| Sargent Investigator | Title of Project | Agency/Foundation | Funds Awarded 2020-2021* | 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 |
| Louis Awad, assistant professor of physical therapy & athletic training | Wearable Robots for the Community: Personalized Assistance Using Human-in-the-Loop Optimization | Wyss/NSF | $85,104 | 2 of 4 | $345,522 |
| Task-Aware Movement Assessment: Smart Control of Powered Assistive Technologies and Automated Diagnostic Testing | American Heart Association | $99,995 | 3 of 3 | $200,000 | |
| 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 | 2 of 2 | $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 | |
| Robotic Exosuit Augmented Locomotion (REAL) Training in the Clinic and Community | American Heart Association | $99,981 | 2 of 2 | $99,981 | |
| Development, Evaluation, and Translation of Robotic Apparel for Alleviating Low Back Pain | President and Fellows of Harvard College | $111,862 | 2 of 2 | $521,349 | |
| Louis Awad and Anna Roto, doctoral student | Soft Robotic Exercise Intervention for Enhancing Neuroplasticity After Stroke | American Heart Association | $26,844 | 2 of 2 | $53,688 |
| Helen Barbas, professor of health sciences | Prefrontal Anatomic Pathways in Executive Control | NIH/NIMH | $668,163 | 2 of 5 | $3,348,020 |
| Organization of Prefrontal Feedback Circuits | NIH/NIMH | $514,424 | 5 of 5 | $2,631,120 | |
| Virginia Best, research associate professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Spatial Hearing in Speech Mixtures | NIH/NIDCD | $315,563 | 5 of 5 | $1,576,698 |
| Malwina Carrion, lecturer, health sciences | Chagas Education for Essential Providers | HHS/Center for Disease Control | $15,770 | 1 of 5 | $15,770 |
| Christopher Conroy, postdoctoral fellow in speech, language & hearing sciences | Amplitude Modulation Processing and Perception in Dynamic, Multisource Listening Environments | NIH/NIDCD | $46,036 | 1 of 2 | $92,072 |
| Kerry Costello, postdoctoral fellow in physical therapy & athletic training | Machine Learning for Analysis of Walking Patterns and Physical Activity in Knee Osteoarthritis | NIH/National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases | $69,426 | 1 of 2 | $90,109 |
| Michele DeBiasse, clinical associate professor of nutrition | Boston Alliance for Diversity in Dietetics (BADD) | Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics | $10,000 | 1 of 2 | $10,000 |
| Terry Ellis, associate professor and chair of physical therapy & athletic training | Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of Using a Music-based, Rhythm-modulating Wearable Sensor System in the Parkinson Disease Community in Persons with Parkinson Disease | MedRhythms Inc. | $1 | 1 of 1 | $10,000 |
| 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 | |
| Walking and mHealth to Increase Participation in Parkinson Disease (WHIP-PD) | NIH/NICHHD | $612,272 | 4 of 5 | $3,188,067 | |
| Translation of In-Clinic Gains in Daily Life After Stroke | NIH
subcontract via Washington University |
$95,292 | 4 of 5 | $336,581 | |
| CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Human Machine Interaction with Mobility Enhancing Soft Exosuits | President and Fellows of Harvard College | $100,299 | NC Ext #1 | $328,801 | |
| Development of a Modular Soft Exosuit Platform Suitable for Community-based Neurorehabilitation | President and Fellows of Harvard College | $109,608 | 5 of 5 | $487,320 | |
| CPS: TTP Option: Medium: Robotic Apparel to Enable Low Force Haptic Cueing for Improving Parkinson’s Gait | President and Fellows of Harvard College | $61,444 | 3 of 3 | $194,530 | |
| 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 | $499,765 | 5 of 5 | $2,470,141 |
| Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (CeKTER) | ACL/NIDILRR | $499,898 | 1 of 5 | $2,498,285 | |
| Marianne Farkas and E. Sally Rogers, research professor, BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation | Improved Employment Outcomes for Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities | ACL/NIDILRR | $874,887 | 2 of 5 | $4,373,277 |
| Claudio Ferre, assistant professor of occupational therapy | Codevelopment of Sensory and Motor Function in Infants At Risk for Cerebral Palsy | NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke | $208,839 | 1 of 1 | $628,407 |
| Daniel Fulford, assistant professor of occupational therapy | Understanding Social Situations (USS): Training to Improve Social Function in People with Psychosis | VA Connecticut Healthcare system | $16,692 | 1 of 1 | $16,692 |
| Enhancing Social Functioning in Schizophrenia through Scalable Mobile Technology | NIH/NIMH | $241,204 | NC Ext #1 | $458,867 | |
| Collaborative Research: Passive Sensing of Social Isolation and Loneliness: A Digital Phenotyping Approach | NIH/NIMH | $289,665 | 2 of 4 | $1,157,237 | |
| Simone Gill, associate professor of occupational therapy | Play & Learning Across a Year (PLAY) | New York University | $18,527 | 1 of 1 | $18,527 |
| 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 | Cortical-Basal Ganglia Speech Networks | MGH/NIH | $234,193 | 1 of 5 | $234,193 |
| Neural Modeling and Imaging of Speech | NIH/NIDCD | $350,625 | 5 of 5 | $1,950,981 | |
| Sequencing and Initiation in Speech Production | NIH/NIDCD | $349,889 | 5 of 5 | $1,811,733 | |
| Elizabeth Hoover, clinical professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Understanding the Mechanisms of Change and Optimal Parameters in Conversation Treatment for Aphasia | NIH/NIDCD | $690,076 | 1 of 5 | $3,217,654 |
