Gait Rehabilitation Research Laboratory
Dr. Rahul Soangra: soangra@chapman.edu
Michael Shiraishi: shiraishi@chapman.edu
Liora Mayats Alpay: mayatsalpay@chapman.edu
Website: www.soangra.com
Crean College of Health and Behavioral Science
Overview of scholarly research/creative activity:
We are a group of "Engineers" and "Clinical Scientists". We work in the field of rehabilitation using wearable and nonwearable sensor tools. you will work with human subjects as well as programming tools to build rehabilitation devices.
Specific projects working on:
We are working with Stroke and Parkinson Disease patients to evaluate fall risk using wearable sensors like smartphones and non-wearable sensors like RADAR.
We use AI programming to evaluate fall risk .
We develop smartphone apps for fall risk assessment.
Number of students looking to work with:
3-4
When students are needed:
Fall 2023
Interterm 2024
Spring 2024
Summer 2024
What students need to work with Dr. Soangra:
Engineering,
Data sciences
Health Sciences
Physical Therapy
What students would be doing:
Students will work with patients for data collection and develop intervention protocols.
Time commitment for students:
Flexible and can vary with participants’ credit hours.
Additional information:
We are situated in Rinker Campus
9401 Jeronimo Road Irvine, 92618