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Rehabilitation Roundup for October 2017
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Greetings!
We had a number of successful events over the past month, starting with Roger Gassert's visit, the Aging-in-Place Symposium and the fNIRS Workshop.
This month we slow down a bit with fewer outside events, but our meeting on 10/20 will feature a set of blitz presentations by an assortment of CARE researchers. There's also a Neural Interface Initiative meeting on 10/27, the first of the 2017 Academic Year.
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Best,
James Sulzer
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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CARE Blitz Presentations, CPE 2.218/2.214, 11:00-1:00pm
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CARE Researchers will conduct short, 5-minute blitz presentations of their research. Students and post-docs are welcome to attend. Pizza will be provided.
Friday, Oct 20th 2017
CPE 2.218 from 11:00-12:00pm, CPE 2.214 from 12:00-1:00pm.
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Neural Interface Initiative Meeting 10/27, 4pm
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The newly formed Neural Interface Initiative will be meeting on October 27th at 4pm (Location TBD). Prof. Ahmed Tewfik from UT's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will be the speaker. If you'd like to stay up-to-date, please sign up for the Neural Interface Initiative email list below.
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Aging-in-Place Symposium a Success
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Together with Cockrell School of Engineering, CARE's Intelligent HealthCARE Initiative hosted an Aging-in-Place Symposium on 9/29 on UT Campus. We had participation from a host of multidisciplinary researchers and members of the community. Kari Lane, PhD, RN from Mizzou's TigerPlace was our keynote. She was followed by panels discussing societal, impairment and healthcare challenges of aging. The Intelligent HealthCARE Initiative will keep everyone updated with next steps toward's Austin's answer to the crisis of aging.
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Multimodal Neuroimaging Initiative
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The MNI recently hosted an fNIRS workshop featuring Prof. Ted Huppert, attended by researchers from California to Wisconsin. We hope this will kick off the integration of fNIRS into UT's neuroscience community, and perhaps encourage seasoned researchers to begin using neuroimaging.
If you are interested in using the newly acquired functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) / EEG multimodal center, please keep tabs here.
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CARE Research Day 2018
Save the Date: 4/13/18
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We've selected a date! We'll host the 3rd Annual CARE Research Day on the afternoon of Friday, April 13th, 2018. Our keynote speaker is Andy Hoffer, Ph.D. from Simon Fraser University. Dr. Hoffer's research involves neural interfaces using nerve cuff electrodes.
CARE Research day is a half-day symposium composed of a single keynote followed by a three hour poster session featuring CARE research from UT Austin and other institutions around Texas. The goal is to provide a forum for communication and encourage collaborations.
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Featured CARE Member Profiles
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Dr. Lu develops wearable, flexible electronics that measure a host of biometric data.
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Meet Patrick Spicer, MD, PhD
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Dr. Spicer works to understand how everyday impairments after neurological injury affect function.
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Dr. Schnyer investigates factors influencing cognitive control.
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Meet Ashish Deshpande, PhD
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Using robotic devices as tools for discovering novel methods for improving rehabilitation after a neurological injury. Dr. Deshpande’s group has designed state-of-the-art upper-body exoskeletons for delivering physical therapy.
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Jones, Theresa A. "Motor compensation and its effects on neural reorganization after stroke."
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
18, no. 5 (2017): 267-280.
Shideh Kabiri Ameri, Rebecca Ho, Hongwoo Jang, Li Tao, Youhua Wang, Liu Wang, David M. Schnyer, Deji Akinwande*, Nanshu Lu*,Graphene Electronic Tattoo Sensors, ACS Nano, 11, 7634–7641 (2017).
Manella, Kathleen J., Kathryn E. Roach, and Edelle C. Field-Fote. "Temporal Indices of Ankle Clonus and Relationship to Electrophysiologic and Clinical Measures in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury."
Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy
41, no. 4 (2017): 229-238.
Oblak, Ethan F., Jarrod A. Lewis-Peacock, and James S. Sulzer. "Self-regulation strategy, feedback timing and hemodynamic properties modulate learning in a simulated fMRI neurofeedback environment."
PLoS computational biology
13, no. 7 (2017): e1005681.
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Have news you'd like to share? Papers, funding announcements, events?
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For more information, please see links belowe
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CARE would like to thank the Cockrell School of Engineering for their generous support
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