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Burke-Blythedale Research Shines at the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Annual Meeting
PRESENTATION:
Annual MeetingSeptember 2017
Venue:
71st Annual Meeting of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) ![Burke at AACPDM](https://burke.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_960x400/public/presentation/burke-at-aacpdm.jpg?itok=UPR2vKp6)
Highlights:
- Dr. Melis Suner (Prusky Lab) presented a talk about vision testing in children with brain injury, using an automated assessment platform.
- Karen Chin (Friel Lab) presented about a proprioception assessment for children with hemiplegia, developed at Burke and potentially useful for kids at Blythedale.
- Dr. Aura Shoval (Resident) presented two posters about the use of botox to treat drooling in children with CP (pictured, right, with coauthors Kathleen Friel and Dr. Heakyung Kim).
- Sophia Lall (Carmel Lab) presented about a rodent model of corticospinal injury. It is hoped that findings from this model will help us develop better therapies for kids at Blythedale.
- Dr. Heakyung Kim presented about botox therapies for children with CP.
- Kathleen Friel presented about brain plasticity and therapies for adults with CP.
Kathleen Friel received the Corbett Ryan Pathways Pioneer Award for her work in brain plasticity and neurorehabilitation.
![Dr. Friel Recipient of 2017 Corbett Ryan Pathways Pioneer Award Dr. Friel Recipient of 2017 Corbett Ryan Pathways Pioneer Award](https://burke.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/panopoly_image_original/public/friel-corbett-ryan-award.jpg?itok=wvNgdlKf)
Dr. Friel pictured at right with Pat, Corbett, and Shirley Ryan