Cleveland FES Center

Our thanks go out to Jose Zariffa PhD with Toronto's KITE Research Institute who yesterday shared his team's amazing research using first-person video and VR devices to measure the quality of a person's hand use after cervical spinal cord injury. Fascinating work that continues!

Amplitude Media Group, focusing on the interests of those living with limb loss, just published a story on the clinical trial underway by FES investigator Emily Graczyk & team at @cwru and @ClevelandVAMC to equip upper arm prosthetics with sensation: livingwithamplitude.com/article/isens-…

One of our own, Investigator Emily Graczyk PhD was featured on @wkyc Channel 3 - Cleveland this morning discussing the $9.9 million Department of Defense funding awarded to @cwru and @ClevelandVAMC to study sensory-enabled prosthetics. Watch here: fescenter.org/center-researc…

Great minds at work at this two-day @NSF funded conference/workshop focusing on access for people with disabilities linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Find out more about the ReHAB project: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Our SpringFESt event last month at Merwin's Wharf was a real treat! Our thanks to everyone who joined us for food, games and fun! #research #neuromodulation #celebrate

Sincere thanks and appreciation to Levi Hargrove PhD, guest speaker at last week's Neural Prosthesis Seminar. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Here's a look at the impact of VA research from Research Week 2025 at @VAResearch and @ClevelandVAMC linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Congratulations to our Executive Director Robert Kirsch PhD, honored today with the @DeptVetAffairs Paul B. Magnuson Award! linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

First Tuesday this week featured Anne Bryden PhD, OTR/L, who shared the essential but often unseen tasks that support people handle in the days and months after spinal cord injury, plus a sneak peek at a new SCI resource Dr. Bryden's building.

Today: Join us at 4 pm edt at The Fairmount for another First Tuesday Seminar, with guest speaker Anne Bryden PhD, OTR/L. Topic is Navigating Resources for Technology & Community Reintegration after SCI - Impacts of Lived Experience. Details at evt.to/euhssisgw

So proud to partner with the AdvancedPlatform Technology Center @APTCenter last week to host an info table alongside other VA groups as part of Limb Loss Awareness Day at @ClevelandVAMC spotlighting @VAResearch to help Veterans & Civilians with limb loss/limb difference.

Sharing a few moments from the @BuckeyePVA Wheelchair Games last weekend at SPIRE Academy. Some 50 OH & PA Veteran athletes showed up to compete, and we were thrilled to once again sponsor this event along with many others!

April is Limb Loss Awareness month, and a time to raise awareness of the close to 6 million people across the US, including Veterans, who have experienced limb loss or limb difference. Find out about FES research to improve function after limb loss: fescenter.org/research/clini…

Many thanks to our speakers and attendees! linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

So thrilled to see Betsey Kamm & Larry Bostic of Paralyzed Veterans of America Buckeye Chapter @BuckeyePVA speaking w Fox 8 "New Day Cleveland" host Natalie Herbick about the PVA Buckeye Wheelchair Games, April 10-12. fox8.com/on-air/new-day… @ClevelandVAMC @ReeveFoundation

If you haven't seen & saved the dates of our Spring 2025 Neural Prosthesis Seminar Series, you're in for a treat. We're proud and thrilled to welcome these experts this season. Please join us this Thursday and in the coming months! linktr.ee/fescenter_np_s…

Shoutout to FES Investigator Kevin Kilgore PhD who's received multiple @NIH grants to help researchers make the Networked Neuroprosthesis (NNP) implant invented at @cwru widely available. The work includes the COSMIIC Project. Congrats! cosmiic.org

So proud to share this story from @MetroHealthPMR ! linkedin.com/posts/clevelan…