C-STAR Team

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Richard L. Lieber

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Richard L. Lieber, PhD Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President of Research
Zev Rymer

Wearable sensors are our new eyes and ears for tracking rehabilitation progress. We look forward to bringing them into the clinic for routine use.

William Zev Rymer, MD, PhD Director, Research Planning Engineering in Neuroscience
Director, Sensory Motor Performance Program (SMPP)

Principal Investigators

Dr. Zev Rymer
William Zev Rymer, MD, PhD
Director, Research Planning Engineering in Neuroscience
Director, Sensory Motor Performance Program (SMPP)
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Richard L. Lieber
Richard L. Lieber, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President of Research
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Professional Staff

Rebecca Bagdy
Rebecca Bagdy
Executive Director, Academy
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Dr. Hendricks Brown
C. Hendricks Brown
C-STAR Implementation Science and Community Engagement Core Director

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medical Social Sciences,
Northwestern University
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Dr. Leora Cherney
Leora R. Cherney, PhD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS
Scientific Chair, Think + Speak Lab
Director - Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment
Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Communication Sciences & Disorders
Coleman Foundation Chair
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Julius Dewald PhD
Julius Dewald, PhD
Co-Director, C-STAR Clinical Core

Chair, Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences,
Professor of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern
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Levi Hargrove, PhD
Levi Hargrove, PhD
Scientific Chair, The Regenstein Foundation Center for Bionic Medicine
Director, Neural Engineering for Prosthetics and Orthotics Lab
Associate Professor, Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Engineering, Northwestern University
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Allen Heinemann, PhD
Allen Heinemann, PhD
Director, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research
Professor, Department of PM&R, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern
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Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhD
Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhD
Executive Director, Technology & Innovation Hub (tiHUB); Director, Max Näder Center for Rehabilitation Technologies & Outcomes Research
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Dr. Kandula
Namratha R Kandula, MD, MPH
Co-Director, C-STAR Implementation Science Core

Co-Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Community Health
Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University
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Betsy Owens
Betsy Owens
Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer & Senior Vice President
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Eric Perreault, PhD
Eric Perreault, PhD
Research Scientist
Northwestern, Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering; Professor, PMR
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Miriam Rafferty
Miriam Rafferty PT, DPT, PhD
Director of Implementation Science, Research Scientist II
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
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Dr. Elliot J. Roth
Elliot J. Roth, MD, FACRM
Attending Physician, Brain Innovation Center
Paul B. Magnuson Professor and Chairman of PM&R,
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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