI) and has published >90 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. To promote the use of data from the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Database for rigorous research, Dr. Chen has provided methodological consultation and assistance to investigators worldwide. Dr. Chen is a member of the Editorial Board of the Topics in SCI Rehabilitation, Oversight Committee of the NIH SCI Common Data Elements, International SCI Data Set, and ISCoS Prevention Committee.