| Sargent Investigator | Title of Project | Agency/Foundation | Funds Awarded 2019-2020* | Year of Award | Total Anticipated Funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defne Abur, doctoral student | Longitudinal Changes to Speech in Parkinson’s Disease Phenotypes | NIH/National Institute on Deafness & Communication Disorders (NIDCD) |
$34,158 | 1 of 3 | $102,474 |
| Dustin Allen, lecturer of health sciences | Using a Heat Acclimation Protocol to Increase Simulated Firefighter Performance and Cardiovascular Health | Last Call Foundation | $61,150 | 1 of 2 | $61,150 |
| Louis Awad, assistant professor of physical therapy & athletic training | reNeu Neuroprosthesis | Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard | $67,300 | 1 of 1 | $67,300 |
| Wearable Robots for the Community: Personalized Assistance using Human-in-the-Loop Optimization | Wyss/NSF | $82,700 | 1 of 4 | $82,700 | |
| Development of Stroke and MS Specific Soft Exosuits | Wyss/ReWalk Robotics, Inc. | $24,326 | 3 of 3 | $58,052 | |
| Task-aware Movement Assessment: Smart Control of Powered Assistive Technologies and Automated Diagnostic Testing | American Heart Association | $149,071 | 3 of 3 | $149,071 | |
| Multimodal, Task-aware Movement Assessment and Control: Clinic to Home | NIH/NIA | $290,216 | 2 of 4 | $1,163,038 | |
| Post-Stroke Walking Speed and Community Ambulation Conversion, a Pivotal Study | MedRhythms Inc. | $163,163 | 1 of 1 | $163,163 | |
| 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 | ReWalk Robotics, Inc. subcontract via Harvard Wyss Institute | $34,478 | 2 of 2 | $34,478 | |
| Development Evaluation and Translation of Robotic Apparel for Alleviating Low Back Pain | NIH/Wyss | $94,715 | 1 of 5 | $521,349 | |
| 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 | Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard | $29,991 | 2 of 2 | $29,991 | |
| 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 | Prefrontal Anatomic Pathways in Executive Control | NIH/NIMH | $755,692 | 1 of 5 | $3,348,020 |
| Organization of Prefrontal Feedback Circuits | NIH/NIMH | $514,424 | 5 of 5 | $2,631,120 | |
| Prefrontal Anatomic Pathways in Executive Control | NIH/NIMH | $665,052 | NC Ext. #1 | $2,433,940 | |
| Virginia Best, research associate professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Spatial Hearing in Speech Mixtures | NIH/NIDCD | $315,563 | 4 of 5 | $1,576,698 |
| Terry Ellis, associate professor and chair of physical therapy & athletic training | Study in Parkinson Disease of Exercise Phase 3 Clinical Trial: SPARX3 | NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke | $6,001 | 1 of 1 | $116,015 |
| Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions | Brandeis University | $24,237 | 2 of 5 | $48,138 | |
| Gait as a Biomarker in Parkinson’s Disease | Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center | $17,187 | 1 of 1 | $17,187 | |
| Walking and mHealth to Increase Participation in Parkinson Disease (WHIP-PD) | NIH/NICHHD | $675,171 | 3 of 5 | $3,188,067 | |
| 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 | NC Ext #1 | $328,801 | |
| Development of a Modular Soft Exosuit Platform Suitable for Community-Based Neurorehabilitation | NIH subcontract via Harvard Wyss Institute |
$107,100 | 5 of 5 | $484,737 | |
| Observational Study of Parkinson’s Patients Using Radio Signals | Michael J. Fox Foundation subcontract via Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $50,000 | 2 of 2 | $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 | $45,159 | 2 of 3 | $89,689 | |
| 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 | $499,844 | 4 of 5 | $2,470,141 |
| Bringing Recovery Support to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy | SAMHSA | $15,000 | 4 of 4 | $15,000 | |
| Marianne Farkas and E. Sally Rogers, executive director, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation | Improved Employment Outcomes for Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities | ACL/NIDILRR | $874,414 | 1 of 5 | $4,373,277 |
