| Sargent Investigator | Title of Project | Agency/Foundation | Funds Awarded 2018–2019* | Year of Award | Total Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Awad, assistant professor of physical therapy & athletic training | 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 |
| Feasibility and Preliminary Effects on Post-stroke Locomotion of a Music- Modulating Wearable Sensor System |
MedRhythms Inc. | $6,290 | 1 of 2 | $12,582 | |
| Multi-Modal Evaluation of Walking Function after Stroke |
Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute | $15,000 | 1 of 1 | $15,000 | |
| Development of Stroke and MS Specific Soft Exosuits-Billing Agreement | ReWalk Robotics, Inc. subcontract via Harvard Wyss Institute | $34,478 | 2 of 2 | $34,478 | |
| Task Aware Movement Assessment: Smart Control of Powered Assistive Technologies and Automated Diagnostic Testing | American Heart Association | $99,995 | 1 of 2 | $200,000 | |
| Robotic Exosuit Augmented Locomotion (REAL) Training in the Clinic and Community | American Heart Association | $99,997 | 1 of 3 | $299,973 | |
| Louis Awad and Anna Roto, doctoral student | |||||
| Soft Robotic Exercise Intervention for Enhancing Neuroplasticity After Stroke | American Heart Association | $26,844 | 1 of 2 | $53,688 | |
| Helen Barbas, professor of health sciences | Organization of Prefrontal Feedback Circuits | NIH/NIMH | $565,830 | 3 of 5 | $2,631,120 |
| Prefrontal Anatomic Pathways in Executive Control | NIH/NIMH | $665,052 | 2 of 2 | $2,433,940 | |
| Virginia Best, research associate professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Spatial Hearing in Speech Mixtures | NIH/NIDCD | $315,563 | 3 of 5 | $1,576,698 |
| Terry Ellis, associate professor and chair of physical therapy & athletic training | 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 | NIH subcontract via Washington University |
$53,716 | 3 of 5 | $241,289 | |
| CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Human Machine Interaction with Mobility Enhancing Soft Exosuits |
NSF subcontract via Harvard Wyss Institute |
$100,299 | 5 of 5 | $328,801 | |
| Development of a Modular Soft Exosuit Platform Suitable for Community-Based Neurorehabilitation | NIH subcontract via Harvard Wyss Institute |
$125,323 | 4 of 5 | $517,587 | |
| Observational Study of Parkinson’s Patients Using Radio Signals | Michael J. Fox Foundation subcontract via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $50,000 | 1 of 1 | $50,000 | |
| CPS: TTP Option: Medium: Robotic Apparel to Enable Low Force Haptic Cueing for Improving Parkinson’s Gait | NIH subcontract via Harvard Wyss Institute | $61,444 | 1 of 3 | $194,530 | |
| Robotic Exosuit Augmented Locomotion (REAL) Training in the Clinic and Community | American Heart Association subcontract via Harvard Wyss Institute | $44,530 | 1 of 3 | $44,530 | |
| Marianne Farkas, director of training & international services, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation | Integrated Scaling Approach: A Model for Large Scale Implementation of Effective Interventions for Employment | ACL/NIDILRR | $499,799 | 3 of 5 | $2,470,141 |
| DMH Research Center of Excellence in Public Mental Health and Implementation Research | MA DMH | $47,190 | 1 of 2 | $110,150 | |
| 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 |
| IPA Collaborative Work on Yale University/ VA Grant Proposal | VA Connecticut Healthcare System | $2,442 | 1 of 1 | $2,442 | |
| Daniel Fulford and Jasmine Mote, postdoctoral associate | Evaluation of an online Evidence-based Intervention for Transdiagnostic Paranoia in a Community Setting: Cross-Disciplinary Training and Implementation | Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP) | $1,500 | 1 of 1 | $1,500 |
| 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 | $350,625 | 3 of 5 | $1,950,981 |
| Sequencing and Initiation in Speech Production | NIH/NIDCD | $349,911 | 4 of 5 | $1,811,733 | |
| 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 | $160,693 | 3 of 3 | $498,560 |
