PT Practicum Presentations
01/2019 – Congratulations to our third-year DPT students, Catie Ledwick and Jeff Paskewitz, on their fantastic PT practicum presentations!
Category: Presentations
APTA CSM Poster Session
01/2019 – Don’t miss the opportunity to hear about how post-stroke gait can be characterized using walking speed and the Functional Gait Assessment from DPT student and Athletic Training alum from Sargent College, Jeff Paskewitz at #APTACSM! He’ll be presenting the work he did with Lou Awad, PT, DPT, PhD and collaborators in the Research Section’s Saturday […]
APTA CSM Platform Session
01/2019 – Check out DPT student from Sargent College, Catie Ledwick and her presentation on how mentality and self-perception can affect physical ability and activity in patients post-stroke at #APTACSM! She will be presenting TODAY from 11AM to 1PM!
Dr. Steve Wolf’s Movement Retraining Lecture
12/2018 – Dr. Steve Wolf gave a stimulating lecture at Harvard University on movement retraining in patients poststroke. Our lab was excited to host his visit to Sargent College, the Wyss Institute, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Network! Also, check out Dr. Wolf giving a tour of the Fenway Park suite at the Hotel Commonwealth here!
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Conference
11/2018 – Our lab director, Lou Awad, PT, DPT, PhD, gave a pre-conference workshop at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine annual conference on Rhythm and the Motor System: New Opportunities for Gait Training.
Italian Wounded Warrior Project
09/2018 – Recently, our lab’s director, Lou Awad, PT, DPT, PhD, presented to representatives of the Italian Wounded Warrior Project visiting Spaulding Rehabilitation Network. It was an honor to share how our work developing and testing next generation rehabilitation technologies could help restore the mobility of our veterans.
Visit and lecture by Dr. George Hornby
06/2018 – Check out Dr. George Hornby sharing his ongoing research on stroke and spinal cord injury locomotor rehabilitation with our col-laboratory at Harvard’s Wyss Institute and BU’s Sargent College.
Lecture on Music and the Brain
06/2018 – We were very pleased to welcome Brian Harris, CEO of MedRhythms, to present on technological innovations in the field of neurologic music therapy.
Orthotic and Prosthetic Innovative Technologies Conference
05/2018 – Last week, our lab’s director, Lou Awad, PT, DPT, PhD, spoke at the UCSF Orthotic and Prosthetic Innovative Technologies Conference about soft robotic exosuits that enable more normal walking behavior in persons with weakness on just one side of the body.
Outstanding Poster Presentation Finalist!
11/2017 – Our most recent research on soft exosuits has been recognized at the 2017 International Symposium on Wearable & Rehabilitation Robotics as an Outstanding Poster Abstract and Presentation Finalist!