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USC SensoriMotor Assessment and Rehabilitation Training in Virtual Reality Center

ReHaB Core ⟩ NPNL Lab ⟩

The primary objective of this proposed project is to establish USC as a world leader in the use of virtual technologies for healthcare, through the expansion of the USC SensoriMotor Assessment and Rehabilitation Training in Virtual Reality Center (USC SMART-VR Center), a multidisciplinary center that was established in 2018 to bring together world-class innovators across the fields of biokinesiology, computer science, engineering, neuroscience, behavioral change, and rehabilitation to study and develop VR interventions for healthcare.

Additional participating faculty from the Chan Division include Dr. Jess Holguin, Dr. John Margetis, Dr. Stacey Schepens Niemiec, and Dr. Lisa Aziz-Zadeh.

Funding

Type	Source	Amount
Intramural	USC Collaboration Fund	$90,000 (anticipated)

USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

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The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) is accredited by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org.

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