Address

Taub Training Clinic
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1530 3rd Avenue South, CPM720
Birmingham, AL 35294-0018
Tel. (205) 975-5089
Fax (205) 975-6140
E-mail guswatte@uab.edu

Current Positions

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Associate Director for Research
Taub Training Clinic
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Education
2001 Ph.D., Clinical (Medical) Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
1998 M.A., Clinical (Medical) Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
1991 A.B. Honors, Economics, Princeton University

Honors
2002 Nominated for Council of Graduate Schools Distinguished Dissertation Award
2000 Dean's Research Award, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, UAB
2000 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Psychology Department, UAB
2000 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Medical Psychology Program, UAB
1999 Pre-Doctoral Rehabilitation Research Fellowship, Department of Veterans Affairs
1997 Merit Fellowship, Psychology Department, UAB
1997 Student Travel Award, American Psychological Association
1986 Summer Program Scholarship, Telluride Association

Professional Memberships
1994- Member, American Psychological Association (APA)
1998- Member, Rehabilitation Psychology Division, APA
2002- Member, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)

Professional Experience

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Undergraduate Independent Research

Graduate Dissertation

Graduate Independent Research

Graduate Advising

Grants

Extremity Constraint-Induced Therapy Evaluation (EXCITE) Trial. Funded by NICHD, NCMRR, and NINDS of NIH; Grant HD37606-03; 4/1/00-3/31/05; $994,167. The purpose of this national clinical trial is to test the efficacy of upper-extremity Constraint-Induced Movement therapy for persons with subacute stroke. The subcontract listed funds the UAB treatment site and the training center for entire trial. Trial P.I. is S. Wolf. UAB site and Training Center P.I. is E. Taub. I was appointed as a collaborating investigator in 12/02 and function as Co-P.I. of the UAB component (effort = 20%).

A Treatment for Excess Motor Disability in the Aged. Funded by National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) of NIH with dual assignment to the National Institute of Aging (NIA); Grant HD34273; 12/9/96-11/30/03; $932,000. The goals are to test and develop upper-extremity Constraint-Induced Movement therapy for persons with chronic stroke. P.I. is E. Taub. I was appointed as a collaborating investigator in 12/02 (effort = 10%).

Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) for Stroke Rehabilitation. Funded by Florida Department of Health Biomedical Research Program; 2002-2004; $400,000. The goals are to test the necessity of specific entrance criteria for CIMT and the effectiveness of alternative delivery methods. P.I. is K. Light. I am a consultant on ambulatory monitoring of arm movement.

Psychological Strengths in Vietnam War Veterans with PTSD. Funded by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 2 Research Incentive Funds; 12/1/01-11/30/03; $18,500. The purpose is to explore the role of psychological strengths in the recovery of Vietnam veterans with PTSD. P.I. is T. Julian. I am Co-P.I.

Psychological Strengths in the Everyday Life of Vietnam War Veterans and Matched Controls Funded by Positive Psychology Network; 2/1/03-11/30/03; $1,800. The goal is compare the function of psychological strengths in Vietnam veterans with PTSD to their function in healthy controls. P.I. is T. Kashdan. I am a collaborating investigator.

A Treatment for Excess Motor Disability in the Aged. Funded by National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) of NIH; Grant HD34273; 8/1/03-7/31/08; $1,744,195. The purpose is to examine the effects of varying treatment intensity and duration on upper-extremity Constraint-Induced Movement therapy outcomes for persons with chronic stroke. P.I. is E. Taub. I am Co-P.I. (effort = 10%). Priority score is well within fundable range.

Accelerometry: A New Approach to Real-World Outcome Measurement in Rehabilitation. Funded by James S. McDonnell Foundation; Grant JSMF 97-41; 1/1/98-12/31/00; $90,000. The purpose was to develop accelerometery as an objective measure of upper extremity rehabilitation outcome. I was the P.I. E. Taub was a senior collaborating investigator.

Publications

Uswatte, G., & Elliott, T. R. (1997). Ethnic and minority issues in rehabilitation psychology. Rehabilitation Psychology, 42, 61-71.

Taub, E., Crago, J. E., & Uswatte, G. (1998). Constraint-induced movement therapy: A new approach to treatment in physical rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Psychology, 43, 152-170.

Taub, E., Uswatte, G., & Pidikiti, R. (1999). Constraint-induced movement therapy: A new family of techniques with broad application to physical rehabilitation- a clinical review. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 36, 237-251.

