The 2025 International Seating Symposium (ISS) call for papers has begun. In a July 10 bulletin, the ISS team announced the opening of the abstract submission period. “This is your opportunity to present your hard work to thousands of attendees at the world’s largest academic conference on wheelchair seating, mobility, and associated assistive technologies,” the…
2025 International Seating Symposium Calls for Abstracts
New ALS Guide Seeks to Boost Research Participation
Clinical professionals can use the guide to educate ALS patients about research opportunities.
A new guide from the Les Turner ALS Foundation seeks to expand the number of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who participate in clinical research, as well as the diversity of ALS clinical trial groups. In a May 16 announcement, the foundation said the step-by-step guide was created “to inform people on why clinical…
Motion Rehab Expos Begin in April
The day-long educational events are free to attend.
Motion’s 2024 Rehab Expo educational series begins this month with an event in Lethbridge, Alberta, on April 16. The Canadian Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) and durable medical equipment provider describes its one-day Rehab Expos as “a complimentary full-day education and networking event with presentations by leading health-care professionals and equipment suppliers.” The CEU events also…
Briefly: EPUAP Offers Support for New Researchers; UCLA Offers Disability Studies Major
Featuring the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and the University of California, Los Angeles.
EPUAP Announces Starting Grant The European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) is offering a €7,000 (about $7700 U.S.) starting grant to EPUAP members “to ignite innovative research ideas and empower the next generation of leaders in this important field.” Qualifying projects can be 12, 18, or 24 months long to provide flexibility to researchers, and…
What to Expect at the ISS Virtual Professional Summit
The ISS:VPS takes place online, Feb. 7 and March 6.
Following an in-person event last spring in Pittsburgh, the International Seating Symposium (ISS) won’t meet in person in 2024. But the University of Pittsburgh RSTCE team is still providing seating and wheeled mobility education — this year, in a virtual, two-day program designed to be optimally accessible to professionals around the world and with a…