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Annmarie Kelleher

  • Co-I [RERC]

Annmarie Kelleher, MS, OTR/L, ATP, ECHM, is a Clinical Rehab Specialist in the Wheelchair Seating and Power Mobility outpatient clinic at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. She is a licensed Occupational Therapist with 20+ years of hands-on clinical and research experience in the field of assistive technology (AT). She received her BS and MS in Occupational Therapy from the University of Pittsburgh in 2001 and 2004, respectively and has been a RESNA certified Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) since 2004.

She has previously provided direct clinical AT services to individuals with diverse mobility-related disabilities at the UPMC Center for Assistive Technology and served as the former Assistant Director for Clinical and Regulatory Affairs at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories. From 2010-2022, she was also a certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP). In 2017, she completed the Healthcare Compliance graduate certification program through the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Law. 

Representative Publications

Tolerico, M. L., Ding, D., Cooper, R. A., Spaeth, D. M., Fitzgerald, S. G., Cooper, R., ... & Boninger, M. L. (2007). Assessing mobility characteristics and activity levels of manual wheelchair users. Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development44(4).

Souza, A., Kelleher, A., Cooper, R., Cooper, R. A., Iezzoni, L. I., & Collins, D. M. (2010). Multiple sclerosis and mobility-related assistive technology: systematic review of literature. J Rehabil Res Dev47(3), 213-23.

Sundaram, S. A., Grindle, G., Gebrosky, B., Brown, J., Kelleher, A., Cooper, R., ... & Cooper, R. A. (2023). Classification of wheelchair pressure relief maneuvers using changes in center of pressure and weight on the seat. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology18(7), 1026-1034.

Sporner, M. L., Grindle, G. G., Kelleher, A., Teodorski, E. E., Cooper, R., & Cooper, R. A. (2009). Quantification of activity during wheelchair basketball and rugby at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games: A pilot study. Prosthetics and orthotics international33(3), 210-217.