Uswatte, G., Miltner, W. H. R., Foo, B., Varma, M., Moran, S., & Taub, E. (2000). Objective measurement of functional upper extremity movement using accelerometer recordings transformed with a threshold filter. Stroke, 31, 662-667.

Taub, E., & Uswatte, G. (2000). CI therapy and massed practice. [Letter to the Editor]. Stroke, 31, 983-991.

Elliott, T. R., Uswatte, G., Lewis, L., & Palmatier, A. (2000). Goal instability and adjustment to physical disability. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 47, 251-265.

Morris, D. M., Uswatte, G., Crago, J., Cook, E., & Taub, E. (2001). The reliability of the Wolf Motor Function Test for assessing upper extremity function following stroke. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 82, 750-755.

Taub, E., Uswatte, G., & Elbert, T. (2002). New treatments in neurorehabilitation founded on basic research. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 3, 228-236.

Taub, E., Uswatte, G., & Morris, D. M. (2003). Improved motor recovery after stroke and massive cortical reorganization following constraint-induced movement therapy. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 14, S77-S91.

Taub, E., & Uswatte, G. (in press). CI therapy: Bridging from the primate laboratory to the stroke rehabilitation laboratory. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Taub, E., Uswatte, G., & Elbert, T. (2003). The functional significance of cortical reorganization for behavior and perception. Manuscript in preparation.

Winstein, C. Taub, E., Miller, P. Uswatte, G., Morris, D., Nichols, D., & Wolf, S. (2003) Design of a Multisite Clinical Trial to Investigate the Effect of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in Improving Upper Extremity Function Among Adults Recovering from a Subacute Cerebrovascular Stroke. Manuscript in preparation.

Uswatte, G., Foo, B., Chandler, P., Olmstead, H., Lopez, K., & Taub, E. (2003). Objective measurement of upper extremity rehabilitation outcome using accelerometry in persons with chronic stroke. Manuscript in preparation.

Mennemeyer, S. T., Uswatte, G., & Taub, E. (2003) Paying for post-stroke rehabilitation with constraint-induced movement therapy: Some problems and opportunities. Manuscript in preparation.

Shaw, S. E., Morris, D. M., Uswatte, G., McKay, S., Abernathy, S., Meythaler, J. M., & Taub, E. (2003). Constraint-induced movement therapy for recovery of upper extremity function following traumatic brain injury. Manuscript in preparation.

Elliott, T. R., Uswatte, G., Lewis, L., & Palmatier, A. (2000). Goal instability and adjustment to physical disability. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 47, 251-265. In Anonymous. (2001). Strong, flexible goal orientation assists adults who are adjusting to disabling injury [Abstract]. Clinician's Research Digest, 19, 4.

Uswatte, G., & Taub, E. (1999). Constraint-induced movement therapy: New approaches to measurement in physical rehabilitation. In D. T. Stuss, G. Winocur, & I. H. Robertson (Eds.), Cognitive neurorehabilitation (pp. 215-229). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Elliott, T. R., & Uswatte, G. (2000). Ethnic and minority issues. In M. Grabois, S. J. Garrison, K. Hart, & L. D. Lehmkule (Eds.), Physical medicine and rehabilitation: The complete approach (pp. 1820-1828). Malden, MA: Blackwell Science, Inc.

Taub, E., & Uswatte, G. (2000). Constraint-induced movement therapy based on behavioral neuroscience. In R. G. Frank & T. R. Elliott (Eds.), Handbook of rehabilitation psychology (pp. 475-496). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Taub, E., & Uswatte, G. (1998, October). Other explanations [Letter to the editor]. APA Monitor, p. 5.

Taub, E., Pidikiti, R. D., DeLuca, S. D., Uswatte, G., & Crago, J. E. (1996). Constraint Induced (CI) Movement: A family of procedures for increasing upper extremity use after CNS damage in monkeys and humans [Abstract]. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 22, 2041.

Uswatte, G., Spraggins, S.,Walker, H., Calhoun, J., & Taub, E. (1997). Validity and reliability of accelerometry as an objective measure of upper extremity use at home [Abstract]. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 78, 904.

Uswatte, G., Miltner, W., Walker, H., Spraggins, S., Moran, S., Calhoun, J., Beatty, C., & Taub, E. (1997). Accelerometers in rehabilitation: Objective measurement of extremity use at home [Abstract]. Rehabilitation Psychology, 42, 139.

Taub, E., Pidikiti, R. D., Uswatte, G., Shaw, S., & Yakley, S. (1998). Constraint Induced (CI) Movement Therapy: Application to lower functioning stroke patients [Abstract]. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 24, 1769.

