| Sargent Investigator | Title of Project | Agency/Foundation | Funds Awarded 2017–2018* | Year of Award | Total Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudha Arunachalam, associate professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Improving Child-Caregiver Interactions for Young Children with Autism | Charles H. Hood Foundation | $75,000 | 3 of 3 | $150,000 |
| Mechanisms Underlying Word Learning in Children with ASD: Non-Social Learning and Memory Consolidation | NIH/NIDCD | $172,195 | 4 of 4 | $688,018 | |
| Verb Processing and Verb Acquisition in Late Talking Toddlers | American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation | $25,000 | 2 of 2 | $25,000 | |
| Boston University Conference on Language Development | NIH/NICHHD | $6,000 | 1 of 4 | $30,000 | |
| Language Processing and Word Learning in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder | NIH/NICHHD | $412,188 | 1 of 5 | $2,062,188 | |
| Louis Awad, assistant professor of physical therapy & athletic training | Multi-Modal Evaluation of Walking Function after Stroke | Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute | $149,700 | 2 of 2 | $247,441 |
| A Multi-site, Interventional, Non-comparative, Single-arm Trial to Evaluate the Safety of the ReWalk Restore Device in Subjects with Mobility Impairments Due to Ischemic or Hemorrhagic Stroke | ReWalk Robotics, Inc. | $38,952 | 1 of 1 | $38,952 | |
| Integrating Computer Vision with Wearable Sensors to Improve the Assessment and Delivery of Targeted Locomotor Interventions and Technologies |
Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute | $20,000 | 1 of 1 | $20,000 | |
| Helen Barbas, professor of health sciences | Organization of Prefrontal Feedback Circuits | NIH/NIMH | $514,034 | 3 of 5 | $2,631,120 |
| Prefrontal Anatomic Pathways in Executive Control | NIH/NIMH | $598,493 | 1 of 2 | $1,203,695 | |
| Virginia Best, research associate professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Spatial Hearing in Speech Mixtures | NIH/NIDCD | $315,403 | 2 of 5 | $1,576,698 |
| Wendy J. Coster, professor and chair of occupational therapy, and Jessica Kramer, associate professor of occupational therapy | The Pediatric Measure of Participation: A Staging and Replenishment Study | Shriners Hospital for Children | $21,067 | 2 of 2 | $41,987 |
| Terry Ellis, assistant professor of physical therapy & athletic training | Human Machine Interaction with Mobility Enhancing Soft Exosuits | NSF Subcontract via Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering | $100,299 | 4 of 4 | $328,803 |
| Walking and mHealth to Increase Participation in Parkinson Disease (WHIP-PD) | NIH/NICHHD | $681,818 | 1 of 5 | $3,506,222 | |
| Translation of In-Clinic Gains in Daily Life After Stroke | Washington University/NIH | $187,573 | 2 of 5 | $187,573 | |
| Development of a Modular Soft Exosuit Platform Suitable for Community-Based Neurorehabilitation | NSF Subcontract via Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering | $121,819 | 3 of 5 | $517,587 | |
| Marianne Farkas, director of training & international services, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, and E. Sally Rogers, executive director, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation | Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy | SAMHSA | $20,000 | 2 of 4 | $388,687 |
| Marianne Farkas | Integrated Scaling Approach: A Model for Large-Scale Implementation of Effective Interventions for Employment | ACL/NIDILRR | $499,412 | 2 of 5 | $2,470,141 |
| Daniel Fulford, assistant professor of occupational therapy | Enhancing Social Functioning in Schizophrenia through Scalable Mobile Technology | NIH/NIMH | $241,204 | 2 of 2 | $458,867 |
| Miguel Garcia-Cabezas, research assistant professor, health sciences | Circuits and Molecular Features of Anterior Cingulate Areas and Depression | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | $30,000 | 2 of 2 | $65,000 |
| Simone Gill, associate professor of occupational therapy | Massive Weight Loss and Its Effects on Postural Stability and Fall Risks | NIH/NIAMS | $88,686 | 4 of 4 | $270,438 |
| Frank Guenther, professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Neural Modeling and Imaging of Speech | NIH/NIDCD | $349,651 | 2 of 5 | $1,751,089 |
| Sequencing and Initiation in Speech Production | NIH/NIDCD | $349,760 | 3 of 5 | $1,811,733 | |
| Minimally Verbal ASD: From Basic Mechanisms to Innovative Interventions | NIH/NIDCD | $394,066 | 4 of 4 | $1,982,833 | |
| Elizabeth Hoover, clinical associate professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | A Comparison of the Effects of Dosage and Group Dynamics on Discourse in Aphasia | NIH/NIDCD | $161,022 | 2 of 3 | $498,560 |
