Comparison Studies of Remote Rehabilitation Assessments to in Person Visits
Track
:
Remote Monitoring, Consumer & Mobile Health
Program Code:
71
Date:
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Time:
3:45 PM to 4:45 PM
EST
Location:
217C
MODERATOR
:
David Brennan, MBE, Senior Research Engineer, National Rehabilitation Hospital
David Brennan is a Senior Research Engineer at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, in Washington, DC. His work focuses primarily on research and development of computer-based tools for delivering interactive rehabilitation interventions. Mr. Brennan has presented at national and international conferences, authored numerous articles on telemedicine applications and human factors, and is the current chair of the ATA’s Telerehabilitation Standards and Guidelines Working Group. He received his Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Catholic University of America, in Washington, DC, where he currently serves as an adjunct lecturer teaching a graduate-level course on Telemedicine and e-Health.
SPEAKER
(S):
Deborah Theodoros, PhD, Associate Professor and Head, Division of Speech Pathology, School of Health & Rehab, University of Queensland
Professor Deborah Theodoros is Head of the Division of Speech Pathology in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. She is co-director of the Telerehabilitation Research Unit and Chair of the Telerehabilitation Special Interest Group of the American Telemedicine Association. Her research involves the assessment and treatment of motor speech disorders and the development and validation of telerehabilitation applications in speech pathology. She has over 100 publications including articles, book chapters and textbooks and has been involved in more than 100 national and international conference presentations.
Trevor Russell, BPhty, PhD, Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland
Dr Trevor Russell is a senior lecturer in the Division of Physiotherapy at the University of Queensland, where he co-directs the Telerehabilitation Research Unit. He has a PhD in Telerehabilitation and his research centres around the development of innovative technology solutions, and the evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy and clinical efficacy of these technologies for clinical service delivery in the allied health disciplines.
Richard M. Schein, PhD, Post-Dotoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh
Richard M. Schein currently is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Rehabilitation Science & Technology at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his Bachelor’s of Science degree from Springfield College concentrating in Medical Rehabilitation. He received his Master’s of Science and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees in Rehabilitation Science and Technology at the University of Pittsburgh. Richard is finishing a second master’s in Public Health part-time concentrating in Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh. He is involved in clinical research in areas of wheeled mobility and seaintg, polytrauma rehabilitation, and funding and policy relating to assistive technology.