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Each year  projects are selected to receive funding as part of the Center for Smart Use of Technologies to Assess Real-World Outcomes (C-STAR) Pilot Project Program. Projects are chosen based on the quality of their research design and innovation, potential impact on patient care, alignment with C-STAR’s mission to advance technology in rehabilitation, and ability of the research team to lead efforts toward securing extramural funding. The awardees have the opportunity to take advantage of all the resources C-STAR offers, including collaborations, mentorship and expertise from C-STAR leadership and core directors in the design and conceptualization of their projects.

Congratulations to all of the awardees!

Jeremy D Brown, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Project: Assessing Haptic Sensory Impairment and its Impact on Motor Control Post-Stroke

Brooke Dexheimer, PhD, OTD, OTR/L Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy Department of Occupational Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, College of Health Professions Project: A novel method of quantifying lateralized fine motor impairment in Parkinson’s Disease

Peter C. Fino, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Health & Kinesiology, University of Utah  Project: Quantifying head turns during daily living: establishing normative reference values and preliminary recovery trajectories after vestibular schwannoma resection using wearable sensors

Kari Kretch PT, DPT, PhD Assistant Professor of Research Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California  Project: Wearable technology for measuring everyday experience in infants with cerebral palsy

Reza Sharif Razavian, PhD Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Arizona University Project: HAMSTER: A low-cost assessment and rehabilitation device for neuromuscular disorders

Hakan Töreyin, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, San Diego State University  Project: Wearable diaphragmatic efficiency monitoring technologies towards in-home respiratory monitoring of people with cervical spinal cord injury

2022 Awardees

Mark V. Albert, PhD Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, University of North Texas Project: Pilot development and assessment of a precision gesture-to-speech system for speech-impaired individuals with limited mobility

Sameer Ashaie, PhD Research Scientist- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab           Shirley Ryan Affective and Emotion Rehabilitation Lab (SAfER)           Research Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Project: Real-world assessment of mood in stroke aphasia

Vasileios N. Christopoulos, PhD Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside https://www.christopouloslab.com/ Project: Detection and characterization of motor activity in behaving infants through the use of novel ultrasonic brain imaging technology

Brittany N Krekeler, PhD, CCC-SLP Assistant Professor, Clinician-Scientist, University of Cincinnati Project: Feasibility and Efficacy Study of Device-Facilitated Lingual Endurance Exercise in treating Post-Stroke Dysphagia

Erin Meier, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University Project: Word Retrieval in the Wild: Ecological Momentary Assessment of Naming in People with Post-Stroke Aphasia and Age-Matched Controls

Jinsook Roh, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston           Director, Rehabilitation Engineering for Improving Neuromotor Control (REIGN) Laboratory Project: Automated quantification of movement quality during standard clinical assessment using upper-extremity exoskeleton for stroke rehabilitation

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The C-STAR Pilot Project Program will fund at least four projects per year. Visit our Pilot Projects Funding page to learn more about future opportunities for funding.

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