| Dorothy Hutchinson, director of services, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation | The Learning and Working During the Transition to Adulthood RRTC | NIH/NIDRR | $51,363 | 2 of 3 | $201,024 |
| MA Youth Suicide Prevention Project | HHS/SAMHSA | $12,155 | 3 of 5 | $156,233 | |
| Karen Jacobs, clinical professor of occupational therapy | Project Career: Development of a Multidisciplinary Demonstration to Support the Transition of Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries from Postsecondary Education to Employment | US Department of Education Subcontract via Kent State University | $85,352 | 5 of 5 | $422,433 |
| Gerald Kidd, professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Spatial Hearing, Attention, and Informational Masking in Speech Identification | Department of Defense—AFOSR | $190,000 | 2 of 4 | $760,000 |
| Central Factors in Auditory Masking | NIH/NIDCD | $558,173 | 1 of 5 | $2,797,653 | |
| Top Down Control of Selective Amplification | NIH/NIDCD | $541,979 | 5 of 5 | $2,750,773 | |
| Swathi Kiran, Associate dean for research and professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia Using Computation Modeling | NIH/NIDCD | $614,920 | 2 of 5 | $3,101,075 |
| The Neurobiology of Recovery in Aphasia: Natural History and Treatment-Induced Recovery | NIH/NIDCD Subcontract via Northwestern University | $110,024 | 6 of 6 | $1,539,111 | |
| Swathi Kiran and Erin Meier, PhD, student of speech, language & hearing sciences | Structural and Effective Connectivity of Re-organized Language Networks in Aphasia | NIH/NIDCD | $44,524 | 2 of 2 | $88,568 |
| Jessica Kramer, associate professor of occupational therapy | Designing and Evaluating Outcome Assessment Software for Youth with Development Disabilities: The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory–Patient Reported Outcome (PEDI-PRO) | AbleLink Technologies, Inc./NIH/NICHHD | $77,626 | 1 of 2 | $87,691 |
| Building a National Partnership to Identify the Mental Health Priorities of Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (YA with I/DD) | Trailhead Institute/PCORI | $49,845 | 1 of 1 | $49,845 | |
| Disability Mentoring Initiative | Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention | $9,252 | 2 of 3 | $31,235 | |
| Deepak Kumar, assistant professor of physical therapy & athletic training | Mind Your Walk Intervention for Community-Based Management of Knee OA: A Feasibility Study | NIH/NIAMSD | $124,462 | 1 of 5 | $622,311 |
| Susan Langmore, clinical professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation for Swallowing Recovery After Dysphagic Stroke | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/NIH | $78,000 | 5 of 5 | $476,591 |
| Cara L. Lewis, associate professor of physical therapy & athletic training | Effect of Femoracetabular Impingement (FAI) on Hip Motion in Young Adults | NIH/NIAMS | $158,890 | 5 of 5 | $653,400 |
| Movement Screening and Modification in Individuals with Femoracetabular Impingement Syndrome | NIH/NIAMSD | $82,416 | 1 of 2 | $164,916 | |
| Lower Extremity Movement Screening in Individuals with Musculoskeletal Hip Pain | Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute | $19,820 | 1 of 1 | $19,820 | |
| Megan McCrory, research associate professor of health sciences | Assessing Food Intake with the Automatic Ingestion Monitor | NIH/University of Alabama | $104,473 | 2 of 3 | $414,181 |
| An Innovated Passive Dietary Monitoring System | Imperial College/Gates Foundation | $96,972 | 1 of 3 | $96,972 | |
| Susan McGurk, professor of occupational therapy and senior researcher, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation | A Dismantling Study of Cognitive Remediation for Supported Employment | NIH/NIMH | $501,212 | 6 of 6 | $2,771,031 |
| NIH/NIMH | $128,527 | 2 of 2 | $128,527 | ||
| Uma Millner, research scientist, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, and E. Sally Rogers, executive director, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation | Developing and Validating a Measure of Career Advancement for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities | ACL/NIDILRR | $199,946 | 1 of 3 | $599,045 |
| Christopher Moore, dean and professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Advanced Research Training in Communication Sciences Disorders | NIH/NIDCD | $436,600 | 2 of 5 | $1,860,223 |
| Kathleen Morgan, professor of health sciences | Actin and Focal Adhesion Remodeling as Therapeutic Targets in Cardiovascular Disease | NIH/NIA | $529,023 | 2 of 5 | $2,635,822 |
