Gender	Male
E-mail	marcel.dijkers@mssm.edu
	marcel.dijkers@mountsinai.org
Education and Training	kandidaats, katholieke universiteit nijmegen
	doctoraal, katholieke universiteit nijmegen
	phd, wayne state university, detroit

Dr. Dijkers is senior investigator in the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on TBI Interventions, as well as for the New York TBI Model System at Mount Sinai. He is the research director of the New York Spinal Cord Injury Model System. He also is the principal investigator on a CDC-funded project to develop a Web site to help people with cognitive challenges interact with the health care system.

Dr. Dijkers is Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. Previously he was Manager of Research at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Wayne State University.

Dr. Dijkers has published more than 60 articles and chapters on the social and functional consequences of SCI/TBI, the delivery of health services for these conditions, outcome measurement, and methodological and statistical issues in rehabilitation research.

Education and Training	kandidaats, katholieke universiteit nijmegen
	doctoraal, katholieke universiteit nijmegen
	phd, wayne state university, detroit

Clohan DB, Durkin E, Hammel JD, Murray P, Whyte JR, Dijkers MB, Gans BM, Graves DE, Heinemann A, Worsowicz G. Post-acute rehabilitation research and policy recommendations. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007; 88: 1535-1541.

Bryce TN, Norrbrink Budh C, Cardenas DD, Dijkers M, Felix ER, Finnerup NB, Kennedy P, Lundenberg T, Richards JS, Rintala DH, Siddall P, Widerstorm-Noga E. Pain after spinal cord injury: An evidence-based review for clinical practice and research. J Spinal Cord Med 2007; 30: 421-440.

Bryce T, Dijkers M, Ragnarsson K, Stein A, Chen B. Reliability of the Bryce/Ragnarsson SCI pain taxonomy. J Spinal Cord Med 2006; 29: 118-132.

Dijkers M. Quality of life of individuals with spinal cord injury: A review of conceptualization, measurement, and research findings. J Rehabil Res Dev 2005; 42: 87-110.

Dejong G, Horn SD, Gassaway JA, Slavin MD, Dijikers MP. Toward a taxonomy of rehabilitation interventions: Using an inductive approach to examine the "black box" of rehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85: 678-686.

Dijkers M. Quality of life after traumatic brain injury: a review of research approaches and findings. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85: s21-s35.

Jackson AB, Dijkers M, Devivo MJ, Poczatek RB. A demographic profile of new traumatic spinal cord injuries: change and stability over 30 years. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85: 1740-1748.

Dijkers M. Individualization in quality of life measurement: Instruments and approaches. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003; 84: s3-s14.

Corrigan JD, Harrison-Felix C, Bogner J, Dijkers M, sendroy Terrill M, Whiteneck G. J. Systematic bias in traumatic brain injury outcome studies due to loss to follow-up. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003; 84: 153-160.

Dijkers M, Yavuzer G, Ergin S, Weitzenkamp D, Whiteneck GG. A tale of two countries: environmental impacts on societal participation after spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord 2002; 40: 351-362.