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A former parking lot located a block and a half from a downtown Los Angeles jail is being converted into a new facility designed to support people affected by the justice system. The project aims to provide a rehabilitation-focused space in close proximity to the jail.
Alissa Totman, a 2013 MIT graduate, now works as a physician specializing in brain injury medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, treating adults with head trauma, stroke, and brain tumors. She traces her path into the field to her undergraduate involvement with MIT BrainTrust, a student group pairing MIT students with people living with brain injuries.
Johannes Lachner, now an assistant professor at Purdue, and former MIT visiting student Noah Geiger developed a robotic system that combines generative AI with real-time force feedback to learn from human physical therapists. The system then applies this learned behavior to assist stroke patients with exercises such as reaching, raising their arms, and practicing daily living tasks, adjusting the level of help it provides.
Doctors across the US are spending significant portions of short office visits piecing together patients' medical histories because electronic health records fail to consolidate data from hospitals, specialists, and rehab facilities. This administrative burden of chasing incomplete records and outdated medication lists is cited as a major driver of physician fatigue and burnout.