Our Vision
The USC SensoriMotor Assessment and Rehabilitation Training in Virtual Reality Center (USC SMART-VR Center) is a multidisciplinary center which brings together world-class investigators across movement science, engineering, neuroscience, and rehabilitation to study and develop virtual reality interventions for neurorehabilitation.
Our mission is to establish an interdisciplinary center of excellence harnessing cutting edge advances in virtual reality to improve motor and cognitive function across multiple clinical populations (e.g., stroke, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s).
The USC SMART-VR Center is funded by a USC Collaboration Fund grant.
Meet Our Directors
Sook-Lei Liew, PhD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
Department of Neurology
USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute
James M. Finley, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Skip Rizzo, PhD
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
USC Keck Medicine, Institute for Creative Technologies
Judy Pa, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute
Meet Our Scientific Advisory Board
Carolee J. Winstein, PhD, PT, FAPTA
USC Ostrow School of Dentistry
PI, NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Aging-- Optimizing Participation through Technology
Arthur Toga, PhD
USC Keck School of Medicine
Director, Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute
Nicholas Schweighofer, PhD
USC Ostrow School of Dentistry
Co-founder & Chief Science Officer, Motion Scientific, Inc
Meet Our Support Team
Julie Lutz
Project Manager & Webmaster
Bianca Ojeda
Events Coordinator
Coralie Phanord
VR Technical Support
Meet Our Student Ambassadors
Garret Flynn
Interactive Media & Games
Stephanie Ng
PArts. Technology, and the Business of Innovation
Ashwin Sakhare
Biomedical Engineering
Awu Chen
Interactive Media & Games
Projects
We have a variety of ongoing projects investigating stroke neurorehabilitation, motor skill training in people with Parkinson's disease, and the effects of exercise on cognition.
Publications
Read our latest publications on virtual reality for sensorimotor assessment and rehabilitation.
News
Find out more about exciting events and breaking news from members of the SMART-VR Center.
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