| Kim Mueser, professor of occupational therapy | Early Stage Identification and Engagement to Reduce Duration of Untreated Psychosis (EaSIE) | NIH/NIMH | $19,359 | 1 of 3 | $58,147 |
| Gael Orsmond, associate professor of occupational therapy | Engaging Siblings of Adults with Autism in Future Planning | NIH/NIMH | $312,797 | 2 of 3 | $877,315 |
| Gael Orsmond and Wendy J. Coster, professor and chair of occupational therapy | Transition Outcomes of High Functioning Students with Autism: How and When Students Learn the Skills Necessary for Self-Management of Daily Responsibilities | Department of Education/Institute of Education Sciences | $387,399 | 2 of 4 | $1,578,509 |
| Tyler Perrachione, assistant professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Neural Bases of Phonological Working Memory in Developmental Language Disorders | NIH/NIDCD | $163,700 | 4 of 4 | $491,100 |
| Dysfunction of Cortical Systems for Language and Working Memory in Autism Spectrum Disorder | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | $70,000 | 2 of 2 | $70,000 | |
| E. Sally Rogers and Marianne Farkas | Improved Employment Outcomes for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities | SAMHSA/ACL | $874,959 | 4 of 5 | $4,374,848 |
| Elin Roverud, research assistant professor, speech, language & hearing sciences | Weighting of Auditory Information | NIH/NIDCD | $132,607 | 1 of 3 | $393,621 |
| Zlatka Russinova, research associate professor of occupational therapy and director of research, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation | Testing Effectiveness of a Peer-Led Intervention to Enhance Community Integration | NIMH | $459,814 | 3 of 4 | $2,079,531 |
| Enhancing the Community Living and Participation of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities | ACL | $494,502 | 3 of 5 | $2,499,724 | |
| Recovery 4 US-Development of a Photovoice Based Social Media Program to Enhance the Community Participation and Recovery of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities | ACL | $199,966 | 4 of 4 | $599,855 | |
| Advanced Research Training Program in Employment and Vocational Rehab | ACL | $149,908 | 5 of 5 | $749,806 | |
| Elliot Lee Saltzman, associate professor of physical therapy & athletic training | Modeling the Behavioral Dynamics of Social Coordination and Joint Action | NIH/NIGMS Subcontract via University of Cincinnati | $24,900 | 5 of 5 | $124,500 |
| Collaborative Research: Prosodic Structure: An Integrated Empirical and Modeling Investigation | NSF | $14,975 | 1 of 3 | $45,994 | |
| Cara E. Stepp, associate professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Career: Enabling Enhanced Communication through Human-Machine-Interfaces | NSF | $105,843 | 4 of 5 | $537,538 |
| Collaborative Research: Prosodic Control of Speech Synthesis for Assistive Communication in Severe Paralysis | NSF | $52,590 | 3 of 3 | $217,670 | |
| An Acoustic Estimate of Laryngeal Tension for Clinical Assessment of Voice Disorders | NIH/NIDCD | $413,299 | 3 of 5 | $2,080,252 | |
| Sensorimotor Mechanisms of Vocal Hyperfunction | NIH/NIDCD | $408,743 | 2 of 5 | $818,236 | |
| Cara E. Stepp and Gabriel Cler, doctoral student | Optimization and Prediction for Fast and Robust AAC | NIH/NIDCD | $32,135 | 3 of 3 | $103,767 |
| Cara E. Stepp and Frank Guenther | Voice and Speech Sensorimotor Control in Parkinson’s Disease | NIH/NIDCD | $542,008 | 1 of 5 | $2,600,995 |
| Cara E. Stepp and Elizabeth Heller Murray, doctoral research assistant | Vocal Motor Control in Children with Vocal Nodules | NIH/NIDCD | $39,536 | 2 of 3 | $119,568 |
| LaDora Thompson, professor and chair, department of athletic training & physical therapy | A Preclinical Approach for the Enhancement of Quality of Life in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | Hanyang University/National Research Foundation of Korea | $22,00 | 1 of 3 | $22,000 |
| Lawrence Were, assistant professor of health sciences | Providence/Boston CFAR Developmental Award: Insurance Status and Health Outcomes among HIV and HIV TB Co-infected Persons in Kenya | The Miriam Hospital/NIH/NIAID | $40,000 | 1 of 1 | $40,000 |
| Stacey Zawacki, clinical assistant professor of health science,s and director, BU Sargent Choice Nutrition Center | Randomized Controlled Trial of a Learning Collaborative to Implement Health Promotion in Mental Health | NIH/NIMH Subcontract via Dartmouth College | $6,273 | 4 of 4 | $105,194 |
| Basilis Zikopoulos, assistant professor of health sciences | Organization of Excitatory and Inhibitory Prefrontal Circuits in Children with Autism | NIH/NIMH | $409,250 | 5 of 5 | $2,018,222 |
| TOTAL | $15,755,459 | $67,987,505 |
* Includes no cost extensions.