Early Alert!

Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineers

NIH/NICHD-Funded Interdisciplinary Education Workshop

From Wheelchairs to Brain Implants: Improving Assistive Technologies by
Integrating Psychological and Ethical Perspectives in Rehabilitation

May 31 - June 4, 2000
Doubletree Suites Hotel, Chicago/O'Hare

Developed by the Institute of Psychology, Pritzker Institute of Medical
Engineering, and The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
at Illinois Institute of Technology

Topics to be covered will include:

 Establishing Shared Perspectives: Do You See What I See?
 Tales from the Front Lines: What Works - and What Doesn't
 Special Issues When Humans are Involved in Research
 Building a Multidisciplinary Research Team
 From Concept to Research to Deployment

Participation in the workshop:

 Participants will be recruited nationally
 Participants will be selected from applications submitted by engineering
   professionals who are most likely to benefit from the workshops. The
   site is fully accessible
 Fellowships will be given to those selected to participate, covering
   travel, meals, lodging, and materials.
 At least 30 fellowships will be available.
 Application forms will be available on a website (under development).

For further information contact the Workshop Coordinator / PI:

    Margaret Huyck, PhD
    huyck@iit.edu
    312/567-3517
    Institute of Psychology
    Illinois Institute of Technology
    Chicago, IL  60616