Tuesday, February 17th
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Virtual Reality Applications
in Assistive Technology
Walter J.
Greenleaf, PhD
Greenleaf Medical Systems & InWorld
Solutions |
Abstract:
Biosketch: Walter Greenleaf, PhD is a
research scientist, trained in Neuro and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford
University and Hampshire College. His current research, writing, and
presentations focus on the use of Virtual Reality technology to improve
physical medicine as well as neurological and cognitive
rehabilitation.
Dr. Greenleaf is known internationally as a
pioneer in medical applications for virtual environments in medicine, and he
has designed and developed innovative clinical products over the course of the
last twenty years. He is currently President of
Virtually Better, a company that
provides virtual reality systems for behavioral medicine, and Greenleaf
Medical, a company developing systems for stroke and brain injury
rehabilitation.
Greenleaf has expertise in medical
applications of virtual reality, telemedicine technology, clinical informatics,
point-of-care data collection via handheld devices, and ergonomic evaluation
technology, as well as rehabilitation technologies.
A scientific adviser and grant reviewer for
the US Public Health Service, the National Institutes of Health, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the US Department of Education. Dr.
Greenleaf was a founding board member of the California State University Center
for Disabilities. When virtual reality was first emerging in the early
90’s, Greenleaf was an early proponent, and founded the first of a series
of conferences titled Virtual Reality Technology for Disability
Solutions.
Dr. Greenleaf has been an invited keynote
speaker at the American Psychological Association (APA), the IEEE International
Biomedical Conference, the annual RESNA conference, and the Annual Occupational
Therapy Research Symposium. Greenleaf has presented his research as an invited
speaker to more than 45 academic meetings, and serves as a founding and current
organizer for the yearly Medicine and Virtual
Reality Conference.
Greenleaf volunteers as a board member to
several nonprofit organizations, as a judge for the Annual Medical Device
Design Excellence Awards, and as a contributing editor of the
Journal of
CyberPsychology and Behavior. Greenleaf also volunteers as a board member
for the Interactive Media Institute (IMI), and for the annual
CyberTherapy Conference. He is a
founder of the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation (ISVR).
Dr. Greenleaf has received commendations from
the IEEE Society and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and
appeared on NextStep, the Phil Donahue Show, Beyond 2000, and CNN as an expert
on next generation technologies in rehabilitation and disabilities
solutions.
- Contact Information:
- Affiliation:
- Founder,
InWorld Solutions
- Lecture Material:
- Slides - Mb pdf file
- Audio - Mb mp3 file
- Links:
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