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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, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins UniversityProject: Assessing Haptic Sensory Impairment and its Impact on Motor Control Post-Stroke |
 | Brooke Dexheimer, PhD, OTD, OTR/LAssistant Professor of Occupational Therapy Department of Occupational Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, College of Health ProfessionsProject: A novel method of quantifying lateralized fine motor impairment in Parkinson’s Disease |
 | Peter C. Fino, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Health & Kinesiology, University of UtahProject: 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, PhDAssistant Professor of Research Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern CaliforniaProject: Wearable technology for measuring everyday experience in infants with cerebral palsy |
 | Reza Sharif Razavian, PhDAssistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Arizona UniversityProject: HAMSTER: A low-cost assessment and rehabilitation device for neuromuscular disorders |
 | Hakan Töreyin, PhDAssociate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, San Diego State UniversityProject: Wearable diaphragmatic efficiency monitoring technologies towards in-home respiratory monitoring of people with cervical spinal cord injury |
2022 Awardees
 | Mark V. Albert, PhDAssistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, University of North TexasProject: Pilot development and assessment of a precision gesture-to-speech system for speech-impaired individuals with limited mobility |
 | Sameer Ashaie, PhDResearch Scientist- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab |
 | Vasileios N. Christopoulos, PhDAssistant 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-SLPAssistant Professor, Clinician-Scientist, University of CincinnatiProject: Feasibility and Efficacy Study of Device-Facilitated Lingual Endurance Exercise in treating Post-Stroke Dysphagia |
 | Erin Meier, Ph.D., CCC-SLPAssistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern UniversityProject: Word Retrieval in the Wild: Ecological Momentary Assessment of Naming in People with Post-Stroke Aphasia and Age-Matched Controls |
 | Jinsook Roh, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston |
Past Awardees: 2021
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Past Awardees: 2020
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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.