Research Aligned with Our Mission

Vision, Mission, Values and Goals

Currently Funded Projects

Sherrilene Classen PhD

Professor And Chair

Grants:

Jan 2025 ACTIVE
Fermented Papaya and Driving Simulator Older Adult Study
OSATO RESEARCH INSTITUTE · Principal Investigator

Sep 2024 ACTIVE
An open road driving performance task to examine long-term medical marijuana use and prescription opioid positivity in adults 50 and older
FL STATE UNIV · Principal Investigator

Jan 2024 – Sep 2024
Autonomous Shuttle Services for Rural Veterans: Lessons Learned and a Roadmap for Autonomous Shuttle Deployment in Rural Areas for the VA
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Jan 2024 – Sep 2024
Autonomous Shuttle Services for Rural Veterans: Lessons Learned and a Roadmap for Autonomous Shuttle Deployment in Rural Areas for the VA
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Jan 2024 – Feb 2024
Assessing Safety and Mobility Benefits of Autonomous Ride Sharing Services among Older Adults in Florida
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION · Principal Investigator

Jan 2024 – Jul 2024
Mentorship of Majed Almutairi
KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY COMP REHAB CTR · Principal Investigator

Dec 2023 – Sep 2024
Autonomous Shuttle Services for Rural Veterans: Lessons Learned and a Roadmap for Autonomous Shuttle Deployment in Rural Areas for the VA
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Principal Investigator

Dec 2023 – Sep 2024
"Autonomous Shuttle Services for Rural Veterans: Lessons Learned and a Roadmap for Autonomous Shuttle Deployment in Rural Areas for the VA". Freytes, study entitled "Rural Hispanic/Latino Veterans: Developing Culturally Appropriate Practices."
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Dec 2022 – Sep 2023
Assessing Safety and Mobility Benefits of Autonomous Ride Sharing Services Among Veterans in Florida.
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Dec 2022 – Mar 2024
Spanish Online and Telephone Intervention for Caregivers of Veterans with Stroke
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Oct 2022 – Sep 2023
Benefits of Autonomous Ride Sharing Services for Florida Veterans
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Principal Investigator

Oct 2022 – Sep 2023
Assessing Safety and Mobility Benefits of Autonomous Ride Sharing Services Among Veterans in Florida.
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Oct 2022 – Sep 2023
Assessing Safety and Mobility Benefits of Autonomous Ride Sharing Services Among Veterans in Florida.
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Apr 2022 – Aug 2023
Assessing Safety and Mobility Benefits of Autonomous Ride Sharing Services Among Older Adults in Florida
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION · Principal Investigator

Jul 2021 – Sep 2021
Promoting Veteran Centric Rural Transportation Options via Autonomous Shuttle Exposure
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Jul 2021 – Sep 2022
Promoting Veteran Centric Rural Transportation Options via Autonomous Shuttle Exposure
US DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS · Other

Jul 2021 – Sep 2022
Promoting Veteran Centric Rural Transportation Options via Autonomous Shuttle Exposure
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Principal Investigator

Jul 2021 – Sep 2022
Promoting Veteran Centric Rural Transportation Options via Autonomous Shuttle Exposure
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Faculty

Jul 2021 – Sep 2023
Promoting Veteran Centric Rural Transportation Options via Autonomous Shuttle Exposure
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Project Manager

Sep 2020 – Aug 2023
Medical Marijuana Use and Driving Performance: A Test of Psychomotor Function in Adults 50 and Older
FL STATE UNIV · Principal Investigator

Sep 2020 – Aug 2023
Driving Performance of People with Parkinson's using Autonomous Vehicle Technologies
ADMIN FOR COMMUNITY LIVING · Principal Investigator

Aug 2020 – Dec 2020
Improving OEF/OIF/OND Veterans Driver Fitness and Community Mobility: Effects of a One-Day Driving and Community Mobility Approach for Rural Settings
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

May 2020 – Jul 2020
Improving OEF/OIF/OND Veterans Driver Fitness and Community Mobility: Effects of a One-Day Driving and Community Mobility Approach for Rural Settings
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Dec 2019 – Dec 2020
Improving OEF/OIF/OND Veterans Driver Fitness and Community Mobility: Effects of a One-Day Driving and Community Mobility Approach for Rural Settings
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Project Manager

