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Education

Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology (RST)

Degree Program
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Summer Intern Program
Rory A. Cooper and Dion Johnson Award

Contact:
The School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Office of Admissions
4020 Forbes Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 16260
412-383-6556

E-mail: shrsadmi+@pitt.edu

Web Address: http://www.shrs.pitt.edu/rst

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Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL)

REHABILITATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION
The laboratories are active in many aspects of education. They support research and design projects for undergraduate, masters, doctoral, and post-doctoral students. As part of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, the labs help to educate bioengineers, rehabilitation engineers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and physicians in physical medicine and rehabilitation. The Center, which is directed by a multi-disciplinary team, brings this multidisciplinary approach to education. The Centers also provide in-service training for rehabilitation professionals, engineers and technicians. Competitive assistantships are available to qualified applicants.

Graduate Student Internships
Undergraduate and Summer Internships
Work Study

Contact:
Human Engineering Research Laboratories
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
7180 Highland Drive, 151R-1
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
412-365-4850

E-mail: paulas@pitt.edu
Paula Stankovic, Research Coordinator
Web Address: http://www.herlpitt.org

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)

Residency Training Program 
Spinal Cord Injury Fellowship
Traumatic Brain Injury Fellowship

Contact:
Jo Kirley, Academic Manager
UPMC - Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-648-6138

E-mail: kirleyj@.upmc.edu
Web Address: http://www.rehabmedicine.pitt.edu


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HERL Students and Alumni

Current HERL Students

Doctoral Students

Fabrisia Ambrosio (MS, MPT, Medical College of PA & Hahnemann University/BS, Mansfield University)

Eliana Chaves ( MS, University of Pittsburgh/BS OT, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil)

Rachel Cowan ( MS, Wake Forest University/BA, University of North Carolina, Wlimington)

Michael Dvorznak (MS, University of Pittsburgh/BS, Carnegie Mellon University)

Brad Impink (MS, University of Pittsburgh/BS, University of Pittsburgh)

Amol Karmarkar (MS, University at Buffalo/BS, Government Medical College, Nagpur, India)

Jennifer Mercer (MS, University of Pittsburgh - in progress/BS, University of Pittsburgh)

Jon Pearlman ( MS, Cornell University/BS, University of California at Berkeley)

Ian Rice (MS OT, University of Washington/BA, University of Illinois)

Nigel Shapcott (MS, University of Surrey)

Erik Wolf  (MS, University of Pittsburgh/BS, University of Pittsburgh)

Yusheng Yang (MA, New York University, NY/BS, Chun-San Medical University, Taiwan)

 


Masters Students

Erica Authier (BS, University of Pittsburgh)

Karl Brown (BS, University of Colorado, Boulder)

Garrett Grindle (BS, University of Pittsburgh)

Elizabeth Leister (BS, Washington University)

Stephanie Martin (BS, University of Pittsburgh)

Robert Milan (BA, California University of PA)

Amanda Reinsfelder (BS, University of Wisconsin-Stout)

Michelle Tolerico (BS, University of Rochester, NY)

Megan Yarnall (BS, Temple University)

Emily Zipfel (BFA, Carnegie Mellon University)

 


Undergraduate Students and Interns

 

 

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HERL Alumni

Graduate Students

S. David Algood, MS (BS, Mississippi State University)

Julianna Arva, MS (BS, University of Dalarna, Sweden)

Mark Baldwin, MS (BS, Purdue University)

Alex Bevly, MS ( BS, University of Pittsburgh)

Corey Blauch, MS (BS, University of Pittsburgh)

Diane Collins, Ph.D. ( BS OT, Wayne State University/ MA, Webster University)

Laura Cohen, Ph.D. (MSPT, Russel Sage College)

Thomas A. Corfman (MS California State University, Sacramento/ BS, University of California, Davis)

Carmen P. Digiovine, Ph.D. (MS, University of Pittsburgh, BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Brian Fay, Ph.D. (MS, University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign/ BS, University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign

Roland Frisch, MS (BS, Budapest University of Technology and Economics)

April Hoover, MS (BS Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

Sandra Hubbard, Ph.D. ( MS, New Mexico Highlands University/BS OT, University of Puget Sound)

Peter C. Hunt, Ph.D.

Beth Ann Kaminski, MS (BS, Case Western Reserve University)

Andrew Kwarciak, MS (BA, Arizona State University)

Alicia M. Koontz, Ph.D. (MS, Wright State University/BS, Wright State University)

Brad Lawrence, MS (BA, Carnegie Mellon University)

Thomas J. O'Connor, Ph.D. (MS, California State University, Sacramento/BS, California State University, Sacramento)

Csaba Rehus, MS (BS, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Andrew Rentschler, Ph.D. (BS, Carnegie Mellon University/MS, University of Pittsburgh)

Donald M. Spaeth, Ph.D. (MA, San Francisco State University/BA, San Diego State University)

Sean D. Shimada, Ph.D. (BS, University of California at Davis/MS California State University at Sacramento/MS University of Pittsburgh)

Aaron L. Souza, Ph.D. (MS, California State University, Sacramento/BS, California State University, Sacramento

Nethravathi Tharakeshwarappa, MS (BS, Jawahar-Cal-Nehru National College of Engineering)

David P. VanSickle, Ph.D. (MS, California State University, Sacramento/BS, University of Kansas)

Megan Vitek, MS (BS, Tulane University)

 

Post-Docs
Songfeng Guo, Ph.D. 
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, PR China

Dan Ding, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 
Medical Residents
Heather Walker MD, Univ. of Pittsburgh

 

 

 

Summer Interns

 

2004

Andrew J. Malkeiwcz, Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

2003

Katie Fronczak, Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

Cleo Nacopoulos, Bioengineering Carnegie Mellon University

2002

Brad Impink, Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

Katie Fronczak, Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

2001

Megan Rothney, Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

Marissa Ammer, Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

2000

Jim Deitzer, Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

Mark McCartney Jr., Bioengineering, Case Western Reserve University

Marissa Ammer, High School Student, Pittsburgh, Pa

1999

Shannon Franks, Environmental Science, University of Minnesota

Rhys Ulerich, Computer Science, Penn StateUniversity

Karin Prins, Industrial engineering, Delft Technical University, Netherlands

1998

Scott Ruffing, Computer Science, Harvard University

Lisa Glass, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Erik Wolf, Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

Rhys Ulerich, High School Student, Johnstown, Pennsylvania

1997

Scott Ruffing, Computer Science, Harvard University

Stanley Hsu, Computer Engineering, Stanford University

Steve Spohn, Tech-Link High School Program, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Robert Flannery, High School Student, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Debbie Schor, High School Student, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1996

Nicole Reinheimer, International Business, Fachhochschule, Worms, Germany

Steve Spohn, Tech-Link High School Program, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Kurt Falhaber,  Mechanical-Bioengineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Stanley Hsu, Computer Engineering, Stanford University

1995

Tiffani Singleton, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

1994

Helen McGee, Mechanical-Bioengineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Maria Appreleva, Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

 

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