Lessons From Sustained Multidisciplinary Research Collaborations in Global Rehabilitation

Thursday, February 19, 2026

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM CDT

Room: Volunteer Ballroom D

Session Leader(s)

Aarti Deshpande, CPO, FAAOP, MS-HCA (she/her/hers)

Clinical Manager
UCSF

Speaker(s)

Cody McDonald, PhD, MPH, L/CPO (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
University of Washington
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
JN

Jonathan Naber
Francesca Riccio-Ackerman, BS, MIHMEP, PhD Candidate (she/her/hers)

Researcher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Miramar, Florida, United States
Nerrolyn Ramstrand, PhD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Prosthetics and Orthotics
Jönköping University
Jönköping University, Sweden
Gränna, Jonkopings Lan, Sweden

This session will bring together a multidisciplinary panel of clinicians/researchers engaged in ongoing global rehabilitation collaborations that involve research and dissemination. Speakers will share their projects, results, and lessons learned that can be applied to clinical and research practice in the U.S.

Learning Objectives:

Describe approaches used in global rehabilitation research in LMICs
Consider how global rehabilitation projects can rigorously implement data collection, analysis and dissemination
Discuss how lession learned through resesarch in LMICs can be applied to clincial and research practice in the US