This curriculum vitae summarizes Manon Maitland Schladen's background and experience in disability and rehabilitation research. She has over 20 years of experience directing research projects, with a focus on patient-centered design, qualitative methods, and online learning interventions. She is currently a director at the VA Medical Center and a senior research associate at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, where she manages several funded research projects related to spinal cord injury and telehealth technologies.

1. Curriculum Vitae
MMSchladen CV 1
Manon
Maitland
Schladen
303 Washington Street
Annapolis, MD 21403
202-302-1931
lmanon@nova.edu
BRIEF: Disability and rehabilitation researcher focused on health care
improvement through understanding the patient experience and building
responsive treatments and systems. Skills in patient-centered design, qualitative
study design and analysis, distance learning and treatment interventions.
Professional Experience
RESEARCH SERVICE, VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DC
2013- Present: Director of Implementation, 5/8th
appointment, Health
Science Specialist
 Oversee the project portfolio of WeLL (Well-being Literacy via Multimedia
Education and Psychosocial Research), a multi-organizational, collaborative
program established through the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for
Clinical Translational Science (GHUCCTS), of which VA is a collaborator.
 Work to develop communities of interest across the GHUCCTS and VA research
centers nationwide to develop proposals for research in the area of health literacy
and community re-integration for civilian and Veteran populations.
 Serve as project director for COMPASS, a 4-year VA Office of Research and
Development MERIT award to develop and conduct a randomized controlled trial of a
novel goal management intervention for Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury and
executive function disorder.
RESEARCH DIVISION, MEDSTAR NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, WASHINGTON
DC
2010- Present: Senior Research Associate
 Serve as a co-investigator on sponsored projects. Areas of expertise include qualitative
methods, patient engagement and participatory action research, design of patient-
centered clinician instruction, online learning.
 CURRENT PROJECTS:
oThe Impact of Self-Management with Probiotics on Urinary Symptoms and the
Urine Microbiome in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury and Spina Bifida
(Sponsor - PCORI - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute)
 Role: Manage project qualitative design and analysis; engage patients and families
substantively in design and conduct of patient-to-patient focus groups and qualitative
analysis
oDevelopment of a Patient-Centered Medical Home for Persons with Spinal
Cord Injury (Sponsor - Craig H. Neilsen Foundation)
 Role: Requirements gathering, design, implementation and testing of a personal health
record to support self-management for persons with spinal cord injury and improve
continuity of care through patient-controlled sharing of information among providers.
oQualitative investigation of clinical and community approaches to assess
fitness in persons with spinal cord injury (Sponsor - Department of Defense)
 Role: Qualitative analysis of clinician and patient interviews
 PRIOR ROLES ON SPONSORED PROJECTS:
o2009-2014: Co-Director of Training, Rehabilitation Research and Training

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Center on Secondary Conditions in Spinal Cord Injury (Sponsor - National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research-NIDRR)
Focus: Knowledge and information needs of the underserved, technology to address
health disparities and continuity of care, multimedia in clinician self-, peer- and faculty
assessment
o2006-2011: Assistant Director for Knowledge Translation, National Capital
Spinal Cord Injury Model System (Sponsor - National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research-NIDRR)
Focus: Online technology in disability awareness, clinical training and health care
navigation
o2004-2006: Manager, Information Dissemination and Utilization (Across all
NIDRR sponsored projects)
Focus: Translation of spinal cord injury rehabilitation research for consumers and service
providers.
REHABILITATION ENGINEERING SERVICE, NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL,
WASHINGTON DC
2002-2006: Research Program Manager
 Provided day-to-day oversight of two, large, multi-site center grants fielding over
20 individual research projects: The Assistive Technology and Neuroscience
Research Center (sponsor -Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research
Center -TATRC, an office of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel
Command -USAMRMC), and the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
(sponsor - the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research -
NIDRR)
 Monitored project progress and budget (earned value). Interacted with corporate
budget and procurement to assure cost-effective but timely allocation of resources.
Coordinated weekly meetings of collaborators over videoconferencing; worked with
investigators to address problems. Managed telehealth outreach (infrastructure
process key to research progress) to Guam, Yap and American Samoa. Worked
with investigators and project directors to produce quarterly and annual reports to
sponsors. Provided technical assistance to outside investigators and consumers
on subjects related to the centers’ research.
2001-2002: Research Project Coordinator & Systems Administrator
 Developed an online research tracking system for NIDRR and TATRC sponsored
projects at NRH. Developed data-driven consumer information portal in the area of
telehealth and assistive technology.
 Worked with organizational (MedStar) information systems to integrate research
management needs with enterprise software utilities (IBM). Developed procedures
and training manual for management of protocols from inception through both
organizational (MedStar) and sponsor (Army) IRBs.
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC
2000-2001 Research Operations Manager, Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Center (RERC) on Telerehabilitation; Manager, Home Care and
Telerehabilitation Laboratory
 Concurrent appointments, jointly funded by NIDRR and the Whitaker Foundation.
Mentored undergraduate biomedical engineering students in project-based
learning implementing H320, H323, and H324 videoconferencing for distance (tele)
rehabilitation service provision. Provided technical support to RERC investigators
at local and remote sites.

