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12.15.10 ¦ Bancroft expert joins board of Brain Injury Association

The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey has appointed Bancroft's Cynthia Boyer, Ph.D., to its board of trustees. Dr. Boyer is senior clinical director of our brain-injury programs.

In this volunteer position, Dr. Boyer will help the BI A support and advocate for people affected by brain injuries, and raise public awareness through education and prevention efforts.

"A brain injury can happen to anyone at any time, and 175,000 New Jersey residents currently live with disabilities from traumatic brain injuries," says Dr. Boyer. "As a BIA board member, I look forward to helping more people cope with and avoid these devastating injuries."

At Bancroft, Dr. Boyer oversees all clinical aspects of brain-injury programs, including rehabilitation, day treatment, community living, and home- and community-based programs for about 200 adults at more than a dozen sites in southern and central New Jersey.

A clinical psychologist with more than 20 years of experience in neuropsychology and brain-injury rehabilitation, Dr. Boyer is also an adjunct faculty member at Rowan and Widener universities, and at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is affiliated with Cooper University Hospital's neurology department, and is a medical rehabilitation surveyor for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. She serves on the board of the Academy of Brain Injury Specialists, a division of the national Brain Injury Association. She is licensed in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania as a clinical psychologist.

For more information on the Brain Injury Association, visit www.bianj.org.