| Dorothy Hutchinson, director of services, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation | MA Youth Suicide Prevention Project | HHS/SAMHSA | $31,280 | 4 of 5 | $156,233 |
| The Learning and Working During the Transition to Adulthood RRTC | ACL/NIDILRR | $72,278 | 4 of 4 | $201,024 | |
| 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 | 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 | 4 of 4 | $760,000 |
| Central Factors in Auditory Masking | NIH/NIDCD | $559,870 | 3 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 | Functional Reorganization of the Language and Domain-General Multiple Demand Systems in Aphasia | NIH/NIDCD | $660,848 | 1 of 5 | $3,157,580 |
| Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia Using Computation Modeling | NIH/NIDCD | $621,034 | 4 of 5 | $3,101,075 | |
| The Neurobiology of Recovery in Aphasia: Natural History and Treatment-Induced Recovery | NIH/NIDCD subaward—Northwestern University | $110,024 | 6 of 6 | $1,539,111 | |
| Academy of Aphasia Research and Training Symposium | NIH/NIDCD | $39,939 | 2 of 4 | $199,695 | |
| Jessica Kramer, associate professor of occupational therapy | Disability Mentoring Initiative | Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention | $9,252 | 3 of 3 | $31,235 |
| Designing and Evaluating Outcome Assessment Software for Youth with Development Disabilities: The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory– Patient Reported Outcome (PEDI-PRO) |
NIH/NICHHD subcontract via AbleLink Technologies Inc. | $10,910 | 2 of 2 | $88,536 | |
| Jessica Kramer and Ariel Schwartz, doctoral student | Development and Feasibility Evaluation of a Socially Valid Peer Mentoring Intervention for Young Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Conditions | Deborah Monroe Noonan Memorial Fund | $80,000 | 1 of 1 | $80,000 |
| Development and Feasibility Evaluation of a Socially Valid Peer Mentoring Intervention for Young Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Conditions | American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine | $25,000 | 1 of 2 | $25,000 | |
| 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 | 2 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 | $31,000 | 6 of 6 | $476,591 |
| Cara L. Lewis, associate professor of physical therapy & athletic training | Effect of Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) on Hip Motion in Young Adults | NIH/NIAMS | $158,890 | 5 of 5 | $653,400 |
| Movement Screening and Modification in Individuals with Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome | NIH/NIAMSD | $82,500 | 2 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 | |
| Lindsey Locks, assistant professor of health sciences | Tuberculosis: Learning the Impact of Nutrition | Boston Medical Center/Warren Alpert Foundation | $8,747 | 1 of 1 | $8,747 |
| Megan McCrory, research associate professor of health sciences | An Innovated Passive Dietary Monitoring System | Gates Foundation subcontract via Imperial College | $96,972 | 1 of 3 | $96,972 |
| Assessing Food Intake with the Automatic Ingestion Monitor | NIH subcontract via University of Alabama | $99,566 | 3 of 3 | $414,181 | |
| 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 | 7 of 7 | $2,771,031 |
| A Dismantling Study of Cognitive Remediation for Supported Employment | NIH/NIMH | $128,527 | 4 of 4 | $128,527 | |
| Christopher Moore, dean and professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Advanced Research Training in Communication Sciences Disorders | NIH/NIDCD | $462,503 | 4 of 5 | $1,902,027 |
| Kathleen Morgan, professor of health sciences | Actin and Focal Adhesion Remodeling as Therapeutic Targets in Cardiovascular Disease | NIH/NIA | $529,023 | 3 of 5 | $2,635,822 |
| Role of Smooth Muscle Calponin in Vascular Pathology | NIH/NHLBI subcontract via University of Rochester | $115,578 | 1 of 5 | $115,578 | |