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1999-2000: Graduate Research Assistant (full stipend), Department of
Biomedical Engineering
 Developed department’s H323 (IP) videoconferencing capacity to support distance
rehabilitation research in the context of NIDRR center grant, RERC on
Telerehabilitation.
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, WASHINGTON, DC
1991-1993: Clinical Information Systems Analyst
 Responsible for Radiology clinical system, speech recognition in mammography
reporting; Y2K planning and implementation.
1988-1991: Clinical Information Systems Programmer
 Responsibilities: Patient Registration System, Radiology, and Pathology on MUMPS-
based hospital information system. Internal and external interfaces, and FORTH-based
terminal emulation.
Professional Education
2015 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
 Data Science Specialization (study in progress)
2015 Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
 PhD, Computing Technology in Education
o Dissertation: Formative Research on an Instructional Design Theory for
Virtual Patients in Clinical Education
2012 MedStar Health Teaching Scholars in conjunction with the Association of
American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
 MERC (Medical Education Research) Certificate
2011 MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
 Knowledge Translation and Disparities Fellow (pre-doctoral)
2010 Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
 EdS (Education Specialist Advanced Certification, Educational
Technology)
2007 University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
 Post Graduate Certificate, Systems Engineering
2002 The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
 MSE (Master of Science in Engineering)
1988 University College, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
 BS, Computer Science (summa cum laude)
Honors and Certifications
 Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute,
2003-present
 Member Upsilon Pi Epsilon, International Honor Society for Computer
Sciences, inducted 2010
 Medical Education Research Certification (MERC), American Association of
Medical Colleges, 2012

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Peer Review Activities
Journals
 Medical Education, 2013-present
 Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 2009-present
Grants
 National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDILRR – formerly NIDRR),
o Peer review panelist, 2015, 2012, 2004 (invited)
 Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT), Health Resources and
Services Administration
o Objective Review Committee, Telehealth Network Grant Program,
2003
o Independent expert reviewer for congressionally mandated
telehealth projects, 2002
Conferences
 Online Learning Consortium (formerly Sloan Consortium)
o Learning Effectiveness track expert reviewer, 21st
Annual
International Conference, 2015
 Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North
America (RESNA)
o Expert reviewer for international appropriate technology, rural
rehabilitation, assistive robotics/mechatronics, and functional
electrical stimulation submissions, 2004
o Topic submission coordinator, 2003
Participation in Professional Organizations
 American Congress or Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)
o Military and Veteran Networking Group, Community Re-integration
Taskforce, 2015
 Online Learning Consortium (OLC)
o Learning Effectiveness Track Expert Reviewer, 2015
 National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers
(NARRTC)
o Chair, Knowledge Translation Committee, 2010-2013
 American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
o Telerehabilitation SIG Secretary, 2003-2004
 Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North
America (RESNA)
o Telerehabilitation SIG Chair, 2002--2004
Peer-Reviewed Articles, Abstracts & Media
(In chronological order. Names formerly used: Lauderdale, D.; Lauderdale, M.)
Lauderdale, D., Broering, N. C., & Cigtay, O. S. (1991). Speech recognition
cuts report turnaround time. Diagnostic Imaging (San Franc), 13(11), 196-198,
201. PMID: 10148901

