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OPGA, Össur name award recipients 

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OPGA, Össur name award recipients 

March 12, 2024HME News Staff

WATERLOO, Iowa - OPGA and Össur Americas have named Matthew Jones as the 2024 recipient of the Russell Walker CP, LP Emerging Leader Grant, and Kelley Berk as the 2024 recipient of the Todd Eagen Advocacy in Action Memorial Grant. “On behalf of Össur and OPGA, we are privileged to announce Matthew and Kelley as the recipients of these two grants that will provide professional development opportunities for the future leaders of O&P while memorializing the impact that Rusty Walker and...

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OPGA, Össur open application period for grants 

January 22, 2024HME News Staff

WATERLOO, Iowa – The Orthotic Prosthetic Group of America (OPGA) and Össur have opened the application period for two grants available to U.S.-based O&P professionals. The two grants: The Russell Walker CP, LP Emerging Leader Grant, now in its third year, is designed to pay tribute to Russell (Rusty) Walker, a practitioner who was passionate about mentoring the next generation of O&P leaders; and the Todd Eagen Advocacy in Action Memorial Grant, now in its second year, is named after Todd...

Grant, Orthotic & Prosthetic Group of America (OPGA), Orthotics, Ossur, Prosthetics


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Medline helps to fund accessible playground 

July 25, 2023HME News Staff

MUNDELEIN, Ill. – Medline’s Community, Action, Resources, Education and Solutions (CARES) program provided a $10,000 grant to help build an accessible playground at Kracklauer Park in Mundelein, Ill. The new playground offers a variety of features and multi-sensory experiences designed to promote play among all children, especially those with disabilities. “Medline is committed to strengthening and supporting the communities where we live and work,” said Karen Frey, senior...

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UPitt wins grant to research accessible autonomous vehicles

August 21, 2020HME News Staff

PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh's Human Engineering Research Laboratories has received $1 million in grant funding to research the effects of accessible autonomous vehicles and other mobility services. HERL, in consortium with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Catholic University of America, is one of four recipients of the new Tier 1 University Transportation Center grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation. “These investments in four new...

Accessibility, Complex Rehab, Grant, Research, UPitt, Vehicle


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Funding expands 'peer buddy' program for sleep apnea patients

September 3, 2019HME News Staff

TUCSON, Ariz. - Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, a past keynote speaker at the HME News Business Summit, has been awarded nearly $1.4 million for a peer-support program for sleep apnea patients. Parthasarathy, a professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson, and his team will use funding provided by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to implement the findings of a previous research project through which peers were trained to help patients starting treatment for sleep apnea....

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United Spinal, Permobil Foundation increase access to seat elevation

June 4, 2019HME News Staff

NEW YORK - Members of the United Spinal Association now have the opportunity to apply for a Roll Forward Grant for a SmartDrive or active-height seat elevator on a new Permobil wheelchair thanks to a new partnership between the two organizations. “We're thankful for the support of Permobil Foundation to empower our members to attain greater independence,” said James Weisman, president and CEO of United Spinal. “Their partnership has helped us expand our mission to improve the quality...

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ATS, ResMed award $100,000 grant for vent research

February 13, 2018HME News Staff

SAN DIEGO - Dr. Jeremy Orr of the University of California, San Diego, has been awarded the new ATS Foundation/ResMed Research Fellowship in Noninvasive Ventilation in COPD. Dr. Orr's $100,000 award will support his research focused on the impact of NIV on cardiovascular biomarkers in COPD. “Noninvasive ventilation during sleep is one of the few treatments in COPD that improves survival, but we don't really understand the underlying mechanisms,” Orr said. “This grant will facilitate...

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