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Hello MR3 Community! 

Welcome to the February 2022 edition of the MR3 Network e-News, featuring the latest news, training and funding opportunities, and other announcements from the MR3 Network. Visit us to learn more about the latest in medical rehabilitation and share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues.

The MR3 Network has been working on the creation of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion resource page for rehabilitation researchers. Please visit the DEI pages to read our statement on health disparities, and to find resources including initiatives, webinars, and additional information that may be useful to the rehabilitation research community. These pages are constantly evolving. Thus, we welcome your input and encourage you to let us know of additional content for consideration.

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Pilot Grants and Funding Opportunities

Conferences and Webinars

Job Opportunities

Podcasts and Other Media


NIH News and Updates
Pilot Grants and Funding Opportunities


Pilot Project Request for Applications


AR3T


AR3Regenerative Rehabilitation Pilot Grant RFA 
The AR3T Pilot Funding Program supports researchers in the development of innovative, interdisciplinary Regenerative Rehabilitation research projects. LOI deadline is March 1, 2022

Learn more at the AR3T website.
 

                                           



C-STAR

C-STAR Pilot Project Funding Open for Applications!

C-STAR is looking for clinicians, scientists and engineers early in their professional careers with innovative ideas for the use of technology in rehabilitation research.

C-STAR will fund four projects per year. Each project may receive up to $25,000 in direct costs that must be expended within 12-months of study start date. Awardees will also receive mentorship from top leaders in engineering, clinical, outcomes and implementation science research.
 
Pilot Project Application Deadlines
4/22/22 Letter of Intent Due
5/16/22 Applicants will be notified whether to submit a full proposal
7/1/22 Full Proposals Due
7/29/22 Pilot Project Awardees Announced
10/1/22 Earliest Pilot Project Start Date*
 
*Pending submission approval and completion of all post award documentation
 
If interested, please visit the C-STAR website for details and submit your letter of intent.
 



C-PROGRESS                             

The American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) has partnered with the C-PROGRESS to fund multiple grants, up to $25,000 USD each! Areas of research should focus on topics related to cerebral palsy.

Research grant funding supports high-quality, clinical research projects/programs. The award may be used to fund planning for a project or to complete a small research project of high impact in any area relevant to the AACPDM’s mission. The successful applicant will have a commitment to and track record in childhood-onset disability research.

Submission deadline: Friday, April 15, 2022
Applications must be submitted online here. 
For more information please visit the AACPDM website.

 


Other Funding Opportunities


AR3T

JoVE Methods Collection

A special JoVE Methods Collection on translational and pre-clinical mechanotherapy techniques used to study health and disease in animal models is accepting manuscripts to be included in this special issue. AR3T will provide additional funding support of up to $2,000 towards open access publication costs for each accepted manuscript. Please contact hirotaka@pitt.edu for more information. View the collection here.
 
Conferences and Webinars


AR3T

Orthobiologics & Regenerative Medicine Webinar Series

Led by the AAP’s Resident/ Fellow Council and AR3T, this webinar series’ aims to provide comprehensive education for physicians-in-training and physiatrists interested in regenerative rehabilitation, while reducing stigma, misinformation, and encouraging responsible advancements for the regenerative field.

Register here for the next webinar with Dr. Gerard Malanga (New Jersey Regenerative Institute) to be held Tuesday, March 1, 2022 @ 7:00PM EST!

          



C-STAR
 

New C-STAR Webinars Available for Free Viewing

Our highly collaborative scientists and clinicians will share their knowledge, experience and technical and clinical know-how with you to provide training and enhance expertise across the field of rehabilitation research and practice. You will find eleven webinars available in the Academy library. The following are those most recently released:

Biological and Bionic Hands: Natural Neural Coding and Artificial Perception

Learn about advancements in neural coding and artificial perception in this course taught by Sliman Bensmaia, PhD, James and Karen Frank Family Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at The University of Chicago's Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy.

Determining Neural Mechanisms Underlying Motor Impairments Following Unilateral Brain Injury Using Engineering Approaches: Impact on Rehabilitation
Taught by Julius P. A. Dewald, PT, PhD, Professor and Chair at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, this course explores the use of engineering approaches to determine neural mechanisms and motor impairments following a brain injury.

Merging Humans and Machines to Assist Walking and Running: Robotic Exoskeletons, Bionic Prostheses and Mobile Brain Imaging
Join this on-demand webinar as Daniel Ferris, PhD, Robert W. Adenbaum Professor in Engineering Innovation, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering; Professor, University of Florida, teaches you how the latest developments in robotic exoskeleton technology, bionic prostheses and mobile brain imaging can assist walking and running.

