Chair of Surgical Innovation at @UHhospitals & FES Member Raymond Onders MD presented at our first NP Seminar of the academic year last week. Dr. Onders is studying FES to help people get off of mechanical ventilators sooner. Watch for the video replay on our YouTube soon!

Many thanks to Jayme Knutson, Madaline Witort & Jisung Yuk PhD for representing the Center at #ACRM2026 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine 103rd Annual Fall Conference & expo, w/ poster presentations by Dr. Knutson and Simranjeet Benipal MD of @MetroHealthPMR

Our members are representing at #ACRM2026 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine this week in Washington. If you're attending, please come by and see us at Booth #104!

Improved bowel function is a priority for individuals who have experienced spinal cord injury. One study now underway by FES researchers is testing at-home electrical stimulation to see if it might improve bowel function. Learn more: fescenter.org/research-and-p…

The Northstar SCI website will be gaining an AI retrieval tool soon! Congratulations to Investigators Anne Bryden PhD, OTR/L; Eric Schearer PhD; and team, recently awarded funding from the Atlas Program at @CWRUSOM Read on for details: fescenter.org/bryder-scheare…

Many Congratulations to student researchers Ibada Chowdary and Manya Raina, who researched Parkinson's Disease rehabilitation this summer. Both have received honors related to this work. Read on for details: fescenter.org/student-resear…

Thrilled to be onsite at @metrohealthCLE 28th Annual Spinal Cord Injury Forum: LIVING WELL. A wonderful opportunity to talk about the research our members are leading to improve care for Veterans & nonVeterans dealing with the physical symptoms of SCI. fescenter.org/research-and-p…

Congratulations to FES & @MetroHealthPMR Investigator Michael Fu, recently awarded @NSF funding to develop a training program for the open-source networked neuroprosthesis system -- i.e. the COSMIIC platform. Read more: fescenter.org/fu-nsf-award-n…

More accolades to FES Researchers on new funding! Congratulations to Raghavan Gopalakrishnan D.Eng, MBA & co-PI David Cunningham on a new @NIH award to study how brain stimulation might promote needed rehab. Learn more at fescenter.org/gopalakrishnan… @ClevelandClinic

Congratulations to FES Investigator Dennis Bourbeau Phd on new @NIH @NINDSfunding to develop a prototype to treat neurogenic bowel dysfunction in women related to spinal cord injury. Read more: fescenter.org/bourbeau-femal…

Many Congratulations to FES Executive Committee Member Christopher Pulliam PhD and colleague James Liao MD of Cleveland Clinic for new @NIH @NIBIBgov funding to study gait in Parkinson's Disease: fescenter.org/pulliam-gait-p…

Congratulations to FES Investigator Luke Osborn, Assistant Professor of BME at @CWRUBME who has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the @NSF allowing him to develop a "tactile" material for robotics/prosthetics. Find out more: case.edu/news/four-case-scho…

Bravo to investigators Michael Jenkins PhD, Nathan Makowski PhD and Michael Moffitt PhD on receiving approval on new @NIH funding to develop a photobiomodulation device using the COSMIIC platform for pain management! Congrats on this NOA from The National Institutes of Health!

Please join us in celebrating FES Investigators John Chae MD, P. Hunter Peckham PhD, and Maria Bennett MS, for pioneering a nerve stim technology commercialized by @sprintpns and recently acquired by @Medtronic. Read more: fescenter.org/medtronic-acqu…

Congratulations to Jisung Yuk, PhD, postdoc fellow at @MetroHealthPMR, @CWRUSOM and the FES Center on receiving an @American_Heart Association postdoc fellowship!

If you missed it: recent coverage of a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) study by researchers Emily Graczyk, Bolu Ajiboye & teams aiming to restore sensation for individuals with tetraplegia after SCI: cleveland.com/healthfit/2026…

Today we've been at the @PVA1946 2026 National Veterans Wheelchair Games & Expo in Detroit, thrilled and proud to share information about our members research. Stop by and see us!

Multiple studies underway at the FES Center are focusing on advancing the science behind upper limb prosthetics, so that people with limb loss can restore increased levels of strength, function and sensation. Find out more: fescenter.org/research-and-p…

Our Investigator members are currently leading clinical trials across multiple areas of research, many using Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES). Explore the current clinical trials now underway: fescenter.org/research-and-p…

This week, FES Investigator Imad Najm MD appeared on @fox8news News Extra discussing the landmark @ClevelandClinic Brain Study recruiting thousands of healthy 50+ adult volunteers to investigate causes of neurogenerative diseases. Find out more: youtube.com/watch?v=D0YTN_HJ…