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Occupational Therapy

Bilateral Grasp Force Coordination in Aging: Effects of Intervention
Wayne State University, Del Harder Research Fund. Conti (PI) 01/04-02/05 Bilateral Grasp Force Coordination in Aging: Effects of Intervention
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Bilateral Activation of the Upper Extremity in Children with Unilateral Upper Extremity Motor Control Impairment
University of Michigan, C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital Fund for Research 01/02-01/03 Bilateral Activation of the Upper Extremity in Children with Unilateral Upper Extremity Motor Control Impairment
Role: Collaborator
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Repetitive Intensive Therapeutic Exercise in Children with Spasticity
NIDRR H133G000058 2000-2003
Repetitive Intensive Therapeutic Exercise in Children with Spasticity
Role: Research Occupational Therapist
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Teen Mothers: School, Work, Childcare and Community Support at Detroit Public School
057702B3E Head (PI) 5/28/02 – 5/27/03
Departmental
Teen Mothers: School, Work, Childcare and Community Support at Detroit Public School
Charles Vincent Continuing Education Center
Role: PI
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Women and Aging: Well-Being in late life by the National Institute of Health
5 RO1 A1098574 Lysack (PI) 9/01/00 – 8/01/01
NIH
Women and Aging: Well-Being in late life by the National Institute of Health
Role: Investigator
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Community Living after Spinal Cord Injury: Models and Outcomes
R01#1HD43378  Lysack (PI)      6/1/03 - 5/31/07 
NIH / NICHD / NCMRR
Community Living after Spinal Cord Injury: Models and Outcomes  
The goal is to extend basic knowledge oflonger term spinal cord injury outcomes by evaluating competingsocial-ecological hypotheses about community (both desired forms ofcommunity and modes of valued participation) by comparing adultCaucasian and African Americans (n=160) with spinal cord injury acrossa range of age of onset and duration beyond 5 years post injury.
Role: PI
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Community Participation after Spinal Cord Injury: Idioms of Beliefs and Behaviors
H133G020151  Lysack (PI)      10/1/02 - 9/30/05  
NIDRR-National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research  
Community Participation after Spinal Cord Injury: Idioms of Beliefs and Behaviors
The goal of this practice-focused study (n=72 ) is to identify individual and environmental level barriers andresources to community independence and re-integration among teenagersand younger adults in the early years post spinal cord injury.
Role: PI
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Predicting Driver Readiness after Stroke
Predicting Driver Readiness after Stroke
NIH
PI: Lisa Rapport, PhD, Co-PI: Joseph M. Pellerito, Jr., MS, OTR
Potential Award: $150,000
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Marketing Toolbox Initiative
Marketing Toolbox Initiative
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), May 2002-May 2004, $10,000-$210,000.
J. Pellerito, Jr. and Fred Sammons
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