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Lauderdale, D., Lacsamana, C., & Palsbo, S. (2003). Medicaid and
Telemedicine in 2002. Telehealth Practice Report, 8(4), 14-15.
Savard, L., Borstad, A., Tkachuck, J., Lauderdale, D., & Conroy, B. (2003).
Telerehabilitation consultations for clients with neurologic diagnoses: cases
from rural Minnesota and American Samoa. NeuroRehabilitation, 18(2), 93-
102. PMID: 12867672
Lauderdale, D., Libin, A., Kroll, T., Hsieh, C.H., & Groah, S. (2007). Poster 58:
Optimizing spinal cord injury best practices in acute care nursing. Archives of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88(10), e21-e22.
doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2007.08.091
Libin, A., Lauderdale, M., Spungen, M.I., Myers, C.C., & Groah, S. (2008).
Healthy Tomorrow: Formation of disability awareness and empathy in
preschool children [Abstract]. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 31(2), 229-230.
Terry, M., Halstead, L.S., O'Hare, P., Gaskill, C., Ho, P.S., Obecny, J., …
Lauderdale, M. (2009). Feasibility study of home care wound management
using telemedicine. Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 22, 358-364. PMID:
19638799
Groah, S. L., Libin, A., Lauderdale, M., Kroll, T., DeJong, G., & Hsieh, J.
(2009). Beyond the evidence-based practice paradigm to achieve best practice
in rehabilitation medicine: a clinical review. PMR, 1(10), 941-950. doi:
10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.06.001 PMID: 19797005
Libin, A., Lauderdale, M., Milo, Y., Shamloo, C., Spencer, R., Green, B., …
Groah, S. (2010). Role-playing simulation as an educational tool for health
care personnel: developing an embedded assessment framework.
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 13(2), 217-224.
doi:10.1089/cyber.2009.0040 PMID 20528282
Lauderdale, M., Hsieh, J., & Triyono, B. (2010). Poster 121: Multimedia
versus text: Which format provides a more reliable measure of clinical
documentation practice among research occupational and physical therapists?
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91(10), E41. doi:
10.1016/j.apmr.2010.07.150
Libin, A., Schladen, M. M., Ljungberg, I., Triyono, B., Jacobs, S., Reinauer,
K., … Groah, S. (2011). YouTube as an online disability self-management tool
in persons with spinal cord injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation,
16(3), 84-92. doi: 10.1310/sci1603-84
Pineda, C., Schladen, M. M., Ljungberg, I., Triyono, B., & Groah, S. (2011).
Clinical skills development using online problem-based learning for
assessment, management and prevention of pressure ulcers in persons with
spinal cord injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 16(3), 58-69. doi:
10.13/sci1603-58
Schladen, M. M., Libin, A., Ljungberg, I., Triyono, B., & Groah, S. (2011).
Toward literacy-neutral spinal cord injury information and training. Topics in

