OPTT-RERC, Optimizing Participation Through Technology for Successful Aging with 
Disability
Center Personnel
Component Director/PI Co-Investigators/Consultants
Administrative Core Carolee Winstein, Ph.D., P.T.
Philip Requejo, Ph.D.
Steven Cen (Data Management)
Florence Clark (Clinical Translation)
Eileen Crimmins (Gerontology/Policy)
Carl Kesselman (Dissemination & Technical Assistance)
Joe Koepnick (Technology Transfer)
Gisele Ragusa (Assessment & Evaluation)
Francisco Valero-Cuevas (Training & Education)
Richard Nelson (Dissemination & Technical Assistance)
Project 1 Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Ph.D. Sherry Backus, P.T., D.PT., M.A.
Catherine Lang, Ph.D., P.T.
Kathleen Shanfield, O.T.R.L., M.S., C.V.E.
Project 2 Albert Rizzo, Ph.D. Sheryl Flynn, Ph.D., P.T.
Bonnie Kennedy, Ph.D., O.T.R.
Belinda Lange, B.Sc., BPhysio(Hons), Ph.D.
Thomas Parsons, Ph.D.
Shih-Ching Yeh, Ph.D.
Project 3 Philip Requejo, Ph.D. Jan Furumasu, P.T.
Lisa Lighthall Haubert, M.P.T.
Somboon Maneekomwonwong, M.S.
Sara Mulroy, Ph.D., P.T.
Puja Ruparel, M.S.
Project 4 Lucinda Baker, Ph.D, P.T. Hilton Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D.
Salah Rubayi, M.D., F.I.C.S., F.A.C.S.
 
University of Southern California University of Southern California OPTT-RERC, Optimizing 
Participation Through Technology for Successful Aging with Disability USC Viterbi School of 
Engineering