Uswatte, G., Varma, M., Sharma, V., Spraggins, S., & Taub, E. (1998). Validity and reliability of accelerometry as an objective measure of upper extremity use at home [Abstract]. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 78, 1334-1335.

Taub, E., Pidikiti, R. D., Chatterjee, A., Uswatte, G., King, D. K., Bryson, C., Willcutt, C., Jannett, T., Yakley, S., & Spear, M. (1999). CI Therapy extended from upper to lower extremity in stroke patients. [Abstract]. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 25, 320.

Taub, E., & Uswatte, G. (2000). Contraint-Induced movement therapy: A new family of techniques with broad application to physical rehabilitation [Abstract]. Pharma-Transfer [On-line serial], Available website: http://www.neuroguide.com/pharmatransfer.htm

Taub, E., Uswatte, G., Mark, V., Willcutt, C., Pearson, S., Jannett, T., & King, D. K. (2000). CI Therapy extended from stroke to spinal cord injured patients [Abstract]. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 26, 544.

Uswatte, G., Foo, B., Olmstead, H., Myrick, A., & Taub, E. (2000). Objective measurement of arm movement in the community with accelerometry: A real-world index of rehabilitation outcome. [Abstract]. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 81, 1618.

Taub, E., Uswatte, G., Mark, V., Bussey, C., Pearson, S., Jannett, T., Bryson, C., & King, D. K. (2001). CI Therapy for lower extremities extended from CNS damage to fractured hip [Abstract]. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 27, 2208.

Uswatte, G., Lopez, K., & Taub, E. (2002). Reliability of a new observation system for measuring arm function in the home [Abstract]. Rehabilitation Psychology, 47, 376.

Uswatte, G., Box, L., & Taub, E. (2002). Relationship between upper extremity functional activity and accelerometer recordings in persons with stroke [Abstract]. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83, 1482.

Presentations at National and International Professional Meetings
Taub, E., Pidikiti, R. D., DeLuca, S. D., Uswatte, G., & Crago, J. E. (1996, October). Constraint Induced (CI) Movement: A family of procedures for increasing upper extremity use after CNS damage in monkeys and humans. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.

Crago, J. E., Morris, D. M., Pidikiti, R. D., Uswatte, G., DeLuca, S. D., Goode, S. C., Batchelor, J. L., Chatterjee, A., & Taub, E. (1997, June). Effects of intensive physical therapy on improving amount of use of an affected upper extremity in chronic stroke patients. Paper presented at the Scientific Meeting & Exposition of the American Physical Therapy Association, San Diego, CA.

Uswatte, G. Miltner, W., Spraggins, S., Moran, S., Walker, H., Calhoun, J., Beatty, C., & Taub, E. (1997, August). Accelerometers in rehabilitation: Measuring upper extremity use in chronic stroke patients. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Uswatte, G., & Elliott, T. R. (1997, September). Personal styles and adjustment among newly injured persons with SCI. Poster presented at the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Uswatte, G., Spraggins, S., Walker, H., Calhoun, J., & Taub, E. (1997, October). Validity and reliability of accelerometry as an objective measure of upper extremity use at home. Poster presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston, MA.

Taub, E., Pidikiti, R. D., Uswatte, G., Shaw, S., & Yakley, S. (1998, October). Constraint Induced (CI) Movement Therapy: Application to lower functioning stroke patients. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, CA.

Uswatte, G., Varma, M., Sharma, V., Spraggins, S., & Taub, E. (1998, October). Validity and reliability of accelerometry as an objective measure of upper extremity use at home. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seattle, WA.

Taub, E. & Uswatte, G. (1998, December). Use-dependent cortical reorganization after brain injury. In T. Schallert (Chair), Behavior-induced neural events after brain injury. Symposium conducted at the on-line proceedings of the 5^th Internet World Congress on Biomedical Sciences '98 at McMaster University, Canada (available from URL: http://www.mcmaster.ca/inabis98/schallert/taub0818/index.html/).

Morris, D., Crago, J. E., Uswatte, G., Wolf, S., Cook, E. W., & Taub, E. (1999, April). The reliability of the Wolf Motor Function Test for assessing upper extremity function after stroke. Poster presented at the 2nd World Congress in Neurological Rehabilitation, Toronto, Canada.

