Presentations:

Selassie, A.W., Guimaraes, P., Ferguson, P.L., and Pickelsimer, E.E. Predictors of long-term disability after traumatic brain injury. Denver, Colorado, May 11, 2005.

Pickelsimer, E.E., Selassie, A.W., and Sample, P.L. Unmet service needs of community dwelling persons with Traumatic Brain Injury one year after injury. Atlanta, Georgia, April 14, 2005.

Pickelsimer, E.E., Selassie, A.W., Sample, P.L., Heineman, A., Gu, J., and Veldheer, L. Perceived needs of community dwelling persons with Traumatic Brain Injury one-year after hospital discharge: findings from the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Follow-up Registry. Ponte Vedra, Florida, September 12, 2004.

Pickelsimer E.E.,, Selassie AW, Gu J, Veldheer L. Findings from the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Follow-Up Registry: service needs of 2,118 persons with Traumatic Brain Injury one year after hospital discharge. 7th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion. Vienna, Austria, June 6-9, 2004.

Horner MD, Labbate LA, Ferguson PL, Tweedy K, Selassie AW. Predictors of psychological symptoms and treatment one year after traumatic brain injury: A population-based, epidemiological study. American Neuropsychiatric Association 15th Annual Meeting, Bal Harbour, Florida, February 21-24, 2004.

Horner MD, Ferguson PL, Selassie AW, Labbate LA, Tweedy K, Corrigan JD. Patterns of alcohol use one year after traumatic brain injury: A population-based, epidemiological study. Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Baltimore, Maryland, February 4-7, 2004.

Pickelsimer EE, Selassie AW, Gu J. Interim findings of the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Follow-up Registry: factors associated with unemployment one-year post injury. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Tucson, Arizona, October 24-26, 2003.

Selassie, A.W., Rhoades, D.R., and Damian, G. Repetitive Traumatic Brain Injury - A population based risk analysis of hospital discharges and ED visits among persons who had more than one TBI, South Carolina 1996-2001. Tucson, Arizona, October 24, 2003.

Pickelsimer EE, Selassie AW, Gu J. Does working >20 hours per week predict satisfaction with life one-year after traumatic brain injury? International Congress on Brain Injury. Stockholm, Sweden, May 23-26, 2003.

Pickelsimer EE, Selassie AW, Gu J, Veldheer L. Factors associated with working <20 hours per week one-year after traumatic brain injury―the Follow-up Study in South Carolina, 1999-2001. Safety in Numbers Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, April 28-29, 2003.

Whiteneck G, Selassie AW, Pickelsimer EE, Brooks CA, Mellick D. Breakfast Session: Measuring Outcomes Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Results and Findings of the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Follow-up System. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Assembly. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2-6, 2002.

Pickelsimer EE, Selassie AW, Gu J. Self-Reported Needs at One-Year Post Injury of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury: Findings from the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Follow-up Registry. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Assembly, Philadelphia, PA, October 5, 2002.

Selassie AW, McCarthy ML, Pickelsimer EE. Disparity in the Delivery of Inpatient Care Among Trauma Patients in the Emergency Department. International Epidemiology Association. Montreal, Canada, August 18-22, 2002.

Whiteneck G, Selassie AW, Pickelsimer EE, Brooks CA. Course: Statewide, Population-Based Follow-up Outcomes of People Hospitalized with Traumatic Brain Injury in Colorado and South Carolina. Findings from the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Follow-up System. Brain Injury Association 21 st Annual Symposium. Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 26, 2002.

Pickelsimer EE, Veldheer, L, Gu J, Selassie AW, Langlois JA. Self-Reported Needs of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury at One Year Post Injury: Findings from the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Follow-up System. Brain Injury Association 21 st Symposium. Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 25, 2002.

Pickelsimer EE, Selassie AW, Gu J, Gravelle W, Broadhurst S. Does employment after TBI predict life satisfaction for persons with traumatic brain injury as measured by the SWLS? Preliminary findings from the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Follow-up Registry. Brain Injury Association 21 st Annual Symposium. Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 25, 2002.

Gravelle WJ. Traumatic Brain Injury Due to Sports and Recreational Activities in the Emergency Department in SC: Pitfalls of the ICD-9-based External Causes of Injury Coding. 10th Anniversary Celebration of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. “Models of Safety.” Baltimore, Maryland, June 20, 2002.

Selassie, A.W., and Gu, J. Quantitative assessment of uncertainty using sensitivity analysis: A Model-based approach to characterize prognostic factors in Traumatic Brain Injury deaths. Honolulu, Hawaii, June 5, 2002.

Selassie, A.W., Pickelsimer, E.E., Veldheer, L., Kelley, M., and Frazier Jr., L. Mortality and long-term disability after Traumatic brain injury - a population based analysis of hospital discharges in South Carolina, 1981-2000. Atlanta, Georgia, December 3, 2001.

Selassie, A.W., Gu, J., and Thomas-Koger, M. Estimation of the incidence of learning domain disabilities among patients with Stroke and TBI using statewide hospital discharge data systems. Atlanta, Georgia, October 21, 2001.

Selassie, A.W., Pickelsimer, E.E., Gravelle, W., and Clifford, J. Population-based evaluation of concussions and unspecified head injuries in South Carolina, 1996-2000. Atlanta, Georgia, July 28, 2001.

Selassie, A.W., Pickelsimer, E.E., Frazier Jr., L., and Wilson, D.A. In-hospital deaths due to Traumatic Brain Injury: a population-based analysis in South Carolina, USA, 1990-1999. Torino, Italy, May 5, 2001.

Selassie, A.W., Bradley, E.P., and Langlois, J.A. The need for population-based Traumatic Brain Injury follow-up registry systems for children: evidence from statewide hospital discharge and emergency visit surveillance activities in South Carolina, 1989-1999. Chicago, Illinois, August 1, 2000.

Selassie AW, Langlois JA, Bradley (Pickelsimer) EP. Building a Case for the Needs of People with Traumatic Brain Injury: Design and Methods for the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Registry and Follow-up System. Brain Injury Association National Conference. Chicago, Illinois, July 31, 2000.

Langlois JA, Bradley (Pickelsimer) EP, Rhoades DR, Selassie AW, Sniezek J. Outcomes of Traumatic Brain Injury: Methods for a Population-Based Investigation. World Congress on Injury. New Delhi, India, March 2000.

Langlois JA, Helgeson S, Whiteneck G, Selassie AW, Kinde M, Bradley (Pickelsimer) EP. Population-based Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes Data: Translating into Policy and Ensuring Access to Services. Traumatic Brain Injury in the 21 st Century: Learning from Models of Research and Service Delivery. Bethesda, Maryland, December 2-4, 1999.

Selassie, A.W., and Bradley, E.P. Gender differences in TBI severity - a population based analysis in South Carolina: 1981-1998. Bethesda, Maryland, December 2, 1999.

Selassie, A.W., Bradley, E.P., and Rhoades, D.R. Determinants of hospitalization among individuals with less-severe TBI: a population-based discharge and Emergency Department (ED) visit analysis in South Carolina, 1996-1997. Quebec, Canada, June 12, 1999.

Selassie, A.W. Epidemiology of TBI and critical data issues (panel presentation). New Orleans, Louisiana, November 3, 1998.