[YSPNetwork] Fwd: Importance of Injury Research for U.S. Veterans: from Prevention to Rehabilitation

[Donna NOONAN]

YSPNetworkers,
A forum, "The Importance of Injury Research for US Veterans: from Prevention to Rehabilitation" will be held on Thursday, January 20 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at the Portland state office building. Please see below and attached for more details. Kathleen Carlson of the Portland VA Medical Center will present. 
Donna


Kathleen Carlson is an injury epidemiologist and health services researcher examining the interplay between physical and psychological trauma among U.S. military veterans. 
 
Using a public health framework, she will: 
(1) describe the burden of intentional and unintentional injury among veterans and 
(2) present some of her research examining risk factors for veteran injury and the rehabilitation of veterans with traumatic brain injury and co-occurring post-traumatic stress disorder.
 
Please post and disseminate. 
 
Thanks. 
 
Ken
 
 
 
Kenneth D. Rosenberg, MD, MPH
Maternal & Child Health Epidemiologist
Oregon Public Health Division
Office of Family Health
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 850
Portland, OR 97232
Telephone: (971) 673-0237
Fax: (971) 673-0240
e-mail: ken.d.rosenberg at state.or.us
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