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Shu Cole, PhD: Working to Make Air Travel More Accessible for People with Disabilities and Older Adults
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COMPLETE: Monitoring Community Mobility after Stroke using Smartphones
Phones are a highly functional wearable sensor. This project looks at data gathered from the phone while those who have survived stroke carry a phone daily.
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College Students Take Longer to Recover from a Concussion
It takes 7-14 days to recover from a concussion. Researchers questioned if it takes longer in college students who find it difficult to find time to recover.
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Promoting Job Retention for Persons with a Physical Disability: Employer, Client, Job, and Environment-Related Barriers and Facilitators
Project of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC) grant sponsored by NIDILRR: Promoting Job Retention for Persons with a Physical Disability.
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Pamela Capraro: A Career of Helping People with Disabilities Return to Work
Pamela Capraro and her husband were trying to find better care for their nine-year-old daughter in the late 1980s when they brought her to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) for an appointment.
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Wearable Robotics for Fall Prevention
We will develop a portable device that is easy to wear and does not interfere with a patient’s gait, unless when necessary to prevent a fall.
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Collaborator Spotlight - Ari Houser: COVID-19 proves the critical importance of data
In his work at the AARP Public Policy Institute, Ari Houser converts data that covers a variety of issues into information that advocates at AARP and state agencies around the country can use to illustrate the need for changes in their long-term services and supports (LTSS) systems.
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Angelika Kudla: A Talent for Translating Scientific Research and a Passion for Mental Health
Learn more about Angelika Kudla and her talent for translating scientific research and a passion for mental health.
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Heidi Fischer: Combining Occupational Therapy with Research and Teaching
Fischer, OTD, is now doing exactly that as a Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) where she specializes in self-management for people with chronic conditions such as stroke and diabetes.
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Stefania Fatone: Her Life in Orthotics is Both an Art and a Science
Learn more about Stefania Fatone and her life in orthotics which is both an art and a science.
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Tim Tansey: Dedicated to Finding Ways to Support People with Disabilities Find or Get Back to Work
Learn more about Tim Tansey and his dedication to finding ways to support people with disabilities find or get back to work.
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David Rowland: Advising Corporate Clients on Implementing the ADA
When the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990, Rowland started helping the firm’s corporate clients figure out how to implement the new law in their workplaces and employment policies.
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