Rehabilitation Roundup for February 2018
Greetings!

This month we have many exciting talks - BME is conducting a faculty search focused on brain-machine interfaces. Our CARE Meeting will be on 2/16 from 2-4pm in EER 1.504 where the first hour will be spent as just a general PI discussion followed by a talk at 3pm by U of Hartford's Adam Goodworth on engineering approaches in modeling balance.

Best,

James Sulzer
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Upcoming Events
CARE Talk
Adam is Associate Professor in Rehab Science at U of Hartford and is currently visiting Baylor. His research involves modeling human balance as a control system.

Friday, February 16th, 2018
EER 1.504 3:00-4:00
Dept of BME Faculty Candidate Talks
Samantha Santacruz, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
University of California, Berkeley
Thursday, February 1st
3:30PM
BME 3.204

Pathological Neural Mechanisms and Systems-based Neurotherapies

Jan Kubanek, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Departments of Neurobiology and Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Thursday, February 8th
3:30PM
BME 3.204

Focused ultrasound for targeted and noninvasive therapies
Multimodal Neuroimaging Initiative
MNI members recently received two new seed funding awards. Stay in touch by checking out their website.
Clinical Motor Control conference at Penn State
The first Clinical Motor Control Conference to be held at Penn State from July 23-25, 2018. John Dingwell (former UT faculty) is one of the speakers.
DMS Texas Health Catalyst 2018 is here!
Texas Health Catalyst  is a UT Austin program housed at Dell Medical School & aimed at accelerating promising ideas (devices, digital health solutions, treatments, diagnostics) as they make their way to the clinic.   Seed funding ($5k - $50k) is also available to select projects along with customized feedback, connections with strategic partners & networking opportunities. UT & Dell Med Faculty members and local innovators/companies are eligible to apply. Grad students, residents & postdocs can also apply provided they have a UT/Dell Med Faculty PI. The submission deadline is March 23 rd .
 
More information about the program and how to apply:  https://dellmed.utexas.edu/thc . Anyone interested in the program is  welcome to attend an info session  at 4 pm  on Feb 28th   at the  Health Discovery Building Auditorium , Dell Medical School.  
Featured CARE Member Profile
Meet Curtis Merring, O.T.
After years of clinical experience with spinal cord injury, Curtis now works for the wheelchair giant Permobil.
Relevant Funding Opportunities
• Lab to Marketplace: Tools for Brain and Behavioral Research (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Optional
National Institute of Mental Health
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply. 

• BRAIN Initiative: Next-Generation Invasive Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (U44 Clinical Trial Required)
Multiple Institutes. Application Receipt Date(s): February 23, 2018, June 21, 2018, October 22, 2018, February 21, 2019, June 21, 2019, October 21, 2019, February 21, 2020, June 22, 2020, October 21, 2020. 

• BRAIN Initiative: Clinical Studies to Advance Next-Generation Invasive Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UH3 - Clinical Trial Required)
Multiple Institutes
Application Receipt Date(s): February 23, 2018, June 21, 2018, October 22, 2018, February 21, 2019, June 21, 2019, October 21, 2019, February 21, 2020, June 22, 2020, October 21, 2020. 

• Self-Management for Health in Chronic Conditions (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institute on Aging
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply. 

• Community Partnerships to Advance Research (CPAR) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institute of Nursing Research
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply. 

• Community Partnerships to Advance Research (CPAR) (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institute of Nursing Research
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply. 

• Self-Management for Health in Chronic Conditions (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institute on Aging
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply 

• Self-Management for Health in Chronic Conditions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institute on Aging
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply. 

• Community Partnerships to Advance Research (CPAR) (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institute of Nursing Research
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply 

• Innovation Corps (I-Corps) at NIH Program for NIH and CDC Translational Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Multiple Institutes
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): March 5, 2018. 

• Research on the Mechanisms and/or Behavioral Outcomes of Multisensory Processing (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Multiple Institutes
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply. 

• NeuroNEXT Clinical Trials (U01 - Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply.
Have news you'd like to share? Papers, funding announcements, events?
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CARE would like to thank the Cockrell School of Engineering for their generous support