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Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation,16(3), 70-83. doi:10.1310/sci1603-70
Schladen, M. M. (Writer/Director), & Tsai, B. (Videographer/Co-Director).
(2011). The role of navigators in community health [Video]. Available from
http://www.sci-health.org/protectdc/
Magee, M. F., Nicolato, C., & Schladen, M. M. (2012). Lessons from case
studies of a patient-centered eHealth technology self-care management
platform. Journal of Health Information Management, 26(3), 62-70.
Schladen, M. M., & Pineda, C. G. (2013). Enhancing clinical education and
training, improving care. Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, March/April.
Groah, S. L., Schladen, M., Pineda, C. G., & Hsieh, C.-H. J. (2014).
Prevention of pressure ulcers among people with spinal cord injury: A
systematic review. PM&R ( published first online). doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmrj.2014.11.014 PMID: 25529614
Schladen, M., & Groah, S. (2014S). State of the science on cardiometabolic
risk after spinal cord injury: recap of the 2013 ASIA Pre-Conference on
Cardiometabolic Disease. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 20(2),
105-112. doi: 10.1310/sci2002-105
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings and Other
Professional Society Publications
(Former names used: Lauderdale, D.; Lauderdale, M.)
Lathan, C., Rosen, M., Brennan, D., Trepagnier, C, Tran, B., & Lauderdale, D.
(2000, November). Dimensions of diversity in design of telerehabilitation
systems for universal usability. In J. Thomas (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2000
conference on Universal Usability (pp. 61-62). Arlington, VA: Association for
Computing Machinery.
Rosen, M.J. & D. Lauderdale (Eds.) (2002). Proceedings. State of the
Science Conference on Telerehabilitation and Applications of Virtual Reality.
Washington, DC: NRH Press.
Rosen, M.J., Winters, J.M., & Lauderdale, D. (2002). State of the Science
Conference:Telerehabilitation. In J. Winters, C. Robinson, R. Simpson, & G.
Vanderheiden (Eds.), Emerging and Accessible Telecommunications,
Information and Healthcare Technologies. Arlington, VA: RESNA Press.
Tran, B.Q., Krainak, D.M., Lauderdale, D., & Winters, J.M. (2002). Video
telephony in tele-health care: Accessible and emerging technologies. In J.
Winters, C. Robinson, R. Simpson, & G. Vanderheiden (Eds.), Emerging and
Accessible Telecommunications, Information and Healthcare Technologies.
Arlington, VA: RESNA Press.
Lauderdale, M. (Writer/Director), & Triyono, B. (Videographer/Co-Director).
(2008). Leave It! 5th Annual Film Festival. San Diego, CA: American Public
Health Association. Available from

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBku03WAXMA
Lauderdale, M., Ljungberg, I., Triyono, B., Libin, A., & Cohen, M. (2010).
Factors influencing preschool teachers’ use of a video versus print medium
storybook to introduce concepts of health and disability awareness. In D.
Gibson & B. Dodge (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology
& Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 1136-1143).
Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Ljungberg, I., Jacobs, S., Reinauer, K., Libin, A., & Lauderdale, M. (2010,
May). Use of multimedia to increase functional mobility and knowledge in
individuals with spinal cord injury. 36th Annual Scientific Meeting. Nashville,
TN: American Spinal Cord Injury Association.
Lauderdale, M., Ljungberg, I., Triyana [Triyono], B., Libin, A., & Cohen, M.
(2010). Usability of a video storybook in a pilot health and disability awareness
project in preschool. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational
Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2010 (pp. 785-794).
Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Lauderdale, M., Ljungberg, I., Triyono, B., Libin, A., & Cohen, M. (2010). A
case study comparison of video and print storytelling in preschool health and
disability awareness. In C. Maddux et al. (Eds.), Research highlights in
information technology and teacher education (pp. 267-276). Chesapeake, VA:
Society for Information
Schladen, M. M., Tsai, B., Ljungberg, I., & Libin, A. (2011, October).
Transitioning to life after spinal cord injury: The “how to” approach. Presented
as part of the symposium, Life transitions and rehabilitation: From case studies
to epidemiology. ACRM-ASNR Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Schladen, M. M., Farr, D., Tsai, B., Gomez, J., Dromerick, A., Gibbons, M. C.,
Kidwell, C. (2011, November). Internet-based technologies in navigator training
and support: A pilot study in the context of secondary stroke prevention.
Roundtable presented at the 139th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the
American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.
Schladen, M. M., Ljungberg, I, Libin, A., & Groah, S. (2011, November).
Development of a preliminary use case for personal health records in spinal
cord injury health information self-management. Paper presented at the 139th
Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association,
Washington, DC.
Schladen, M. M., Pineda, C., Tsai, B., & Philmon, M. (2012, May). Translation
of a hybrid, standardized patient/mannequin simulator learning module to a
virtual patient platform: A case study. Paper presented at the Medbiquitous
Annual Conference, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Schladen, M. M., Farr, D. E., Tsai, B., Pederson, A., Dromerick, A., Gibbons,
M. C., & Kidwell C. (2012, May). Application of virtual patients in community
health worker training. Paper presented at the Medbiquitous Annual

