Bonus Track: Bitesize SCI Care: What really Matters - The quality of life of people with SCI Ep 4

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the fourth episode of our Bitesize bonus track for SCI Care: What Really Matters. This week we published the 7th episode of our podcast series with a lively and incredibly insightful discussion with Prof Stanley Duchrame and Dr Jane Duff on ‘Overcoming adversity after spinal cord injury – a positive psychology perspective.’ Following on from this discussion we are now joined by our guest Dr Susan Charlifue. Dr Charlifue will not only talk about the importance of a positive psychology but also the importance of social health and the impact and factors this has on the overall quality of life of people with Spinal Cord Injury. Dr Charlifue is the Co-Principal Investigator of the SCI Model System at Craig Hospital in addition to coordinating several SCI research clinical trials. She is the Principal Investigator for both NIDILRR, Craig H Neilsen Foundation and Department of Defense SCI grants. In 2016 she was awarded the Society Medal from ISCoS for her outstanding contribution to the prevention or rehabilitation of spinal cord injury or research related to spinal cord injury.In this episode: Dr Charlifue gives her insights on the following question: ‘How does psychological heath affect the quality of life of persons with Spinal Cord Injury. What are the other factors which have an impact on the quality of life of such individuals.’Thank you for listening, please do subscribe to SCI Care: What Really Matters, podcast series on the podcast platform of your choice.Click here to register for the 59th ISCoS conference and this year it is fully virtual. You can access the preliminary programme hereEmail [email protected] for any questions or topic suggestions you may have for future episodes.This show is brought to you by ISCoS, you can follow us on Twitter @iscosmeetings, hosted by Dr Harvinder Chhabra produced and directed by Heather Pownall of Heather's Media Hub @heathershub--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scicare/messageThe opinions of our host and guests are their own; ISCoS does not endorse any individual viewpoints, given products or companies. You can follow us on Twitter and LinkedInContact us directly with any questions or comments at [email protected]