Welcome to the New NCDDR
About the Presenters
Ellen Blasiotti is a Senior Project Officer in
the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDRR), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
at the U.S. Department of Education. She manages a portfolio of
projects relating to Knowledge Translation and Knowledge Dissemination
and Utilization. Ms. Blasiotti has 37 years of experience in public
affairs, disability and rehabilitation research, information dissemination
and utilization, writing and editing and rehabilitation research
grant and contract administration.
Arthur M. Sherwood, P.E., Ph.D. is Science
and Technology Advisor at NIDRR. In this role, Dr. Sherwood has
played a major part in the Institute’s strategic planning
and is heavily invested in establishing new approaches to evidence
vetting. He continues his particular interest in spinal cord injury
research, exploring new opportunities for NIDRR’s Model Systems
program. Dr. Sherwood joined NIDRR after carrying out faculty and
research roles at Texas A&M University, Baylor College of Medicine,
the Texas Medical Center, The Institute for Rehabilitation and
Research (TIRR), and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical
Center.
John Westbrook, Ph.D., is a Program Manager for
SEDL's Disability Research to Practice (DRP) Program and has been
a member of the SEDL staff since 1982. Projects he leads include
the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
(NCDDR), Research Utilization Support and Help (RUSH) project,
and subcontract to the Disability Law Resource Project (DLRP).
His current work includes strategies for increasing awareness of
knowledge translation and the effective dissemination and utilization
of evidence-based disability-related information.
Joann Starks is a Program Associate with SEDL's
National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR).
Her current interests include Communities of Practice (CoPs), evidence-based
guidelines and systematic reviews of disability research, copyright
issues, and use of the Internet and other electronic dissemination
information systems. Ms. Starks joined SEDL in 1995, following
positions at the Universities of Colorado and New Mexico.
Frank Martin is a Program Associate with SEDL's
National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR).
His interests include research dissemination and utilization, communication
theory and practice, ethnicity and culture, health communication,
and community-based participatory methods. Prior to joining SEDL
in 2003, Mr. Martin was Director for the Information Dissemination
and Educational/Academic Liaison (IDEAL) Core, part of the Excellence
Centers for Eliminating Ethnic and Racial Disparities (EXCEED)
research initiative at Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston
Center for Quality of Care & Utilization Studies, a VA Health
Services Research and Development Center of Excellence.
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