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Jessica Jarvis awarded funding for work to assess racial equity in children’s rehabilitation therapy
The interdepartmental project focuses specifically on critical care among children with traumatic brain injury.
Telehealth effective, preferred for mobility equipment adjustments in veterans
Telehealth visits to help veterans access and adjust technology such as wheelchairs were just as effective as in-person visits, studies from Pitt’s Human Engineering Research Laboratories found.
Two Pitt Faculty Members Inducted into National Academy of Medicine
Toren Finkel and Amy Wagner have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine for their work on aging and neuro-rehab, respectively.
Watch: Spinal Stimulators for Pain Relief Repurposed to Restore Touch in a Lost Limb
A new study from the Rehab Neural Engineering Labs created the illusion of sensations in missing limbs. See how the technology works.
Engineering Team Designs Exoskeleton Technology to Help People Walk Again
It seems like something from a sci-fi movie: humans wearing bionic technology to move more easily. But Pitt researchers are turning fiction into a reality, aiming to help people with paraplegia.