| Kim Mueser, professor of occupational therapy | Early Stage Identification and Engagement to Reduce Duration of Untreated Psychosis (EaSIE) | NIH/NIMH | $19,394 | 2 of 3 | $58,147 |
| Laboratory for Early Psychosis: Project 2 | McLean Hospital Corp | $19,506 | 1 of 3 | $58,518 | |
| Integrated Physical and Mental Health Self Management | PCORI | $74,014 | 1 of 5 | $365,030 | |
| My Healios | Healios Inc | $29,693 | 1 of 1 | $29,693 | |
| Gael Orsmond, associate dean and associate professor of occupational therapy | Engaging Siblings of Adults with Autism in Future Planning | NIH/NIMH | $247,500 | 3 of 3 | $739,661 |
| Engaging Siblings of Adults with Autism in Future Planning | NIH/NIMH | $3,977 | 2 of 2 | $137,654 | |
| Gael Orsmond and Wendy 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 | $431,581 | 4 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 | 3 of 3 | $491,100 |
| Cortical Development and Neuroanatomical Anomalies in Developmental Dyslexia | NIH/NICHHD | $82,500 | 1 of 2 | $165,000 | |
| NeuroDataRR: Testing the Relationship Between Musical Training and Enhanced Neural Coding and Perception in Noise | NSF | $125,000 | 1 of 2 | $125,000 | |
| E. Sally Rogers, executive director, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, and Marianne Farkas | Improved Employment Outcomes for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities | ACL/NIDILRR & SAMHSA | $874,965 | 5 of 5 | $4,374,848 |
| Elin Roverud, research assistant professor of speech, language & hearing sciences |
Weighting of Auditory Information | NIH/NIDCD | $133,007 | 2 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 | NIH/NIMH | $459,814 | 4 of 4 | $2,079,531 |
| Zlatka Russinova and E. Sally Rogers | Enhancing the Community Living and Participation of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities | ACL/NIDILRR | $494,474 | 5 of 5 | $2,499,724 |
| Advanced Research Training Program in Employment and Vocational Rehab | ACL/NIDILRR | $149,908 | 5 of 5 | $749,806 | |
| Advanced Research Training Program in Employment and Vocational Rehab | ACL/NIDILRR | $149,848 | 1 of 5 | $749,183 | |
| Elliot Saltzman, associate professor of physical therapy | Modeling the Behavioral Dynamics of Social Coordination and Joint Action | NIH/NIGMS subaward via University of Cincinnati | $24,900 | 5 of 5 | $124,500 |
| Collaborative Research: Prosodic Structure: An Integrated Empirical and Modeling Investigation | NSF | $14,975 | 2 of 3 | $45,994 | |
| Cara E. Stepp, associate professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | The Impact of Immunotherapy on Voice | BMCC/AAOA | $4,000 | 1 of 1 | $4,000 |
| Career: Enabling Enhanced Communication through Human-Machine-Interfaces | NSF | $105,843 | 4 of 5 | $537,538 | |
| An Acoustic Estimate of Laryngeal Tension for Clinical Assessment of Voice Disorders | NIH/NIDCD | $413,314 | 4 of 5 | $2,080,252 | |
| Sensorimotor Mechanisms of Vocal Hyperfunction | NIH/NIDCD | $408,743 | 2 of 5 | $818,236 | |
| Boston Speech Motor Control Conference | NIH/NIDCD | $5,720 | 1 of 5 | $17,360 | |
| Cara E. Stepp and Frank Guenther | Voice and Speech Sensorimotor Control in Parkinson’s Disease | NIH/NIDCD | $526,136 | 2 of 5 | $2,600,995 |
| Cara E. Stepp and Elizabeth Heller-Murray, doctoral student | Vocal Motor Control in Children with Vocal Nodules | NIH/NIDCD | $40,016 | 2 of 2 | $119,568 |
| LaDora Thompson, professor of physical therapy & athletic training | A Preclinical Approach for the Enhancement of Quality of Life in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | Hanyang University/National Research Foundation of Korea | $22,000 | 3 of 3 | $66,000 |
| 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 | NIH/NIAID subcontract via The Miriam Hospital | $40,000 | 1 of 1 | $40,000 |
| 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 |
| Organization and Circuit Interactions of Thalamocortical Attentional Networks in Health and Disease | NIH/NIMH | $505,158 | 1 of 5 | $2,348,754 | |
| TOTAL | $16,102,683 | $70,490,918 |
* Includes no cost extensions.