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How to Live with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - The Brainlash Way with Gail Denton

Read the transcript.Tune in to our Summer Brainstorm virtual speaker series presentation “’The Brainlash’ Way with author Gail L. Denton, PhD. Dr. Denton shares lesson...

Transition to the World After Brain Injury

2023 Spring BrainStormRead the transcriptKessler Foundation, in partnership with the Voices Advancing the Brain Injury Community (Voices), hosted a Mike-at-the-Mic ses...

10-Minute Silence with Bell Tones Meditation, Extended Version

Mindful Meditation Ep. 5 - 10-Minute Silence with Bell Tones Meditation, Extended Version Welcome to Kessler Foundation’s new four-part meditation series Mindful Medit...

5-Minute Silence with Bell Tones Meditation

Mindful Meditation Ep. 5 - 5-Minute Silence with Bell Tones Meditation Welcome to Kessler Foundation’s new four-part meditation series Mindful Meditation. The Center f...

20-Minute Loving Kindness Meditation, Extended Version

Mindful Meditation Ep. 4 - 20-Minute Loving Kindness Meditation, Extended Version Welcome to Kessler Foundation’s new four-part meditation series Mindful Meditation. T...

10-Minute Loving Kindness Meditation

Mindful Meditation Ep. 4 - 10-Minute Loving Kindness Meditation Welcome to Kessler Foundation’s new four-part meditation series Mindful Meditation. The Center for Trau...

20-Minute Body Scan Meditation

Mindful Meditation Ep. 3 - 20 Minute Body Scan Welcome to Kessler Foundation’s new four-part meditation series Mindful Meditation. The Center for Traumatic Brain Injur...

10-Minute Body Scan Meditation

Mindful Meditation Ep. 3 - 10 Minute Body Scan Welcome to Kessler Foundation’s new four-part meditation series Mindful Meditation. The Center for Traumatic Brain Injur...

10-Minute Awareness of Breath Meditation

Mindful Meditation Ep. 2 Extended - 10-MInute Awareness of Breath Welcome to Kessler Foundation’s new four-part meditation series Mindful Meditation. The Center for Tr...

5-Minute Awareness of Breath Meditation

Mindful Meditation Ep. 2 - 5-MInute Awareness of Breath Welcome to Kessler Foundation’s new four-part meditation series Mindful Meditation. The Center for Traumatic Br...

Mindful Meditation - Welcome

Mindful Meditation Ep. 1 - Welcome Welcome to Kessler Foundation’s new four-part meditation series Mindful Meditation. The Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research i...

Most Likely to Survive: Matt Faulkner

At age 18, Matt Faulkner’s entire life changed in an instant. In this powerful podcast, the co-author of the book Most Likely to Survive and subject of the documentary...

Ray Ruben: Recruiting and Motivating Participants for TBI and MS Research-Ep7

Life at Kessler Foundation - Episode 7Ray Ruben, a research assistant in the center for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research, discusses their dedication to recruiting...

Undaunted Resiliency: Falling 7 Times, Getting up 8 by Glenn Bott

Speaker Glenn Bott relayed his personal journey on starting over after traumatic brain injury (TBI). He shared many proven recovery tactics with other individuals with...

Managing Your Memory by Sarah A. Raskin, PhD

There are dozens of techniques people with brain injury can apply in their daily lives to help them learn and retain memories. Listen to Sarah A. Raskin, PhD, Charles ...

"Weasilience" - Handling Life's Wild Moments by Brain Injury Survivor Carole J Starr

In this episode, brain injury survivor Carole J. Starr, author, advocate, educator, and co-founder of Brain Injury Voices, shares her personal story: "Weasilience’: Ha...

What It’s Like to Volunteer in a Research Study

Ever wonder what it’s like to become a participant in a clinical research study? This podcast outlines all aspects of recruitment, vetting, protocols, and consideratio...

Pilot study explores neural mechanisms of balance dysfunction after traumatic brain injury – Ep 29

In this episode, Dr. Vikram Shenoy Handiru, associate research scientist in our Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research talks about his peer-review...

A Caregiver's Challenges - Resilience, Self-Care, and Love

Meet Ali Welch. She multitasks as mother, schoolteacher, and caregiver to her husband Pete, who was diagnosed with traumatic brain injury as result of a traumatic event.

Evaluating Sensory Acuity as a Marker of Balance Dysfunction After a Traumatic Brain Injury-Ep12

In this episode Dr. Rakesh Pilkar, senior research scientist from our Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation talks about his...

Dr. Erica Weber Credits Mentorship for her Career Path to Memory Rehabilitation Research - Ep15

Episode 15 features Dr. Erica Weber, a research scientist in our Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research. Producer Joan Banks-Smith interviews Dr. Weber about her w...

Applying Virtual Reality to Improve Job-reentry Skills in Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury-Ep6

In this episode, Dr. Helen Genova, assistant director of our Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research at Kessler Foundation talks about her study " Using v...

Silvio Lavrador on Traumatic Brain Injury Data Collection at Kessler Foundation

In this episode, I met up with Silvio Lavrador who worked for four and a half years as a research assistant in our Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research. Early on...

Gabriel Felix on Learning to Interact in a Clinical Setting

In this episode, I met up with Gabriel Felix who worked as a research assistant in our Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research where his primary focus was investiga...

Denise Vasquez on Participants are Everything

In this episode, I met up with Denise Vasquez who worked at Kessler Foundation from 2011-2018 where she started as a Research Assistant in the Center for Neuroscience ...

Christian Lucca on Balancing Research and Clinical Skills

In this episode, I met up with Christian Lucca who worked as a research assistant in our Center for traumatic Brain Injury from 2015-2017, where he recruited participa...

Andrea Trotta Gagliano On A First Look at TBI Research

In this first episode, I met up with Andrea Trotta Galliano, (Ms. Gagliano was a research assistant when this podcast was recorded) is a Senior Research Coordinator in...

Optimizing healthy sleep habits during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sleep is a critical function that contributes significantly to our physical and emotional health as well as our overall quality of life. Many individuals with disabili...

Social distancing with MS or a TBI: Difficulties with being *too close* and *too far*

Social distancing is becoming the new norm in the days of COVID-19. While quarantining is proving to be challenging for many Americans, there may be additional social ...

Caregiving for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury while Sheltering in Place for COVID-19

Caregiving for a loved one who has experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be stressful in the best of times, let alone during a pandemic. In this podcast, Dr. ...

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