Nown, Tom, PhD

Mentor: Dr. James Sulzer

Co-Mentor: Prof. Cole Galloway — Lab: Rewire Lab

RESEARCH

The Rewire Lab is part of the MetroHealth Center for Rehabilitation Research and the Case Western Reserve
University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Biomedical Engineering. The lab’s mission
is to improve the wellbeing of those affected by neurological injury via technology, including robotics,
biomechanics, and neurophysiology.

Thomas’s research interests include sensorimotor rehabilitation through dual-tasking and movement sonification,
with a focus on improving functional outcomes following neurological injury.

His current work investigates a novel rehabilitation paradigm involving a real-life café environment. The study
recruits individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury to serve customers food items, with the
goal of improving movement, cognition, speech, and integrated task performance.