Dec 2019 – Dec 2020
Improving OEF/OIF/OND Veterans Driver Fitness and Community Mobility: Effects of a One-Day Driving and Community Mobility Approach for Rural Settings
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Dec 2019 – Dec 2020
Improving OEF/OIF/OND Veterans Driver Fitness and Community Mobility: Effects of a One-Day Driving and Community Mobility Approach for Rural Settings
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Dec 2019 – Jun 2021
Improving OEF/OIF/OND Veterans Driver Fitness and Community Mobility: Effects of a One-Day Driving and Community Mobility Approach for Rural Settings
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Principal Investigator

Nov 2019 – Jun 2021
Develop, Refine, and Validate a Survey to Assess Adult's Perspectives of Autonomous Ride-Sharing Services for Human Factors and Traffic Operational Observations
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION · Principal Investigator

Oct 2019 – Sep 2020
Aging Road User Information Systems 2019-2020
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY OFFICE · Principal Investigator

Sep 2019 – Aug 2020
Rehabilitation Research Career Development Program
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH · Other

Jun 2019 – Oct 2021
Transportation Mobility Assessment and Recommendations for Smart City Planning
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CTR · Co-Investigator

Jun 2019 – May 2021
Perceptions of individuals living with spinal cord injury toward autonomous vehicles
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · Principal Investigator

Oct 2018 – Sep 2019
Teen Distracted Driving Education Program
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY OFFICE · Faculty

Oct 2018 – Sep 2019
Aging Road User Information System 2018-2019
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY OFFICE · Principal Investigator

Sep 2018 – Aug 2019
Rehabilitation Research Career Development Program
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH · Other

Jul 2018 – Sep 2018
IPA for Jason Rogers
*NF/SGVHS Malcom Randall VA Medical Cent · Other

Apr 2018 – Jan 2020
CODY: Assistive Technology for SAH Assessments
US DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS · Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator

Dec 2017 – Dec 2019
AAA – Smart Features for Older Drivers
AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION · Principal Investigator

Oct 2017 – Sep 2018
Teen Distracted Driving Education Program
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY OFFICE · Co-Investigator

Oct 2017 – Sep 2018
Aging Road User Information System 2017-2018
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY OFFICE · Principal Investigator

Sep 2017 – Sep 2021
The Re-purposes Project
US DEPT HOUSING AND URBAN DEV · Co-Investigator

Sep 2017 – Aug 2018
Rehabilitation Research Career Development Program
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH · Other

Jan 2017 – Sep 2024
Southeastern Transportation, Research, Innovation, Development, and Education Center (STRIDE)
US DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION · Project Manager

Apr 2015 – Apr 2022
Effectiveness of a Driving Intervention on Safe Community Mobility for Returning Combat Veterans
US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION · Principal Investigator

Jan 2012 – Jun 2017
Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE)
US DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION · Project Manager

Stefanie Bodison OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Assistant Professor and Director of Sensory Development Lab

Grants:

Jul 2024 ACTIVE
20/24 The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium
UNIV OF VERMONT · Principal Investigator

Sep 2021 – Jun 2024
15/24 The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium
NATL INST OF HLTH NIDA · Co-Investigator

Sep 2021 – Mar 2023
8/21 ABCD-USA CONSORTIUM: RESEARCH PROJECT SITE AT CHLA
CHILDRENS HOSP LOS ANGELES · Principal Investigator

Jun 2021 ACTIVE
Assessing Heterogeneity of Treatment Response with Diffusion MRI Tractography in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION · Principal Investigator

Jessica M Kramer PhD, OTR/L

Associate Professor

Grants:

Sep 2024 ACTIVE
Advancing Peer-Delivered Mental Health Interventions for Young Adults with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities: Adapting and Testing StepUp-Peer Programming
UNIV OF NEW HAMPSHIRE · Principal Investigator

Aug 2024 ACTIVE
Socioecological Study of Autism, Suicide Risk, and Mental Health Care: Multilevel Analyses and Community Consultation for Suicide Prevention
NATL INST OF HLTH NIMH · Principal Investigator

