Health Innovation Program (HIP) - Round 39 - (August 2013)


Two $25,000 awards funded:

  • A Preliminary Test of a Carepartner-Integrated Telehealth Rehabilitation Program for Persons with Stroke
    • PI: Sarah Blanton, PT, DPT, NCS Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
    • Sandra B. Dunbar, RN, DSN, FAAN, FAHA Associate Dean for Academic Advancement, Emory University School of Nursing
    • Patricia Clark, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN Associate Dean of Research, Georgia State University School of Nursing and Health Professions
    • Brian Jones, MSEE Senior Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Interactive Media and Technology Center
    • Robert Lyles, PhD Director, Emory Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Research Design (BERD) Program
    • Steven L. Wolfe, PhD, PT, FAPTA Professor, Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Medicine, Emory University
    • Catherine Maloney, PT, MHA, FACHE Director, Emory Center for Rehabilitation Medicine & Associate Administrator, Emory University Hospital
  • Accelerating Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients by Engaging Synchronous Tongue and Wrist Motion
    • PI: Maysam Ghovanloo, PhD Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Tech University
    • PI: Andrew Butler, PhD Associate Dean for Research & Professor, School of Nursing, Georgia State University