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Grants & Clinical Trials Received

January - December 2014

$14,678,553

Total

Research Collaboration between Kessler Foundation and Children's Specialized Hospital

Funding Source: Research Collaboration between Kessler Foundation and Children's Specialized Hospital

Period: 2014-2016

Amount: $2,019,399

Investigator: Multiple

A Multicenter, Interventional Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of the Indego Robotic Exoskeleton Device in Subjects with Lower Extremity Weakness or Paralysis

Funding Source: Parker Hannifin

Period: 2014-end of study

Amount: $26,940

Investigator: G. Forrest, PhD

A Multicenter, Interventional Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of the Indego Robotic Exoskeleton Device in Subjects with Lower Extremity Weakness or Paralysis

Funding Source: Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

Period: 2014

Amount: $16,423

Investigator: J. Zanca, PhD

Unemployment in MS: Psychological and Health Outcomes

Funding Source: Patterson Trust

Period: 2014-2016

Amount: $$75,000

Investigator:L. Strober, PhD

Training and Research Fellowship

Funding Source: The Hearst Foundations

Period: 2014-2016

Amount: $150,000

Investigator: Multiple Fellows

Speed of Processing Training to Improve Cognition in MS: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Funding Source: National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Period: 2014-2018

Amount: $748,576

Investigator: N. Chiaravalloti, PhD

Collaborative Research Center Award

Funding Source: National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Period: 2014-2019

Amount: $821,585

Investigator: J. DeLuca, PhD

The Role of the Built Environment in Quality of Life for Adults with SCI

Funding Source: Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

Period: 2014-2016

Amount: $284,010

Investigator: A. Botticello, PhD

Explaining Functioning Disparitites Associated with Quality of Life in SCI

Funding Source: Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

Period: 2014-2015

Amount: $85,341

Investigator: D. Fyffe, PhD

Mind-Body Interventions for Self-Management of Pain Post-SCI: A Pilot Study

Funding Source: Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

Period: 2014-2015

Amount: $93,511

Investigator: J. Zanca, PhD

Neuromodulation ITB Therapy Fellowship

Funding Source: Medtronic

Period: 2014-2015

Amount: $25,000

Investigator: S. Kirshblum, MD

Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention for Children with TBI

Funding Source: New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research

Period: 2014-2017

Amount: $237,881

Investigator: K. Chiou, PhD

Medication Self-Management after TBI

Funding Source: New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research

Period: 2014-2016

Amount: $178,697

Investigator: A.M. Barrett, MD

Improving Emotional Adjustment and Quality of Life in Caregivers of Individuals with TBI

Funding Source: New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research

Period: 2014-2016

Amount: $176,606

Investigator: D. Krch, PhD

Sleep-Dependent Neuroplasticity in Procedural Learning Among Brain Injury Inpatients in an Acute Rehabilitation Hospital

Funding Source: New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research

Period: 2014-2016

Amount: $163,759

Investigator: A. Lequerica, PhD

SCIM Fellowship 2014

Funding Source: Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

Period: 2014-2015

Amount: $194,462

Investigator: S. K, MD

Advanced Aphasia Care

Funding Source: Mabel H. Flory Charitable Trust

Period: 2014-2015

Amount: $10,000

Investigator: A.M. Barrett, MD

Prism Therapy for Hidden Disabilities after Stroke: Newark Beth Israel Partnership

Funding Source: The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey

Period: 2014-2015

Amount: $50,000

Investigator: A.M. Barrett, MD

Development of Signal Processing Toolbox for Assessing Neuromuscular Response during Electrical Stimulation

Funding Source: New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research

Period: 2014-2016

Amount: $194,976

Investigator: R. Pilkar, PhD

Treating New Learning and Memory Deficits in Progressive MS: The Modified Story Memory Technique

Funding Source: National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Period: 2014-2015

Amount: $101,599

Investigator: N. Chiaravalloti, PhD

Improving Functioning in Persons with Chronic Pain Post-SCI through Virtual Classroom Delivery of a Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management Program

Funding Source: New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research

Period: 2014-2017

Amount: $450,645

Investigator: J. Zanca, PhD

Testing the Effects of Methylphenidate on Cognitive Fatigue in MS:  A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinicl Trial

Funding Source: National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Period: 2014-2015

Amount: $43,947

Investigator: E. Dobryakova, PhD

Blood Pressure, Cerebral Blood Flow, and Cognition in SCI

Funding Source: Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

Period: 2014-2016

Amount: $258,971

Investigator: N. Chiaravalloti, PhD

Improving Balance in TBI using a Low-Cost Customized Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Tool

Funding Source: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - Department of Defense

Period: 2014-2018

Amount: $2,987,537

Investigator: D. Krch, PhD and K. Nolan, PhD

Testosterone Combined with Electrical Stimulation and Standing: Effect on Muscle and Bone

Funding Source: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - Department of Defense

Period: 2014-2017

Amount: $1,834,554

Investigator: G. Forrest, PhD

Patient-Specific In-Shoe Orthoses for Knee Osteoarthritis Prescribed using Weight Bearing MRI

Funding Source:  National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research - Department of Education

Period: 2014-2017

Amount: $599,855

Investigator: P. Barrance, PhD

Standardization and Normative Data of the Symbol Digit Modalities Test-Oral Version

Funding Source: National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Period: 2014-2017

Amount: $457,921

Investigator: L. Strober, PhD

Neurophysiological Evaluation of Training Effect on Cancer-Related Weakness

Funding Source:  National Institutes of Health

Period: 2014-2019

Amount: $1,962,767

Investigator: G. Yue, PhD

A Randomized, Crossover Trial of Exoskeletal-Assisted Walking to Improve Mobility, Bowel Function and Cardio-Metabolic Profiles in Persons with SCI

Funding Source: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - Department of Defense

Period: 2014-2018

Amount: $355,693

Investigator: G. Forrest, PhD

Functional, Structural, and Behavioral Correlates of Metacognition in Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Funding Source:  American Psychological Foundation

Period: 2014-2015

Amount: $25,000

Investigator: K. Chiou, PhD

Equipment Funds to Kessler Foundation

Funding Source: East Orange Veterans Affairs

Period: 2014

Amount: $47,898

Investigator: G. Wylie, DPhil

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