| 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, executive director, BU Center for Rehabilitation | MA Youth Suicide Prevention Project | HHS/SAMHSA | $7,820 | 6 of 5 | $156,233 |
| The Learning and Working During the Transition to Adulthood RRTC | ACL/NIDILRR | $45,249 | 2 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 | 3 of 5 | $3,157,580 | |
| Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia Using Computation Modeling | NIH/NIDCD | $437,924 | 2 of 2 | $437,924 | |
| Academy of Aphasia Research and Training Symposium | NIH/NIDCD | $39,939 | 3 of 4 | $199,695 | |
| Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia Using Computation Modeling | NIH/NIDCD | $605,305 | 6 of 6 | $3,606,607 | |
| Deepak Kumar, assistant professor of physical therapy & athletic training | Long-term Effect of Genicular Nerve Ablation on Knee Pain, Gait, and Joint Structure | Tufts – New England Medical Center | $74,999 | 1 of 1 | $74,999 |
| Mind Your Walk Intervention for Community-Based Management of Knee OA: A Feasibility Study | NIH/NIAMSD | $124,462 | 4 of 5 | $622,311 | |
| Mind Your Walk Intervention for Community-Based Management of Knee OA: A Feasibility Study | NIH/NIAMSD | $54,000 | 1 of 1 | $54,000 | |
| Mindfulness and Exercise for Chronic Pain Management in Knee Osteoarthritis | Pfizer, Inc. | $15,000 | 1 of 2 | $214,999 | |
| Wearable Sensor-based Outcomes Following Physical Therapy in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Feasibility Study (WESENS-OA) | Pfizer, Inc. | $628,675 | 1 of 1 | $817,277 | |
| Cara L. Lewis, associate professor of physical therapy & athletic training | Etiology of Cam Morphology in Adolescent Athletes | Rheumatology Research Foundation | $200,000 | 1 of 2 | $200,000 |
| Movement Screening and Modification in Individuals with Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome | NIH/NIAMSD | $82,500 | NC Ext #2 | $164,916 | |
| Lindsey Locks, assistant professor of health sciences | 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 | Role of Smooth Muscle Calponin in Vascular Pathology | NIH/NHLBI subcontract via Augusta University Research Institute | $115,578 | 2 of 2 | $225,377 |
| Actin and Focal Adhesion Remodeling as Therapeutic Targets in Cardiovascular Disease | NIH/NIA | $529,157 | 5 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 | $19,394 | NC Ext #1 | $58,147 |
| Laboratory for Early Psychosis: Project 2 | McLean Hospital Corp. | $19,506 | 3 of 3 | $58,518 | |
| Laboratory for Early Psychosis: Project 3 | McLean Hospital Corp. | $19,506 | 1 of 3 | $58,518 | |
| Integrated Physical and Mental Health Self Management | PCORI | $34,916 | 2 of 5 | $365,030 | |
| Integrated Physical and Mental Health Self Management | PCORI | $14,270 | 3 of 5 | $365,030 | |
| Comparative Effectiveness of Cognitive Enhancement Therapy vs. Social Skills | PCORI | $18,610 | 1+2 of 3 | $70,075 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | Neural Systems for Attentional Control in Speech Processing | State University of New York at Binghamton | $12,400 | 1 of 1 | $12,400 |
| 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 | $39,438 | 3 of 3 | $115,023 |
| E. Sally Rogers and Marianne Farkas | Testing the Effectiveness of Mainstream Coaching Tools to Increase Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction and Decrease Turnover Among Peer Providers | ACL/NIDILRR | $199,967 | 2 of 3 | $599,902 |
| E. Sally Rogers | Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Health and Function of People with Psychiatric Disabilities | ACL/NIDILRR | $23,286 | 1 of 5 | $55,381 |
| E. Sally Rogers and Marianne Farkas | Improved Employment Outcomes for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities | ACL/NIDILRR & SAMHSA | $874,965 | NC Ext #2 | $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 #2 | $2,499,724 |
| Zlatka Russinova and E. Sally Rogers | Advanced Research Training Program in Employment and Vocational Rehab | ACL/NIDILRR | $149,811 | 3 of 5 | $749,183 |
| Elliot Saltzman, associate professor of physical therapy | Collaborative Research: Prosodic Structure: An Integrated Empirical and Modeling Investigation | NSF | $14,975 | NC Ext #2 | $45,994 |
| Cara Stepp, professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | An RCT of a telemedicine intervention for hypokinetic dysarthria in PD | VA Boston Healthcare System | $33,500 | 1 of 1 | $33,500 |
| 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 Subaward with MGH | $415,514 | 5 of 5 | $1,973,479 | |
| 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 | $527,723 | 4 of 5 | $2,600,995 |
| LaDora Thompson, professor of physical therapy & athletic training | Frailty: Prediction of Onset and Progression | NIH/National Institute of Aging | $518,282 | 1 of 1 | $518,282 |
| Academic Leadership Award – The Translational Rehabilitation in Geroscience Initiative | NIH/National Institute on Aging | $161,999 | 1 of 5 | $790,466 | |
| Sarah Villard, research assistant professor of speech, language & hearing sciences | Listening Effort under Auditory Masking Conditions in Persons with Acquired Aphasia | NIH/National Institute on Deafness & Communication Disorders | $89,577 | 1 of 1 | $179,154 |
| 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 | Health Insurance, Medical Records, Hospitalizations & Decision Making Among HIV/TB Co-infected | Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute | $144,000 | 1 of 2 | $288,000 |
| Basilis Zikopoulos, associate professor of health sciences | Organization and Circuit Interactions of Thalamocortical Attentional Networks in Health and Disease | NIH/NIMH | $460,899 | 3 of 5 | $2,348,754 |
| $19,814,916 | $80,190,128 |