 

IdeaLab | Turn your ideas into life-changing solutions

Any research idea that has the potential to improve human ability may be presented by scientists or clinicians. On a regular basis, we hold interactive IdeaLabs, gathering physicians, scientists, nurses, engineers, therapists and entrepreneurs who have an interest related to the idea up for consideration. IdeaLabs afford C-STAR investigators the invaluable opportunity to present a novel idea in one of these forums uniquely focused on their specific idea. Such critical feedback enhances applicants’ research focus and increases the chances of funding.

Ideas presented in this forum:

o   Instrumenting Everyday Objects

o   Remote tracking of tummy time in term and preterm infants in real-world settings using wearable sensors: A validation study

o   A broad-spectrum method for evaluation of dexterity in children

o   Real-time mobile cognitive assessments for stroke rehabilitation

o   A Gesture-to-speech recognition system

o   Balance is vital: Establishing home-based clinical reference data with smartphone accelerometry

o   Automated Stuttering Severity Assessment

o   Real-time physiological and motor monitoring for aquatic therapy and rehabilitation

o   Miniature foot-mounted device that provides real-time kinematic information

o   Video-based estimation of facial kinematics for detecting Parkinson’s disease and predicting its severity

See our C-STAR website for more details about IdeaLabs or contact CSTARIdeaLabs@sralab.org.

                                           



LeaRRn


INSTITUTE

Register Now for the 2022 Virtual Institute, "Rehabilitation Payment Models: Innovation, Research, and Policy."

This Institute, co-sponsored by LeaRRn and CoHSTAR, will take place on June 21 & 23, 2022, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET, with a Poster Slam on June 21, 5:00 - 7:00 PM ET.
Now accepting abstracts for poster presentations! 

Click here for more information on how to submit. 

Submissions are due April 1, 2022.

 
WEBINAR SERIES

­­Register now for upcoming events in LeaRRn's Series, “Using Health System Research to Revolutionize Rehabilitation Care.”

Miriam Rafferty, PT, DPT, PhD will present a Grand Rounds, "Application of Sustainability Frameworks and Assessments in Rehabilitation – A 4 Year Implementation Project" on February 9, 2022 from 2:00 - 3:30 PM ET.
 
Mark Helfand, MD, MS, MPH will present a Webinar, "Systematic Review Approaches to Optimize Learning Health Systems" on March 4, 2022 from 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET.
 
Our final Grand Rounds of the season will be on March 23, 2022 from 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET and will feature Susan L. Whitney, DPT, PhD, NCS, ATC, FAPTA presenting, “Guideline Implementation: Moving Evidence into Clinical Practice,” and colleagues Kelly Tanner, PhD, OTR/L, BCP and Victoria Nicole Baker, OTD, OTR/L presenting, “Implementing Occupational Therapy Clinical Practice Guidelines in an Outpatient Pediatric Hospital-based Setting”
 
You can view all of LeaRRn's archived events here.


APPLIED LEARRNING CASES
LeaRRn is pleased to introduce a new resource called Applied LeaRRning Cases, which provide examples of how rehabilitation researchers have used Learning Health Systems (LHS) research competencies in real world settings. Each Applied LeaRRning case includes: an Applied LeaRRning Case description, an accompanying presentation video, curated resources to deepen LeaRRning, and links to related topics in the LeaRRn Resource Database. 

Click here to access our first Applied LeaRRning Case on Improvement & Implementation Science presented by Dr. Gerard Brennan, PT, PhD, FAPTA.                         
 


                            

NC NM4R


2021-2022 Speaker Series

This series will explore diverse neuromodulation methods with a focus on rehabilitation. Researchers and clinicians of all career stages (including students and fellows), who are interested in neuromodulation and novel rehabilitation techniques, are invited. At each meeting, a speaker will present a topic, study, or grant proposal relating to the improvement of rehabilitation techniques through the use of neuromodulation. The attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions, exchange ideas and opinions, and develop informal discussions. This monthly meeting aims to present innovative ideas and cutting-edge methods for clinicians and researchers. 

Learn more about the speaker series and view upcoming events, here.

        


This Speaker Series was launched with Bashar Badran, Ph.D., presenting “Developing Novel Therapeutics – Focused Ultrasound and Auricular Neuromodulation as Alternatives to Implantable Brain Stimulation” on Wednesday, December 1st at 12 PM Eastern.

