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Jeanne M. Zanca, MPT, PhD, FACRM

Assistant Director, Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research
Kessler Foundation
West Orange, NJ, United States

Jeanne M. Zanca is the Assistant Director for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Research at Kessler Foundation and a Research Associate Professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Dr. Zanca’s research focuses on secondary complications of SCI, emphasizing empowering interventions—programs or services that enable people with SCI and their loved ones to take the actions needed in everyday life to prevent and manage complications of SCI. Her current research focuses on training and support for family and hired caregivers of people with spinal cord injury. Dr. Zanca also contributed to developing the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System, a theory-based system for defining rehabilitation interventions designed to improve clinical education, practice, and research. Dr. Zanca is a co-investigator for the Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System and Chair of Kessler Foundation's Institutional Review Board. She has successfully competed for funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, the Department of Defense, the New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research, the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, and the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Dr. Zanca is a leader in the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, currently serving as Member-at-Large on the ACRM Board of Governors. Dr. Zanca received her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science and Master of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Pittsburgh, where her research work focused on pressure injury prevention and early detection. Her undergraduate degree in Biology/Psychology was completed at Rutgers University.

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