Meredith E. Drench Lecture: “No Brakes: A Journey Toward Physical Activity for All”

2015 Meredith E. Drench Lecture: “No Brakes: A Journey Toward Physical Activity for All” presented by Cheri Blauwet, MD

Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

4:00-5:00 p.m.

BU Sargent College

635 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 101

Boston, MA 02215

Admission is free. The public is cordially invited.

There will be a reception following the lecture in the Setterberg Lounge, 2nd floor. Contact Katy Staley, 617-353-2705 for more details or to request special accommodations.

About the Speaker

Cheri Blauwet, MD, is an instructor in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and an attending physician at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She also serves as the disability access and awareness director for Spaulding Rehabilitation Network. She is a graduate of the Stanford University School of Medicine and completed her residency training in PM&R at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School where she served as chief resident. She went on to complete a sports medicine fellowship at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

Additionally, she is a Paralympic athlete in the sport of wheelchair racing, competing for the United States Team in three Paralypmic Games (Sydney ’00, Athens ’04, Beijing ’08) and bringing home a total of seven Paralympic medals. She is also a two-time winner of both the Boston and New York City Marathons and has been nominated for the ESPY Award, the Laureus World Sports Award, and Women’s Sports Foundation Athlete of the Year.  She is the chairperson of the International Paralympic Committee’s Medical Committee and serves on the Board of Directors for the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as well as the Neilsen Foundation Quality of Life Grant Review Board.

Watch last year’s Drench Lecture, “My Personal Journey: From the Bedside to the Halls of Congress,” presented by Karen Daley, President of the American Nurses Association.