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Conference, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Schladen, M. M., Pineda, C., Libin, A., & Milo, Y. (2012, June). Design for
enhancing development of clinical reasoning skills and their transfer to patient
care: Exploring the effect of low to high fidelity sequenced simulation on novice
clinician performance. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the
Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM), Stavanger,
Norway.
Schladen, M. M., & Snyder, M. M. (2013). Formative research on an
instructional design theory of virtual patients. Paper presented at the Health
Professions Educational Research Symposium, "Psychological, Cognitive, and
Social Approaches to Teaching and Learning: What's the Evidence?", Fort
Lauderdale, FL.
Schladen, M. M., Pineda, C. G., & Castillo, M. (2014, May). Use of a pressure
ulcer prevention virtual patient to round out the selective/elective learning
experience in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Paper presented at the
Medbiquitous Annual Conference, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD.
Libin, A. V., Schladen, M. M., Danford, E., Scholten, J., & Synder, M. (2015).
The explanatory power of QUAL in Veteran-centered RCTs. Paper presented
at the 6th Annual Conference of The Qualitative Report, Fort Lauderdale-
Davie, FL.
Libin, A. V., Scholten, J., Schladen, M. M., & Danford, E. (2014). Advances in
psychosocial rehabilitation: Social integration and community participation in
vulnerable populations. Paper presented at the 91st Annual Conference of the
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Toronto, CA.
Schladen, M. M., & Snyder, M. M. (2015). Qualitative researchers: 21st
century renaissance wo-/men? Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference
of The Qualitative Report, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Schladen, M. M., Snyder, M. T.. Libin, A., & Terrell, S. (2015, May). Formative
Research on an Instructional Design Theory for Virtual Patients in Clinical
Education: A Pressure Ulcer Prevention Clinical Reasoning Case. Paper
presented at the Medbiquitous Annual Conference, Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Community Service
FOCUS: INCREASING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BY PROMOTING
ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY AND ENABLING COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP
Howard Park Civic Association, Baltimore, MD
Board member since 2012. Founded and chair the Association’s Committee on
Parks and the Environment. Partner with the community school, Calvin M.
Rodwell Elementary, to provide environmental awareness programming and
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Spa Creek Conservancy, Annapolis, MD
Promote and organize outreach, education, and engagement of two public
housing communities in the Hawkins Cove mini-watershed. Efforts support the
Conservancy’s Chesapeake Bay Trust planning grant to restore the health of
Hawkins Cove to support aquatic life and human recreation and pleasure.
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATIONS
State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Certified Stream Wader, 2015. Sample streams prioritized by DNR for benthic
macroinvertibrates according to Maryland State approved protocols.
Specimens and GIS collection data provided by trained volunteers are used to
extend the Maryland Biological Stream Survey, professionally collected data.
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Master Watershed Steward Candidate, 2014-2015. Master Watershed
Stewards work to raise awareness of how storm water runoff impacts
communities and help individuals and organizations choose and implement
best management practices to mitigate environmental impact of property
runoff.
Baltimore City, Maryland
 Baltimoreans United for Leadership Development (BUILD). 2012
graduate of BUILD University, grass-roots program teaching the “how to’s”
of community organizing.
 Blue Water Baltimore. Certified in Outfall Water Quality Monitoring (2015);
Storm Drain Stenciling Techniques, Youth Engagement and Safety (2014);
and trained in DIY rain barrel design and construction (2013).
 Tree Baltimore. Certified Treekeeper (2014) and Weed Warrior (2015).
Organize, train, and supervise community groups in tree planting, pruning,
and invasive species removal on City property.
Charitable and Non-Profit Groups Supported
 American Visionary Arts Museum
 Baltimore Museum of Art
 Blue Water Baltimore
 City Ranch (urban youth riding program)
 Eastport Civic Association
 Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park
 Howard Park Civic Association
 Maryland Zoo at Baltimore
 National Public Radio – WYPR Baltimore
 Rails and Trails
 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Eastport, MD
 Severn Riverkeeper
 Sierra Club
 Spa Creek Conservancy

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