| Daniel Fulford, assistant professor of occupational therapy | Enhancing Social Functioning in Schizophrenia through Scalable Mobile Technology | NIH/NIMH | $241,204 | NC Ext #1 | $458,867 |
| Passive Sensing of Social Isolation and Loneliness: A Digital Phenotyping Approach | NIH/NIMH | $295,785 | 1 of 4 | $295,785 | |
| 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 |
| Natalie Gilmore, doctoral student | Behavioral and Neural Effects of Intensive Cognitive-Communication Rehabilitation in Young College-Bound Adults with Acquired Brain Injury | NIH/NIDCD | $45,016 | 1 of 2 | $90,032 |
| Frank Guenther, professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Neural Modeling and Imaging of Speech | NIH/NIDCD | $350,625 | 4 of 5 | $1,950,981 |
| Sequencing and Initiation in Speech Production | NIH/NIDCD | $349,889 | 5 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 | NC Ext #1 | $498,560 |
| Dorothy Hutchinson, director of services, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation | MA Youth Suicide Prevention Project | HHS/SAMHSA | $31,280 | 5 of 5 | $156,233 |
| The Learning and Working During the Transition to Adulthood RRTC | ACL/NIDILRR | $72,278 | NC Ext #1 | $201,024 | |
| The Learning and Working During the Transition to Adulthood RRTC | ACL/NIDILRR | $16,615 | 1 of 5 | $165,005 | |
| Leave of Absence Manual and Implementation Toolkit |
Ruderman Family Foundation | $33,000 | 1 of 1 | $33,000 | |
| 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 | 4 of 5 | $2,797,653 | |
| Top Down Control of Selective Amplification | NIH/NIDCD | $683,069 | 2 of 5 | $3,293,325 | |
| Swathi Kiran, associate dean for research and professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Next-Generation Optical Brain Functional Imaging Platform | NIH subaward – Northeastern University | $166,858 | 2 of 2 | $166,858 |
| Functional Reorganization of the Language and Domain-General Multiple Demand Systems in Aphasia | NIH/NIDCD | $624,183 | 2 of 5 | $3,157,580 | |
| Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia Using Computation Modeling | NIH/NIDCD | $605,305 | 5 of 5 | $3,101,075 | |
| Academy of Aphasia Research and Training Symposium | NIH/NIDCD | $39,939 | 3 of 4 | $199,695 | |
| Ariel Schwartz, postdoctoral fellow, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation | 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 | NC Ext #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 | AACPDM | $25,000 | 2 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 |
| Mindfulness and Exercise for Chronic Pain Management in Knee Osteoarthritis | Pfizer, Inc. | $199,999 | 1 of 2 | $199,999 | |
| Wearable Sensor-based Outcomes Following Physical Therapy in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Feasibility Study (WESENS-OA) | Pfizer, Inc. | $615,969 | 1 of 1 | $615,969 | |
| 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 | NC Ext #1 | $653,400 |
| Movement Screening and Modification in Individuals with Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome | NIH/NIAMSD | $82,500 | NC Ext #1 | $164,916 | |
| 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 |
| Iron-deficiency and Iron-deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy and Infant Health in India | Thrasher Research Fund | $19,410 | 1 of 2 | $26,750 | |
| Megan McCrory, research associate professor of health sciences | Sensor-based Just-in Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAIs) Targeting Eating Behavior | NIH subcontract via University of Alabama | $126,605 | 2 of 3 | $126,605 |
| An Innovated Passive Dietary Monitoring System | Gates Foundation subcontract via Imperial College | $96,972 | NC Ext #1 | $96,972 | |
| Assessing Food Intake with the Automatic Ingestion Monitor | NIH subcontract via University of Alabama | $99,566 | NC Ext #1 | $414,181 | |
| Christopher Moore, dean and professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Advanced Research Training in Communication Sciences Disorders | NIH/NIDCD | $471,203 | 5 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 Patholology | NIH/NHLBI subcontract via Augusta University Research Institute | $105,478 | 2 of 4 | $105,478 | |
