Cleveland FES Center

The Cleveland FES Center developes advanced technologies for restoring neurological health and function, and integrating them into clinical care.

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The poster session at ASSFN 2026 featured dozens of posters from FES members. Topics included:
DBS to improve vergence
Ablative therapy for movement disorders
Music as rehabilitative therapy in PD
Evoking touch after SCI
Exercise in PD
Light therapy for pain

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We honor the heroes who gave everything for our nation, and we remember with deep gratitude, the sacrifices they have made.

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Come support our Veterans and enjoy a weekend of fishing: sign up by 5-15 for Stop 6 of the @PVA1946 Bass Fishing Tournament Series, hosted by the @BuckeyePVA! An all-inclusive event: https://t.co/536T4ukzYN

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Bravo to all the athletes who participated in the 15th Annual Buckeye Wheelchair Games sponsored by @BuckeyePVA! We were very proud to once again support this event held April 25-26 at @SPIREACAD .

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We are so proud of our very own Bolu Ajiboye PhD and Robert Kirsch PhD! Please join us in Celebrating and Congratulating our leaders for continuing to advance biomedical engineering: https://t.co/OSjjDdJmlk @CWRUBME @cwru

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Monday, April 20 is a special event honoring Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month at @ClevelandVAMC. Come visit us outside the Canteen from 10 am-1pm where we're sharing a table with the Advanced Platform Technology Center. Stop by and chat with us!

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Wonderful First Tuesday Seminar this week with PhD student Raegan Gouker & @cwru Associate Professor Anne Bryden. Raegan shared ethical considerations around studies using neuromodulation technology to treat female sexual dysfunction.

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FES investigator James Sulzer and team are changing lives through this rehabilitation-oriented clinical trial for people with traumatic brain injury. An amazing approach and program at @MetroHealthPMR https://t.co/LV1iyzOfPi

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Our crew at #ASNR2026 this week!

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Make sure you visit our hashtag#ASNR2026 sponsor and exhibitor tables during today's poster reception!

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Restoring the sense of touch after spinal cord injury is work that FES investigator Emily Graczyk has championed and continues to accelerate. Learn more about the study through this March 2026 article from the @cwru newsroom: https://t.co/Jf1HydhyFt

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Our thanks go out to Jose Zariffa PhD with Toronto's KITE Research Institute who yesterday shared his team's amazing research using first-person video and VR devices to measure the quality of a person's hand use after cervical spinal cord injury. Fascinating work that continues!

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Amplitude Media Group, focusing on the interests of those living with limb loss, just published a story on the clinical trial underway by FES investigator Emily Graczyk & team at @cwru and @ClevelandVAMC to equip upper arm prosthetics with sensation: https://t.co/358felf7IE

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One of our own, Investigator Emily Graczyk PhD was featured on @wkyc Channel 3 - Cleveland this morning discussing the $9.9 million Department of Defense funding awarded to @cwru and @ClevelandVAMC to study sensory-enabled prosthetics. Watch here: https://t.co/1rPutwjOWc

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Great minds at work at this two-day @NSF funded conference/workshop focusing on access for people with disabilities https://t.co/UCqe2HhSdY

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Find out more about the ReHAB project: https://t.co/EnzfEnEYbJ

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Our SpringFESt event last month at Merwin's Wharf was a real treat! Our thanks to everyone who joined us for food, games and fun!

#research #neuromodulation #celebrate

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Sincere thanks and appreciation to Levi Hargrove PhD, guest speaker at last week's Neural Prosthesis Seminar. https://t.co/v9cQeWiQZJ

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Here's a look at the impact of VA research from Research Week 2025 at @VAResearch and @ClevelandVAMC
https://t.co/TDE0lmi7VN

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Congratulations to our Executive Director Robert Kirsch PhD, honored today with the @DeptVetAffairs Paul B. Magnuson Award! https://t.co/zAAzYYFzjK

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First Tuesday this week featured Anne Bryden PhD, OTR/L, who shared the essential but often unseen tasks that support people handle in the days and months after spinal cord injury, plus a sneak peek at a new SCI resource Dr. Bryden's building.