Kimberly Hreha, EdD, OTR/L, assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Occupational Therapy Doctorate Division, and senior fellow in the Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, has been awarded a K01 grant from the National Institutes of Health and specifically the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research.
NIH Career Development (K) Awards support early career faculty-level candidates to further their research and become competitive for additional significant grant support. Through this grant, she will rely on existing data to investigate whether specific types of vision impairment and ocular deficits increase the risk of post-stroke dementia. The expected findings will provide critical insight into the types of vision impairment and ocular deficits experienced by people with post-stroke dementia, including more information on distinguishing between pre- and post-stroke visual impairments and the expected differential impact on dementia.