# COBRE in Stroke Recovery Administrative Supplement - Team Science > **NIH NIH P20** · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · 2024 · $990,225 ## Abstract TEAM SCIENCE – PROJECT SUMMARY The ultimate purpose of the COBRE in Stroke Recovery is to improve the recovery of those who have suffered a stroke such that long-term quality of life is improved. Our primary focus is on developing and testing mechanism-based interventions to rehabilitate individuals with post-acute or chronic impairments and disabilities. We seek to accomplish this through the following Overall specific aims: 1) Expand our critical mass of funded investigators; 2) Strengthen innovative scientific cores that advance stroke recovery research; and 3) Advance the ongoing development of an independent, sustainable, multidisciplinary thematic research program. Our COBRE has been developing the skills and infrastructure to address the unique healthcare needs of the state of South Carolina (SC). Specifically, SC is in the “buckle” of the stroke belt, having one of the highest incidences of stroke and age-adjusted stroke mortality in the nation.1 Further, it has the 14th largest rural population2 in the nation, and all 46 SC counties qualify in whole or in part as Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)-designated Medically Underserved Communities. Thus, there is an overarching need to develop tele-interventions to serve rural communities with limited access to stroke rehabilitation care. Our COBRE has focused on developing innovative tools, methods, and interventions to address the burden of post- stroke disability. Additionally, through innovative approaches in psychosocial functioning and novel device development, our team is invested in ensuring that rehabilitation gains that occur in the clinic translate into lasting gains in an individual’s lived environment. Our interdisciplinary Team Science project brings together engineers, occupational therapists, neuropsychologists, cognitive psychologists, neuroscientists, and data scientists. The research question to be addressed by this COBRE Team Science Supplement is “Can an interdisciplinary team science research approach successfully improve upper extremity (UE) stroke recovery, especially for rural populations, by translating innovative interventions to the home setting?” Specifically, our interdisciplinary team science research project comprises three innovative, synergistic co-projects that use tele-interventions for UE stroke rehabilitation and test three different ways to improve rehabilitation outcomes in the home. 1) The Seo Co-Project aims to improve the adherence to and performance of home-based UE stroke recovery interventions. The project will objectively track and measure the quantity and quality of rehabilitation exercise and use a sensor- based stepped-care behavioral intervention that monitors adherence, administers ecological momentary assessments to obtain a reason for non-adherence, and provides relevant resources. 2) The Aghamoosa Co- Project aims to address the multisystem functional deficits that result from stroke and may pose barriers to UE recovery. The... ## Key facts - **NIH application ID:** 11046888 - **Project number:** 3P20GM109040-10S2 - **Recipient organization:** MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA - **Principal Investigator:** STEVEN A. KAUTZ - **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.) - **Funding institute:** NIH - **Fiscal year:** 2024 - **Award amount:** $990,225 - **Award type:** 3 - **Project period:** 2014-06-02 → 2025-03-31 ## Primary source NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11046888 ## Citation > US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11046888, COBRE in Stroke Recovery Administrative Supplement - Team Science (3P20GM109040-10S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11046888. Licensed CC0. --- *[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*