Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss
Department of Occupational Therapy
Faculty
of Social Welfare & Health Studies
University
of
Research
in the newly established Laboratory for Innovations in Rehabilitation
Technology focuses on a number of complementary topics:
Virtual
Reality (VR) as a training and treatment tool for the
rehabilitation of individuals with physical or cognitive deficits.
development
and evaluation of assistive technology access
interfaces that enable individuals with severe physical
disabilities to use their residual motor abilities in more efficient and
less fatiguing ways.
Sonification,
the use of speech and non-speech audio display to convey information
normally displayed visually on a computer screen.
Telepresence,
online learning and telework
applications for people with disabilities,
the Internet and online learning for teaching health care
professionals at the university and for continuing education.
Ergonomics
and the Identification of risk factors.
Physical
rehabilitation and biomechanics
Computerized
evaluation of handwriting and keyboarding.
Web Design: Iris
Mishly-Garin