Yuying Chen, MD, PhD

Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Dr. Chen is a Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama. She also presently serves as the Director of the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center. Dr. Chen’s research focuses on the epidemiology, mortality, and secondary conditions after spinal cord injury (SCI) including urologic complications, pressure ulcers, obesity, and quality of life. Her research has been continuously funded through the NIDILRR, NIH, Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Foundation, and industries over the last 2 decades. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Oversight Committee of the NINDS SCI Common Data Elements, and International SCI Data Set. She has been an active member of the ACRM SCI Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group since 2010 and was selected as ACRM Fellow in 2019.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• IC21: Best Practices for Conducting Research Using the Spinal Cord Injury Models System Database

  Monday, November 7, 2022
  8:30 AM – 12:30 PM

• Advancing spinal cord injury research through data harmonization and integrative analysis across large data sets

  Tuesday, November 8, 2022
  2:15 PM – 3:30 PM

• Associations between functioning recovery, employment, and neighborhood disadvantage in people with spinal cord injury

  Wednesday, November 9, 2022
  11:15 AM – 11:22 AM

• Disparities in Access and Health Outcomes in People With Neurological Conditions

  Wednesday, November 9, 2022
  4:45 PM – 6:00 PM