"Media Recap"

Read about SHRS students, faculty, and alumni featured in the news.

• RST Chair Rory Cooper, PhD  receives national mentor award. (Pittsburgh-Tribune Review)   
• CSD Associate Professor Catherine Palmer, PhD starts program to help area residents afford hearing aids. (wkbn.com)
• Rehab Counseling student uses own disability to change the lives of others.  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• RST Chair Rory Cooper, PhD provides guidance for Warrior Transition Units.(Military.com News)
• Dean Clifford E. Brubaker, PhD and Associate Dean Katherine Seelman, PhD attend launching of the first World Report on Disability.  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• HERL moves to a new location in Bakery Square.  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Competing for the 28th time in National Veterans Wheelchair Games helps RST Chair Rory Cooper, PhD with mobility research. (Pittsburgh-Tribune Review)  
• CSD Associate Professor Catherine Palmer, PhD helps local band students prevent hearing loss.  (wkbn.com)
• SHRS researchers, including Associate Professor Richard Simpson, PhD receive funding for a new device to help the severely disabled.   (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Assistive devices from the Human Engineering Research Lab (HERL), under the direction of RST Chair Rory Cooper, PhD are helping older Americans and war veterans.  (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)        
• Watch SMN Chair Scott Lephart, PhD and Associate Professor John Abt, PhD  explain how they train elite military operators for special missions overseas.  (WPXI.com)
• CSD Associate Professor Scott Yaruss, PhD talks about recent research and treatments for those who stutter.   (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) 
• EM faculty member comments on the value of research on safety in EMS agencies.  (upi.com)   (medindia.net)
• SHRS robotic technology listed among world's best.  (www.popsci.com)
• OT Chair and Professor, Joan Rogers, PhD receives national recognition by earning prestigious award for her work in occupational therapy.  (Pittsburgh-Tribune Review)
• RST Clinical Instructor Amy Lane helps elderly and other drivers practice safety with unique program.  (Pittsburgh-Tribune Review)
• RST Chair Rory Cooper, PhD is honored for his research for veterans.  (Tribune-Democrat)
• CSD Associate Professor Catherine Palmer, PhD talks about how you can prevent hearing loss.  Find out what you can do.  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• RST Visiting Assistant Professor Diane Collins, PhD is finding a way to help families take care of elderly members, even if they're far away. Read about this new research study.(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• SMN receives $3 million DOD award.  (www.popcitymedia.com)
• SHRS alumnus Denise English (PT '73) helps victims of earthquake in Haiti.  What she is doing and how you can help. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• HIM Chair Mervat Abdelhak, PhD receives national recognition.  (Trib Total Media), (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Forty years later, the founding dean of SHRS, Anne Pascasio, is still helping future leaders in Rehabilitation Science.  Read what she is doing.  (PittChronicle) 
• SMN Chair Scott Lephart, PhD helps improve the performance of soldiers and decrease Army injuries.  Find out how.  (Pittsburgh-Tribune Review) , (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), (Times & Transcript)
• RST Chair Rory Cooper, PhD talks about utilizing robotics to help those with disabilities gain more independence.  Take a look at how it would work. (www.livescience.com)
• SHRS graduate student demonstrates NSF-funded research to Senate.  Read what they are doing.  (www.nsf.gov)
• Human Engineering Research Lab researchers travel to Washington, DC to present to lawmakers new robotic wheelchair created by students at SHRS.  Read how it works and about other student projects.(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Human Engineering Research Lab, an SHRS-affiliation, awarded highly competetive $5-million grant.  Read how the money will be used. (Pittsburgh Business Times)
• SHRS Associate Dean of Disability Programs and Professor Katherine Seelman, PhD helps nation and world focus on disability rights.  Why world leaders gathered in Pittsburgh.(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• SMN Assistant Professor, Judy Dodd, explains how your sense of smell can effect your health.  Find out how. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• RST Chair Rory Cooper, PhD helps research scientists with disabilities by designing a "smart" robotic arm.  How it works.(Nature Medicine)
• RST Chair Rory Cooper, PhD competes in National Veterans Wheelchair Games for 15 years, now games will come to Pittsburgh. Find out when. (Pittsburgh-Tribune Review)
• PT Associate Professors Sue Whitney, PhD and Patrick Sparto, PhD help patients with Balance Disorders.  How virtual reality is helping. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• PT Assistant Professor Michael Schneider, DC talks about Direct Access for Physical Therapy Patients.  What does it mean?(WTAE)
• RST Chair Rory Cooper, PhD featured on special edition of Cheerios cereal box. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh-Tribune Review)
• RST Chair Rory Cooper, PhD and SMN Chair Scott Lephart, PhD to help recovering soldiers.  Find out how.  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• RST Chair and Distinguished Professor Rory Cooper, PhD is the featured speaker at International Symposium on Wearable Computers.  Learn about his invention.  (Pittsburgh-Tribune Review)
• CSD Associate Professor Catherine Palmer, PhD provides tools and tips to first-time hearing aid users.  Find out how a new class can help.(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) 
• CSD alumnus David W. Hammer is recognized for his clinical achievements.  Find out why. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• SHRS Graduate from Palestine finds opportunity in America and at the University of Pittsburgh.  Read the story of Jenan Barghouthis now.  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• CSD Associate Professor Catherine Palmer, PhD warns of the dangers of iPods and MP3 players.  Find out how you can prevent hearing loss.  (WPXI) 
• SMN Assistant Professor Timothy Sell, PhD talks about injury prevention.  Click here for his expert advice. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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