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ImpacTech

by Dr. Mary Goldberg, Dr. Jon Pearlman, Nancy Augustine, Dr. Michelle Zorrilla

IMPACT Center's ImpacTech with Dr. Mary Goldberg. Join us as we delve into the stories of assistive technology researchers and entrepreneurs. What does it take to get an assistive technology to market? What is happening across the country and around the world? Listen to their journeys and hear about some really neat technologies helping to improve people's daily lives.

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  1. Nothing About Us, Without Us (Part 1)

    Host(s): Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest(s): Emily Gerhardstein, CEO & Co-Founder, LS Adaptive IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter LS Adaptive | Website Timestamps 1:33 Meet Emily and LS Adaptive 3:51 How Caregiving...

  2. AgeTech: Importance of Human Behavior in Cognitive Technologies

    Host(s): Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest(s): Dr. Tony Sterns, Founder and CEO of iRxReminder IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter iRxReminder | Website Dr. Tony Sterns | LinkedIn, Miami University, Email [email protected]

  3. Can AI Help Us Age Better?

    Host(s): Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest(s): Walter (Wally) Boot, PhD (CREATE / ENHANCE), Sara Czaja, PhD (CREATE / ENHANCE) IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter CREATE (Center for Research and Education on Aging and...

  4. Finding Their Voice (Part 2)

    Host(s): Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest(s): Shay Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO of Verbali and innovator behind Ma-Talk IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter Verbali.io | Website Discussion Topics (time stamp) The Tech Behind...

  5. Finding Their Voice

    Host(s): Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest(s): Shay Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO of Verbali and innovator behind Ma-Talk IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter Verbali.io | Website Discussion Topics (time stamp) The inspiration…

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  6. Designing Dignity

    Host(s): Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest(s): Taylor Allen and Sreejith Ravi, REAR LAB at Georgia Tech IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter REAR Lab | Website Discussion Topics (time stamp) What sparked the idea 2:05 Design...

  7. Opening Doors to Independence Part 2

    Host(s): Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest(s): Mike Soniat and Wayne Newitts IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter DOOR-E | Website, Facebook Discussion Topics (time stamp) Technical hurdles in developing Door-E 1:13…

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  8. Opening Doors to Independence

    Host(s): Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest(s): Mike Soniat and Wayne Newitts IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter DOOR-E | Website, Facebook Discussion Topics The origin story of DOOR-E, inspired by helping a friend with...

  9. Precision in Motion Part 2

    Host(s): Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest(s): Student Design Team - HAT, University of Washington: Yuka Fan, Emily Boeschoten, Adria Gonzalez, Sasha Portnova IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter HAT Team Information | Video,...

  10. Precision in Motion

    Host(s): Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest(s): Student Design Team - HAT, University of Washington: Yuka Fan, Emily Boeschoten, Adria Gonzalez, Sasha Portnova IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter HAT Team Information | Video,...

  11. Exploring the Future of Blindness Tech: Insights from Brandon Biggs and John McInerney (Part 2)

    Host(s): Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh, Josh Anderson, Program Director, Assistive Technology Specialist for Easter Seals Crossroads, and Host of Assistive Technology Update Guest(s): Brandon Biggs, CEO of XR Navigation; John McInerney, IMPACT...

  12. Exploring the Future of Blindness Tech: Insights from Brandon Biggs and John McInerney (Part 1)

    Host(s): Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh, Josh Anderson, Program Director, Assistive Technology Specialist for Easter Seals Crossroads, and Host of Assistive Technology Update Guest(s): Brandon Biggs, CEO of XR Navigation; John McInerney, IMPACT...

  13. Success for Steadiwear

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Co-Host: Dr. Michelle Zorrilla, Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director of Technology Translation, IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest: Emilie Maamary, CMO of Steadiwear IMPACT…

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  14. Steady Advisors for Steadiwear

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Co-Host: Dr. Michelle Zorrilla, Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director of Technology Translation, IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest: Emilie Maamary, CMO of Steadiwear Use the code...

  15. Catalyst for Change

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest: Leah Marmo, Director of Impact Accelerator at Iglis, Pittsburgh, PA IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter Transcript | PDF Timestamps: 1:59 Leah's Background Story 20:15 Key Lessons...

  16. Costs Over Corporate: Unique Solutions for Special Needs

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest: Rose Morris, Founder of Abram's Nation IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter Transcript | PDF Timestamps: 1:45 Rose Morris and Abram's Nation Introduction 2:05 Motivation to start…

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  17. Empowering Mobility: The PowerFlex Revolution

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guests: Todd Hargroder and Troy Tesmer, co-founders of Soul Mobility, Inc. IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter Transcript | PDF Timestamps: 0:58 The IMPACT Award 2:31 How they got into the...

  18. Breaking Boundaries: Trailblazing Assistive Tech at the RESNA Developers' Showcase

    Host : Dr. Michelle Zorrilla, Associate Director of Technology Translation, and Dr. Julie Faieta, Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, Rehabilitation Science Researcher and Licensed Clinical Occupational Therapist Guests: RESNA Developers' Showcase Teams (see below for more...

  19. Room to Dream

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest: Julie Gulick, President and CEO of Bally Design Julie Gulick - Bally Design | LinkedIn, Website IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram Transcript | PDF

  20. Staying Novel with NIDILRR

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest: Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt, Director of the National Institute of Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), an elite wheelchair racer, a Paralympic ambassador, public speaker,...

