Tech4POD Teams

R1: Nano- and Microstructural Tissue Characterization for Improved Care of Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Severe Clubfoot Deformity

Lead Investigators:

  • Gerald Harris, PhD, P.E. - Marquette University
  • Jeffrey Toth, PhD - Medical College of Wisconsin

R2: Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Restoration of Upper and Lower Limb Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Lead Investigators:

  • Brian Schmidt, PhD - Marquette University
  • Michelle Johnson, PhD - Medical College of Wisconsin

R3: Home-Based Tele-Assisted Robotic Rehabilitation of Joint Impairments in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Lead Investigators:

  • Li-Qun Zhang, PhD - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
  • Yupeng Ren, MS - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

R4: Advanced Mobility Modeling to Improve Function and Longer Term Transitional Care of Children with Orthopedic Disabilities

Lead Investigators:

  • Brooke Slavens, PhD - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Gerald Harris, PhD, P.E. - Marquette University

D1: Developing a Pivoting-Sliding Elliptical System to Improve Off-Axis Meuromuscular Control in Children with Orthopedic Disabilities

Lead Investigators:

  • Yupeng Ren, MS - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
  • Li-Qun Zhang, PhD - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

D2: 3D Pediatric Robotic Gait Training Improves Locomotor Function in Children with CP

Lead Investigator:

  • Ming Wu, PhD - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

D3: Biplanar Fluoroscopic System for Dynamic, in vivo Foot and Ankle Motion Analysis

Lead Investigator:

  • Taly Gilat-Schmidt, PhD - Marquette University

D4: Fluoroscopy and Pressure Validated Orthotics in the Application of Pediatric Flatfoot

Lead Investigators:

  • Xue-Cheng Liu, PhD - Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Robert Rizza, PhD - Milwaukee School of Engineering

Training

Chair of Training and Dissemination:

  • Roger O. Smith, PhD - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Coordinator:

  • Deborah Epps, MBA - Medical College of Wisconsin

RIC Coordinator:

  • Margaret Holzer - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Dissemination

Chair of Training and Dissemination:

  • Roger O. Smith, PhD -University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Coordinator:

  • Deborah Epps, MBA - Medical College of Wisconsin