Stephanie Kolakowsky-Hayner, PhD
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Rehabilitation Medicine
Research Topics:
Behavioral Health, Brain, Cognitive Neuroscience, Diversity, Memory, Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord, ThalamusDr. Stephanie Kolakowsky-Hayner is an Associate Professor of Research in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai in New York, NY. She serves as the Director of Spinal Cord Injury Research, a Senior Investigator in the Brain Injury Research Center, and the Director of Rehabilitation Research Education. She is also the Immediate Past Chairman of the Board of the Brain Injury Association of California. She is an emeritus member of the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists’ Board of Governors and a current member the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Board of Governors. Stephanie is the Vocational-Community Issues Panel Chair for the Brain Injury Association of America and Mount Sinai’s Guidelines for Rehabilitation and Chronic Disease Management of Adults with Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury development project. She also serves on the Community Advisory Board of the DOD-funded Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium and as the Co-Chair of the 4th Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury. Stephanie has over 20 years progressively independent experience in research related to brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, and other neurologic disorders. To date, Dr. Kolakowsky-Hayner has made over 200 professional presentations and published over 220 peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and other information materials for professionals and consumers with disabilities.
Education
PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
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2017
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Best Poster Award for Main -
2016
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Mitchell Rosenthal Mid-career Award -
2015
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship Award -
2012
Mitchell Rosenthal Award -
2011
County of Santa Clara Employee of the Month -
2010
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Ambassador Award -
2002
AD Williams Scholar Doctoral Award, Virginia Commonwealth University -
1999
Commonwealth Award – Allied Health Scholarship Award, Virginia Commonwealth University -
1997
Charter Member of Alpha Epsilon Lambda Graduate Student Honor Society, Towson University -
1990
Dean’s List (intermittently) University Of Connecticut
Aging, Behavior, Brain, Cognitive Neuroscience, Locomotion, Memory, Neuroscience, Spinal Cord, Stroke, Thalamus
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Kolakowsky-Hayner during 2019 and/or 2020. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting:
- Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) ; Stanford University
Other Activities: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership.
- American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Prevention Committee; California State TBI Advisory Board; Traumatic Brain Injury Federal Interagency Conference
Scientific Advisory Board:
- California State TBI Advisory Board; Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium; Independence Care Systems SCI Advisory Committee; New York State Department of Health Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention National Violent Death Reporting System Advisory Board; Pink Concussions Professional Advisory Board
Service on Board of Directors: Service in a fiduciary capacity, such as an officer or director, for the following companies:
- Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS); American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine; Brain Injury Association of California
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.