  21. Disability. Access. Heart

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest: Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt, Director of the National Institute of Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), an elite wheelchair racer, a Paralympic ambassador, public speaker,...

  22. Audience Choice: Creating Universal Design for Everyone

    Hosts: Dr. Michelle Zorrilla, Associate Director of Technology Translation and Mrs. Nancy Augustine, Project Manager, at the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh, Guests: Madeline Lee and Meghan Mulloy, graduate student entrepreneurs from the University of Pittsburgh’s Masters of...

  23. Solving Everyday Challenges With Simple Designs

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guests: Tracey McGillivray, Entrepreneur/Co-founder & CEO at Axtion Independence Mobility Inc.; Liam Maaskant, Mechanical Engineer; Co-Founder & CPO, Axtion Independence Mobility Inc. Tracey McGillivray |...

  24. Let It Be Your Fuel

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guests: Dr. Portia Singh, Director of Research at Cariloop, the world's first human-powered caregiver support platform that combines professional health care coaching services, and cloud-based tools that…

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  25. Lived Experiences

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guests: Dr. Portia Singh, Director of Research at Cariloop, the world's first human-powered caregiver support platform that combines professional health care coaching services, and cloud-based tools that…

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  26. This Is How WE Do It

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guests: Karin Leire, Vice President of Research and Innovation at Permobil; Dr. Laura Rice, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Associate Director of the Center on Health, Aging, and…

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  27. The Future is Female

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guests: Karin Leire, Vice President of Research and Innovation at Permobil; Dr. Laura Rice, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Associate Director of the Center on Health, Aging, and…

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  28. Support for the Sandwich Generation

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guests: Dr. Alex Mihailidis, Barbara G Stymies Chair in Rehabilitation Technology, and lead of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics team at KITE, and Dr. Tilak Dutta, Scientist at the Toronto Rehab...

  29. Collaboration is Key for KITE

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guests: Dr. Alex Mihailidis, Barbara G Stymies Chair in Rehabilitation Technology, and lead of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics team at KITE, and Dr. Tilak Dutta, Scientist at the Toronto Rehab...

  30. 17 Months Instead of 17 Years

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guests: Dr. Pooja Viswanathan, CEO of BRAZE Mobility Inc and Dr. Rosalie Wang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto FASTER Collective…

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  31. Going Rogue in Rehab Tech ft BRAZE Mobility

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guests: Pooja Viswanathan, CEO of BRAZE Mobility Inc BRAZE Mobility Inc | Website, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter Full Episode Transcript | PDF Timestamps:...

  32. Secret Sauce ft. FlintRehab

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guests: Dr. Dan Zondervan (VP) and Dr. David Reikensmeyer (Clinical Advisor) of FlintRehab FlintRehab | Website, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter Products | FitMi, MusicGlove IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook,...

  33. Tools to Spark Recovery

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guests: Dr. Dan Zondervan (VP) and Dr. David Reikensmeyer (Clinical Advisor) of FlintRehab FlintRehab | Website, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter Products | FitMi, MusicGlove, IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook,...

  34. Talk to People Who are Not in Your Nerd Space

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest Co-Host: John Inserra, Principle at Mindful Venture Consulting Guests: Don Morrison, chairman of Deal Flow for BlueTree Allied Angels, and Corinne Vinopol, CEO of the Institute for Disabilities…

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  35. Episode 5: Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen and a push in the right direction

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest Co-Host: John Inserra, Principle at Mindful Venture Consulting Guests: Don Morrison, chairman of Deal Flow for BlueTree Allied Angels, and Corinne Vinopol, CEO of the Institute for Disabilities…

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  36. Episode 4: Innovation For All

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest: Dr. Cathy Bodine, Associate Professor, Director, Center for Inclusive Design and Engineering UC Denver - CIDE | Website IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter Full Episode Transcript |…

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  37. Episode 3: Diverse Perspectives

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest: Dr. Cathy Bodine, Associate Professor, Director, Center for Inclusive Design and Engineering UC Denver - CIDE | Website IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter Full Episode Transcript |…

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  38. Episode 2: Creating Tech to Enable Independence - Part 2

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest: Steve Sutter, President of CreateAbility Concepts, Inc. CreateAbility Concepts, Inc. | Website, Email IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter Full Episode Transcript | PDF Timestamps:

  39. Episode 1: Creating Tech to Enable Independence - Part 1

    Host: Dr. Mary Goldberg, Co-Director of the IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh Guest: Steve Sutter, President of CreateAbility Concepts, Inc. CreateAbility Concepts, Inc. | Website, Email IMPACT Center | Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter Full Episode Transcript | PDF Timestamps…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

IMPACT Center's ImpacTech with Dr. Mary Goldberg. Join us as we delve into the stories of assistive technology researchers and entrepreneurs. What does it take to get an assistive technology to market? What is happening across the country and around the world? Listen to their journeys and hear about some really neat technologies helping to improve people's daily lives.

HOSTED BY

Dr. Mary Goldberg, Dr. Jon Pearlman, Nancy Augustine, Dr. Michelle Zorrilla

Produced by IMPACT Center at the University of Pittsburgh

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