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Paralyzed Veterans of America's Cal-Diego Chapter Participates in Panel Discussion on Medical Research for People with Disabilities
--(Business Wire)--
Paralyzed Veterans of America:
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WHO:
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Cody Unser, The Cody Unser First Step Foundation
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Paralyzed Veterans' Cal-Diego Chapter
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Paralyzed Veterans' National Senior Vice President, Al
Kovach
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Principle Investigator-Dr. Adam Kaplin, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
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Co-Investigator-Dr. Daniel Becker, MD, Assistant Professor of
Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Director of
International Neurorehabilitation Institute
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Operation Deep Down Dive Team
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WHAT:
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Following the 'Sea of Change' documentary film screening, which
follows Cody Unser, and nine wheelchair-dependent disabled
veterans during a weeklong pilot study exploring the neurological,
psychological, and pulmonary effects of scuba on individuals with spinal
cord injury (SCI), a panel discussion will take place to
discuss current medical research for people with disabilities.
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The study featured in the documentary film was conducted in May
2011, and sponsored by the Cody Unser First Step Foundation in
partnership with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and
the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury. The preliminary
study found that scuba diving may help improve muscle movement,
touch sensitivity and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in
people with SCI.
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WHEN:
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
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2:30 pm - Introduction & Film Screening
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3:30 pm - Q&A Panel Discussion
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WHERE:
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VA Medical Center
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Multi-purpose Room, 1st Floor
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3350 La Jolla Village Drive
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San Diego, CA (News - Alert)
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Paralyzed
Veterans of America was founded by a group of seriously injured
American heroes from the "Greatest Generation" of World War II. They
created a nonprofit organization to meet the challenges that they faced
back in the 1940s - from a medical community not ready to treat them to
an inaccessible
world. For more than six decades, Paralyzed Veterans' national office
and its 34 chapters
across the nation have been making America a better place for all
veterans and people with disabilities. (www.pva.org)
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