Department faculty at ACRM 2026

Faculty and adjunct faculty from the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the UW School of Medicine will present research through talks and posters at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) 103rd Annual Fall Conference & EXPO, October 12-16, 2026, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. 

Note: the schedule is subject to change. Please visit the 103rd Annual Fall Conference & EXPO website for more detail.

Tuesday, October 13

4:45 to 5 p.m. ET | NIDILRR ARRT Fellows Symposium: Emerging Scholars in Rehabilitation Research
NIDILRR ARRT: Positive Reliable Change from 1 to 10 Years After TBI: Personal, Injury, and Psychosocial Factors
With co-author Jeanne M. Hoffman, PhD.

7 to 8 p.m. ET | Poster viewing

• Factors Associated With Depression One Year After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Does Baseline Depression Matter?
  With co-author Jeanne M. Hoffman, PhD.
• Psychological, Participation, and Functional Factors Associated With Depression One Year After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
  With co-author Jeanne M. Hoffman, PhD.
• Temporal Associations Between Pain Intensity and Physical Activity Differ Based on Degree of Nociplastic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis
  With co-author Dawn M. Ehde, PhD.
• Development and Assessment of a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure of Managing Menstrual Periods for Women With Physical Disabilities
  With co-author Dagmar Amtmann, PhD.
• Comparison of Research-Grade and Low-Cost Thermal Cameras for Quantifying Skin Vasculature Response in Transtibial Prosthesis Users
  With co-author Joan E. Sanders, PhD.

Wednesday, October 14

3:15 to 3:30 p.m. ET | Pain Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System Oral Presentations
Development and Temporal Validation of a Prognostic Model for Physical Function in Patients Initiating Non-operative Care for Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Presented by Sean D. Rundell, PT, DPT, PhD, with co-authors Pradeep Suri, MD, and Janna Friedly, MD, MPH.

3:45 to 4 p.m. ET | Brain Injury Oral Presentations 1
Understanding How Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Impacts the Career and Independence of Young Adults
With co-author Nancy R. Temkin, PhD.

Thursday, October 15

1:30 to 1:45 p.m. ET | Spinal Cord Injury Oral Presentations 2
Intervening Quickly: Preliminary Efficacy of a Computerized Processing Speed Intervention in Recent Traumatic SCI
With co-author Charles H. Bombardier, PhD, ABPP.