Recent Updates
First Wave of SPECIAL Symposia for ACRM 2025
The first batch of Special Symposia has been confirmed — featuring breakthrough topics, global leaders, and transformative research. These sessions are headed to Chicago for ACRM 2025 and represent the best of what’s next in rehabilitation science.
Reserve your spot now —> before the full program drops.
Registration here. Rates go up soon.
Margaret Nosek Award Lectureship “Building Partnerships Between Rehabilitation Providers and Hired and Family Caregivers”
PRESENTER
Jeanne M. Zanca, MPT, PhD, FACRM
Assistant Director, Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research
Kessler Foundation — West Orange, NJ, USA
*This is an Award Lectureship by the ACRM Spinal Cord Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group (SCI-ISIG)*
Brucker Special Symposium: Expanding Rehabilitation Services Across Africa
PRESENTERS
Niita Maria Malima, MD
Founder and Team Leader
Uugumbo Medical — Windhoek, Namibia
Andrew J. Haig, MD
Emeritus Professor, PM&R, University of Michigan; President, Haig Consulting LLC; Faculty at Medical College of Wisconsin, University of Vermont, Dartmouth College; Middlebury, VT, USA
Each year, the ACRM International Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group (I-ISIG) sponsors the Brucker International Symposium held during the ACRM Annual Fall Conference & EXPO.
AI-powered Movement Analysis & Causal Framework for Precision Rehab
PRESENTER
R. James Cotton, MD, PhD
Physician-Scientist
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab / Northwestern University — Chicago, IL, USA
Oncology Rehabilitation & Exercise
PRESENTER
Kathryn H. Schmitz, PhD, MPH, FACSM, FTOS, FSBM, FNAK, FSEM
Interim Director, Professor
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center / University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine — Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Technology-driven Therapy: Neurorehab Future Directions
PRESENTER
Lode Sabbe, MS, OT
Innovation Manager, Rehabilitation
University Hospital Ghent / Ghent University / Howest University — Ghent, Belgium
Beyond Chatbots: AI in Chronic Disease & Rehab
PRESENTERS
Mojtaba Khaliji
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — Urbana, IL, USA
Md Refat Uz Zaman Sajib
Graduate Research Assistant, Health & Kinesiology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — Urbana, IL, USA
Chungyi Chiu, CRC, LPC
Associate Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — Urbana, IL, USA
Exercise & Brain Health in Multiple Sclerosis
PRESENTER
Brian M. Sandroff, PhD
Assistant Director, Center for Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research
Kessler Foundation — West Orange, NJ, USA
Machine Learning + Wearables in SCI Research
PRESENTERS
Gino Panza, PhD
Assistant Professor
Wayne State University / Department of Veterans Affairs — Leonard, MI, USA
Andrew D. Delgado, PhD
Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine — New York, NY, USA
Alexandra Soltesz
Doctoral Student
Wayne State University — Detroit, MI, USA
Zijian Huang
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Shane Balthazaar, PhD, RDCS, FASE, FHEA
Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham — Birmingham, UK
Tom E. Nightingale, BSc, PhD, FHEA, AHCS
Assistant Professor in Exercise Physiology
University of Birmingham — Birmingham, UK