| Kim Mueser, professor of occupational therapy | Early Stage Identification and Engagement to Reduce Duration of Untreated Psychosis (EaSIE) | NIH/NIMH | $19,394 | 3 of 3 | $58,147 |
| Laboratory for Early Psychosis: Project 2 | McLean Hospital Corp | $19,506 | 2 of 3 | $58,518 | |
| Gael Orsmond, associate dean and professor of occupational therapy | Engaging Siblings of Adults with Autism in Future Planning | NIH/NIMH | $247,500 | NC Ext #1 | $743,438 |
| 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 | NC Ext #1 | $1,578,509 |
| Tyler Perrachione, associate professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Cortical Development and Neuroanatomical Anomalies in Developmental Dyslexia | NIH/NICHHD | $82,500 | 2 of 2 | $165,000 |
| NeuroDataRR: Testing the Relationship Between Musical Training and Enhanced Neural Coding and Perception in Noise | NSF | $125,000 | 2 of 2 | $125,000 | |
| Paula Quatromoni, associate professor and chair of health sciences | Billing Agreement for Shi Su at BIDMC | BIDMC | $36,981 | 2 of 2 | $36,981 |
| E. Sally Rogers, executive director, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation | Testing the Effectiveness of Mainstream Coaching Tools to Increase Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction and Decrease Turnover Among Peer Providers | ACL/NIDILRR | $121,193 | 1 of 3 | $599,902 |
| E. Sally Rogers and Marianne Farkas | Improved Employment Outcomes for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities | ACL/NIDILRR & SAMHSA | $874,965 | NC Ext #1 | $4,374,848 |
| Elin Roverud, research assistant professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Weighting of Auditory Information | NIH/NIDCD | $128,007 | 3 of 3 | $393,621 |
| Zlatka Russinova, research associate professor of occupational therapy and director of research, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, and E. Sally Rogers | Enhancing the Community Living and Participation of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities | ACL/NIDILRR | $494,474 | NC Ext #1 | $2,499,724 |
| Zlatka Russinova and E. Sally Rogers | Advanced Research Training Program in Employment and Vocational Rehab | ACL/NIDILRR | $149,966 | 2 of 5 | $749,183 |
| Elliot Saltzman, associate professor of physical therapy | Prosodic Structure: An Integrated Empirical and Modeling Investigation | NSF | $14,975 | NC Ext #2 | $45,994 |
| Cara Stepp, associate professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Career: Enabling Enhanced Communication through Human-Machine-Interfaces | NSF | $105,843 | 5 of 5 | $537,538 |
| An Acoustic Estimate of Laryngeal Tension for Clinical Assessment of Voice Disorders | NIH/NIDCD | $413,329 | 5 of 5 | $2,080,252 | |
| Sensorimotor Mechanisms of Vocal Hyperfunction | NIH/NIDCD | $330,000 | 4 of 5 | $1,559,207 | |
| Boston Speech Motor Control Conference | NIH/NIDCD | $5,720 | 2 of 5 | $17,360 | |
| Accuracy of Acoustic Measures of Voice Via Tele-Therapy Platforms | Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute | $6,805 | 1 of 1 | $6,805 | |
| Cara Stepp and Frank Guenther | Voice and Speech Sensorimotor Control in Parkinsons Disease | NIH/NIDCD | $318,870 | 3 of 5 | $2,600,995 |
| Sarah Villard, postdoctoral fellow | Persons with Aphasia at the Cocktail Party: Influence of Linguistic-Semantic Factors on Selective Attention to Target Speech | American Hearing Research Foundation | $10,000 | 1 of 1 | $10,000 |
| 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 | NC Ext #1 | $40,000 |
| Health Insurance, Hospitalizations & Decision Making Among HIV/TB Co-infected | Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute | $144,000 | 1 of 2 | $288,000 | |
| Basilis Zikopoulos, assistant professor of health sciences | Organization of Excitatory and Inhibitory Prefrontal Circuits in Children with Autism | NIH/NIMH | $409,250 | NC Ext #1 | $2,018,222 |
| Organization and Circuit Interactions of Thalamocortical Attentional Networks in Health and Disease | NIH/NIMH | $436,642 | 2 of 5 | $2,348,754 | |
| $18,141,111 | $74,211,421 | ||||
*Includes no cost extensions.