Uswatte, G., Foo, B., Varma, M., Newhouse, C., & Taub, E. (1999, August). Accelerometry: A real-world measure of upper and lower extremity rehabilitation. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Uswatte, G., & Elliott, T. R. (1999, September). Goal instability and life satisfaction in community-residing persons with SCI. Poster presented at the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Taub, E., Pidikiti, R. D., Chatterjee, A., Uswatte, G., King, D. K., Bryson, C., Willcutt, C., Jannett, T., Yakley, S., & Spear, M. (1999, October). CI Therapy extended from upper to lower extremity in stroke patients. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Neuroscience, Miami, FL.

Pidikiti, R. D., Crago, J. E., Uswatte, G., Morris, D. M., Shaw, S., DeLuca, S. C., & Taub, E. (2000, February). CI therapy: a placebo-controlled trial of clinical efficacy for patients with chronic stroke. Poster presented at the 2nd National Rehabilitation Research & Development Conference, Arlington, VA.

Taub, E., Uswatte, G., Mark, V., Willcutt, S., Pearson, S., Jannet, T., & King, D.K. (2000, October). CI therapy extended from stroke to spinal cord injured patients. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

Uswatte, G., Taub, E., Chandler, P., Olmstead, H., Foo, B., Lopez, K., Myrick, A., & Lemmings, B. (2000, October). Objective measurement of arm movement in the community with accelerometry: a real-world index of rehabilitation outcome. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hilton Head Island, SC.

Taub, E., Uswatte, G., Mark, V., Bussey, C., Pearson, S., Jannett, T., Bryson, C., & King, D. K. (2001, October). CI therapy for lower extremities extended from CNS damage to fractured hip. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

Uswatte, G., Lopez, K., & Taub, E. (2002, August). Reliability of a new observation system for measuring arm function in the home. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Uswatte, G., Box, L., & Taub, E. (2002, October). Relationship between upper extremity functional activity and accelerometer recordings in persons with stroke. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Presentations at Regional Professional and Other Meetings
Crago, J. E., Morris, D. M., Pidikiti, R. D., Uswatte, G., DeLuca, S. D., Goode, S. C., Batchelor, J. L., Chatterjee, A., & Taub, E. (1996, September). Intensive physical therapy as a means of substantially increasing use of the affected arm in chronic stroke patients: Results at 4-week follow-up. Paper presented at the Stroke Rehabilitation Conference, Cambridge, MA.

Taub, E., Pidikiti, R. D., Crago, J. E., DeLuca, S. C., & Uswatte, G. (1998, September). Constraint-Induced (CI) Movement Therapy: A family of procedures for increasing upper extremity use after CNS damage in monkeys and humans. Poster presented at the Inaugural Meeting of the Program in Cognitive Rehabilitation of the James S. McDonnell Foundation, St. Louis, MO.

Box, L. M., & Uswatte, G. (2003, April). Development of accelerometry as an objective measure of motor neglect. Poster presented at the Southeastern Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, Birmingham, AL.

Box, L. M., & Uswatte, G. (2003, April). Development of accelerometry as an objective measure of motor nonuse. Poster presented at the John Ost Undergraduate Research Competition, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

Invited Addresses and Colloquia
Uswatte, G., Miltner, W. H. R., Varma, M., Moran, S., Sharma, V., Foo, B., & Taub, E. (1998, September). Accelerometry: An objective approach to real-world outcome measurement in physical rehabilitation. Address presented at the Inaugural Meeting of the Program in Cognitive Rehabilitation of the James S. McDonnell Foundation, St. Louis, MO.

Uswatte, G. (2001, April). Objective measurement of motor behavior in the community with accelerometry: A real-world index of rehabilitation outcome. Colloquium presented at University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

Uswatte, G. (2001, April). Real-world measurement of upper extremity rehabiliation outcome with accelerometry. Colloquium presented at Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Uswatte, G. (2001, May). Ambulatory monitoring of upper extremity movement outside the laboratory in persons with neurological injuries. Colloquium presented at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Uswatte, G. (2002, March). Constraint-induced movement therapy: A new approach to rehabilitation based on basic research in neuroscience and behavioral psychology. Address presented at annual rehabilitation seminar conducted by Cox Health Systems and St. John's Health Systems, Springfield, MO.

Published Interviews with the Media
Cecil, A. (Producer). (1999, May). Stroke Therapy Q & A [Chat Room]. New York: Ivanhoe Broadcast News (available from URL: http://www.ivanhoe.com/).

Yellin, E. (2000, June 13). Programming the brain to reorganize after a stroke. New York Times, p. D7.