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  Dralla Foundation Names Review Board Member Dralla Foundation announced the addition of Wendy Garrett of Turner, Oregon, to its review board. The board reviews grant requests and awards grants on an annual basis. With a diagnosis of foot drop after being hit by a car in 2011, Garrett comple...
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  NAAOP Accepting 2020 Fellowship Apps The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) is soliciting applications for its annual health policy/advocacy fellowship. Two fellows will be selected for 2020. The NAAOP Fellowship is a paid, 10-week summer pr...
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  New OPAF Board Members on Tap OPAF has named six new board members: Rebecca Snell, Matt Swiggum, Neal Siegfried, Michelle Jamin, DPT, Jackie Valdez, CO, FAAOP, and Jena Baxter. Each will serve a renewable two- or three-year term. Snell is the IT and marketing director for Dank...
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  Össur Appoints New R&D Director Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, has named Kristleifur Kristjansson, MD, executive vice president of research and development, effective immediately. He will also be a member of Össur's executive management team. Kristjansson replaces Kim de Roy, CPO, P...
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  Nonprofit Develops More Affordable Prosthetic Liners Volunteers with Operation Namaste have successfully tested a process of making more sustainable and affordable prosthetic liners. Using CAD-designed, 3D-printed molds, Operation Namaste's SILC Solutions method produces standard-size silicone line...
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  Victoria Hand Project Earns Grant The Victoria Hand Project, based at the University of Victoria, Canada, received a grant of $1 million CAD (approximately $760,000 USD) from the TD Ready Challenge. The funding will allow the nonprofit, which manufactures low-cost, 3D-printed, cus...
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  Study Examines The Brain’s Involvement Post-amputation Psychologists have shown, for the first time, how the brains' plasticity and ability to adapt, extends across both sides of the brain, according to a new study by Bangor University, Northern Wales, United Kingdom. Functional MRI scans have shown h...
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  NAAOP Webcast: Support O&P Bill Introduced to Congress The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) released its latest webcast in which Peter Thomas, JD, said he is "overjoyed" that Medicare Orthotic and Prosthetic Patient-Centered Care Act (H.R. 5262) was for...
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  Algorithm May Improve Brain-Controlled Prostheses Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab have devised an algorithm that promises to vastly improve the simultaneous tracking of any number of magnets, which they say has significant implications for prostheses, augm...
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  BOC Hires The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) has hired Joshua A. Bressler, COF, CDME, as its new survey process specialist. A former member and officer of the BOC board of directors, Bressler's background also includes sales experience at a DME...
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  AOPA Calls for Papers for 2020 National Assembly The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) has issued a call for papers for the 2020 National Assembly to be held September 9-12, 2020, in Las Vegas, NV. Submissions are being accepted for: · Clinical Free Papers. The top scoring papers...