We are pleased to offer a video recording of his talk here.

            



Restore


Watch Webinar Recording on “OpenSense: Analyzing Motion with Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Data” 
OpenSense is free and open-source software to compute the motions of body segments based on inertial measurement unit (IMU) data. It was developed at Stanford University as part of the NIH-funded Mobilize and Restore Centers. If you missed our webinar about OpenSense, you can watch the recordings:

Read publication | See the full list of resources | Download OpenSense
 
Open-Source Software for Automatic Subregional Assessment of Knee Cartilage Degradation
Members of the Restore Center team and colleagues have developed a deep learning model that automatically assesses knee cartilage degradation from MRIs. The results of the model agree with those of an expert as closely as experts agree with one another. The study was published in the December issue of Cartilage. The software and a demo website have also been made available.
 
Read publication | Try model on your own MRIs | Access software | Learn more
 
 
An Open-Source Low-Cost Wearable System for Measuring 3D Motion in Real-Time
Want to monitor human movement in the wild? We have developed OpenSenseRT, a wearable motion capture system that uses IMUs to compute joint motion in real-time. The system is low-cost ($100-$300), lightweight (400g), open-source, customizable, simple to build (no soldering or coding), and has similar accuracy to commercial systems. The system is described in this month’s issue of IEEE Transactions of Biomedical Engineering.
 
Read publication | Read instructions to build your own system
 

                                     

Job Opportunities

AR3T
 
Open Tenure-Track Position in Occupational Therapy at Wayne State University

Wayne State University seeks applications for a full-time, 12-month tenure/tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Professor in the Occupational Therapy (OT) Program, Department of Health Care Sciences. Wayne State University has an active Regenerative Rehabilitation Research and Training Program and is a member of the International Consortium for Regenerative RehabilitationLearn more here.

 


NC NM4R

A postdoctoral position is now open in the Rehabilitation with Insight from Robotics and Engineering (Rewire) Lab at MetroHealth Hospital and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The lab’s focus is on sensorimotor rehabilitation innovations following stroke.

Title: Postdoctoral Scholar
Department: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
School: Medicine
Location: Old Brooklyn Health Center
Supervisor Name and Title: James Sulzer, Staff Scientist, Associate Professor

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
1. Lead assigned project(s)
2. Design and conduct clinical trials with patients and analyze data
3. Create new rehabilitation technology
4. Publish peer-reviewed journal papers and present data at national and international conferences
5. May supervise laboratory staff, scholars, and students

For more information and to apply, please email Prof. James Sulzer directly at jamessulzer@gmail.com
 
Podcasts and Other Media


AR3T

Orthobiologics & Regenerative Medicine Podcast Series

Led by the AAP’s Resident/ Fellow Council and AR3T, this podcast series’ aims to provide comprehensive education for physicians-in-training and physiatrists interested in regenerative rehabilitation, while reducing stigma, misinformation, and encouraging responsible advancements for the regenerative field. Click here to listen to podcasts featuring Dr. Michael Boninger (U. of Pittsburgh) or Dr. Kenneth Mautner (Emory U.).
 

LeaRRn

PODCAST
LeaRRn has launched a podcast! This new podcast is an opportunity to explore our educational content about Learning Health Systems and rehabilitation research, and to hear more about our funding opportunities and programs.

Click here to stream from our website or subscribe on PodBean.
NIH News and Updates


Neuromod Prize
 

The Neuromod Prize is a SPARC (Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions) initiative from NIH that is accelerating the development of targeted neuromodulation therapies. The competition seeks groundbreaking uses of peripheral nerve stimulation that can independently regulate two or more desired autonomic functions without unintended effects on non-target organs. At the discretion of NIH, additional competition phases may follow Phase 1. The first phase calls on scientists, engineers, and clinicians to submit novel concepts and plans for development. 

The competition is open to U.S. participants, subject to eligibility requirements. Phase 1 participants will submit concept papers describing their proposed therapeutic approaches, their plans for conducting proof-of-concept studies, their rationales for therapeutic use, and their expectations for clinical impact. Submissions are due by 4:59 p.m. EDT on April 28.

Explore the Neuromod Prize resource hub to learn more about present and emerging methods for bioelectronic medicine, research tools, clinical translation, and target performance considerations. 

Learn more about the Neuromod Prize here.
 


Rehab Research Newsletter

The Rehabilitation Research Newsletter is delivered bi-monthly to subscribers from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The November edition includes upcoming events and notices and funding opportunities from the NIH.

View this newsletter and subscribe here.
 
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