If you are a researcher interested in conducting a study at Drake Center or Bridgeway Pointe, please contact Dr. Kari Dunning, Drake Director of Clinical Research at kari.dunning@uc.edu.
Research Review Application : Instructions on conducting research at Drake Center
Mentor Research Agreement : For mentors with students involved in Drake Center projects
Faculty members leading the Drake research program include:
Kari Dunning, Ph.D., P.T. - is Director of Clinical Research at Drake Center and Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences in the College of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.
Dr. Dunning has been a physical therapist for more than 20 years, specializing in the evaluation and treatment of persons with stroke and head injury. Her research goal is to find strategies to improve function after stroke. She conducts stroke recovery research in the Neuromotor Rehabilitation and Recovery Laboratory at Drake Center. She recently received a New Scientist Development Award from the American Heart Association, and is consistently involved in ongoing studies on recovery of walking after stroke using new technologies including virtual reality biofeedback and electrical stimulation. As Director of Clinical Research, Dr. Dunning is Chair of the Drake Research Committee whose mission is to facilitate evidence-based practice and a culture of inquiry.
Stephen Page, Ph.D. - is the Director of Drake Center's Neuromotor Recovery and Rehabilitation Laboratory, and an Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Neurosciences, Neurology. His team is internationally renowned for their work in developing and testing new interventions for stroke and spinal cord injured patients.
Dr. Page is the principal investigator of numerous grants, funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Stroke Association, and many other public and private organizations. His lab has also served as a site for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) trials of new rehabilitative devices for stroke patients.
Dr. Page has authored over 55 articles in the world's leading, peer-reviewed, medical rehabilitation journals, and has made over 100 national and international presentations. He has also edited a special issue of a major rehabilitation journal every year since 2001.
In February 2006, Dr. Page and his team received the annual Health Care Hero Award from the Cincinnati Business Courier for their work with stroke patients in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Additionally, in October 2006, he received the first-ever Deborah Wilkerson Early Career Award, presented by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. In 2007, Dr. Page received a Certificate of Appreciation from the American Occupational Therapy Association for his contributions to stroke research. And, in 2008, Dr. Page was awarded the President's Excellence Award by the University of Cincinnati; an annual award given to a faculty member that best exemplifies UC's mission of research, teaching, and service.