Sep 2023 ACTIVE
Community Mobility Plans: Improving Community Participation through Travel Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY · Principal Investigator

Sep 2022 – Sep 2023
PCORnet? Infrastructure Capacity Building for PCOR Priority Areas: Maternal morbidity and mortality (MMM) and individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD)
PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RES INST · Co-Investigator

Nov 2021 ACTIVE
Evaluation of telehealth services on mental health outcomes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
UNIV OF NEW HAMPSHIRE · Principal Investigator

Jul 2021 – Jan 2025
AOTF Mid-Career Research Excellence Award – Kramer
AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDATION · Principal Investigator

Jul 2020 – Aug 2023
Enabling self-reported outcomes for youth with developmental disabilities: The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory-Patient Reported Outcome (PEDI-PRO) – Phase II
ABLELINK TECHNOLOGIES · Principal Investigator

Jul 2020 – Sep 2021
Preparing Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for Engagement in Research During Public Health Emergencies and Disasters
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY · Principal Investigator

Feb 2020 – Jan 2022
Reconciling the Past & Changing the Future: Engaging young adults with IDD-MH and researchers in CER/comparative effectiveness research
PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RES INST · Principal Investigator

Jul 2019 – Sep 2020
Disability Mentoring Initiative
PARTNERS FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES · Principal Investigator

Apr 2019 ACTIVE
Vocational Fit Assessment and Employment Status in People with Intellectual Disabilities
COLORADO STATE UNIV · Principal Investigator

Chiung-ju (CJ) Liu PhD, OTR/L, FGSA

Associate Professor

Grants:

Oct 2024 ACTIVE
Making sense of senses: Applying low tech solutions to support activity engagement for rural Veterans with vision loss.
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Principal Investigator

Oct 2024 ACTIVE
Making sense of senses: Applying low tech solutions to support activity engagement for rural Veterans with vision loss
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Oct 2024 ACTIVE
Making sense of senses: Applying low tech solutions to support activity engagement for rural Veterans with vision loss
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Other

Oct 2024 ACTIVE
Making sense of senses: Applying low tech solutions to support activity engagement for rural Veterans with vision loss
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Principal Investigator

Oct 2024 ACTIVE
Aging Road User Information System
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY OFFICE · Principal Investigator

Jun 2024 ACTIVE
LeaRRN: the Learning Health Systems Rehabilitation Research Network – Mentor
UNIV OF PITTSBURGH · Principal Investigator

Oct 2023 – Sep 2024
Aging Road User Information Systems
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY OFFICE · Principal Investigator

Oct 2022 – Sep 2023
Aging Road User Information Systems
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY OFFICE · Principal Investigator

May 2022 ACTIVE
Synergizing home health rehabilitation therapy to optimize patients activities of daily living
NATL INST OF HLTH NIA · Principal Investigator

Oct 2021 – Sep 2022
Aging Road User Information Systems 2021-2022
FL DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY OFFICE · Principal Investigator

Oct 2020 – Jun 2023
Implementing 3-Step Workout for Life to Accelerate Functional Recovery in Home Health Care Services
AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDATION · Principal Investigator

Hongwu Wang PhD

Assistant Professor And Director, Technology For Occupational Performance (TOP) Lab

Grants:

Jan 2025 ACTIVE
Fermented Papaya and Driving Simulator Older Adult Study
OSATO RESEARCH INSTITUTE · Co-Investigator

Oct 2024 ACTIVE
Making sense of senses: Applying low tech solutions to support activity engagement for rural Veterans with vision loss
US DEPT OF VET AFF GAINESVILLE MED CTR · Principal Investigator

Sep 2024 ACTIVE
Happy Teacher Wellness Program to Support Head Start Staff's Well-Being
UNIV OF OKLAHOMA BOARD OF REGENTS · Principal Investigator

Sep 2023 – Sep 2024
Happy Teacher Wellness Intervention: Creating a Culture of Head Start Staff Well-Being and Competence
UNIV OF OKLAHOMA BOARD OF REGENTS · Principal Investigator

Jan 2022 – Sep 2023
Happy Teacher Wellness Intervention: Creating a Culture of Head Start Staff Well-Being and Competence
UNIV OF OKLAHOMA BOARD OF REGENTS · Principal Investigator