Alison Cernich

**Alison Nenos Cernich** Masaniyar ilimin kwakwalwa ce ta Amurka wadda ke da ƙwarewa a cikin raunin kwakwalwa da ƙididdigar ƙwaƙwalwa ta kwamfuta. Ita ce mataimakiyar darakta ta Cibiyar Kula da Lafiya ta Yara da Ci gaban Dan Adam ta Eunice Kennedy Shriver . Cernich a baya ya kasance mataimakin darektan Cibiyoyin Tsaro na Kyakkyawan Kiwon Lafiya da Raunin Brain, mataimakin farfesa na ilimin jijiyoyi a Makarantar Kiwon Lafiyar Jami'ar Maryland, kuma shugaban ilimin jijiyoyi na Neuropsychology a VA Maryland Health Care System.

## Ilimi
Cernich ta kammala karatu daga Makarantar Sakandare ta St. Mary's Dominican a shekarar 1993.  Ta sami B.A. a Jami'ar Loyola ta New Orleans inda ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a karkashin mai ba da shawara Catherine Wessinger .  Cernich ya kammala aikin bincike na predoctoral a cikin ma'auni na sakamako a Cibiyar Kessler don Rehabilitation, wanda Cibiyar Nazarin Kasuwanci, Rayuwa Mai Zaman Kanta, da Binciken Rehabilitasion ta tallafawa. A shekara ta 2002, ta sami Ph.D. a cikin ilimin halayyar asibiti daga Jami'ar Fairleigh Dickinson .  An yi wa rubutunta taken Predictors of post-injury substance use in traumatic brain injury: Neuropsychological and motivational variables. Neil A. Massoth ita ce mai ba da shawara ga digiri. Cernich ya kasance Mai bincike na postdoctoral a cikin kimiyyar kwakwalwa a asibitin MedStar National Rehabilitation . 

## Ayyuka da bincike
Cernich masanin ilimin kwakwalwa ne mai ƙwarewa. Ta kasance rauni na kwakwalwa (TBI) Liaison ga Ma'aikatar Tsaro, shugaban neuropsychology, da Darakta na Cibiyar Taimako ta Polytrauma a VA Maryland Health Care System, kuma mai bincike mai ba da kuɗi ta hanyar VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Service.  Ta kasance mataimakiyar farfesa a fannin ilimin jijiyoyi a Jami'ar Maryland School of Medicine (UM) inda ta binciki raunin kwakwalwa (TBI) da kuma kimantawar kwakwalwa ta kwamfuta.

Cernich ta yi aiki na tsawon shekaru 10 a Ma'aikatar Harkokin Tsohon Sojoji ta Amurka, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin mukaddashin mataimakin darakta na Cibiyoyin Tsaro na Kwarewar Lafiya da Raunin Brain (DCoE). A cikin wannan rawar, ta daidaita rigakafi, ilimi, bincike, da kokarin kula da asibiti ga ma'aikatan sabis da tsoffin sojoji da aka gano tare da TBI. 

### Cibiyoyin Lafiya na Kasa
Daga 2015 zuwa 2019, Cernich ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan Cibiyar Nazarin Kiwon Lafiya ta Kasa (NCMRR) a Cibiyar Kula da Lafiya ta Yara da Ci gaban Dan Adam ta Eunice Kennedy Shriver (NICHD). A matsayinta na darektan NCMRR, ta kula da fayil ɗin bincike na dala miliyan 72 da nufin inganta lafiyar da jin daɗin mutanen da ke da nakasa. Cernich ya jagoranci ci gaban shirin bincike na NIH Rehabilitation Research Plan, wani yunkuri wanda ya hada da daidaitawa tare da cibiyoyi da cibiyoyin 17 da masu ruwa da tsaki na waje da yawa. Ta kuma yi aiki a kwamitocin tsare-tsare da kwamitocin kula da gwamnati don shirye-shiryen bincike a cikin gwamnatin tarayya da suka dace da bincike na nakasassu da farfadowa. Cernich ya taimaka tare da sake fasalin shirin dabarun NICHD. Ta wakilci NICHD a kan shirye-shiryen trans-NIH, gami da Shirin All of Us da Taimako don Ƙarshen Jaraba na dogon lokaci (HEAL). 

A watan Satumbar 2019, an zabi Cernich a matsayin mataimakin darektan NICHD, inda ta taimaka wa darektan wajen kula da shirye-shiryen cibiyar da ke tallafawa bincike kan ci gaban yara, ilmin halitta na ci gaba, abinci mai gina jiki, HIV / AIDS, nakasa ta hankali da ci gaba, yanayin yawan jama'a, ilmin haihuwa, rigakafin ciki, da farfado da kiwon lafiya.

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