Daniel Peterson

CURRENT AND RECENT RESEARCH SUPPORT

1) Michael J Fox Foundation 

• Role: PI
• Title: Protective Step Training in People with PD and Postural Disturbances
• Purpose: Understand the impact of perturbation training on people with PD who are at risk for falls.
• Dates of Award:     1/2019 – 3/2022

2) U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs / Career Development Award (CDA-2; RX002341)

• Role: PI
• Title: “Protective Step Training in People with Multiple Sclerosis”
• Purpose: Understand the whether long-term protective step training can improve protective stepping in people with MS; identify predictors of responsiveness to perturbation training.
• Dates of Award: 10/2018 – 10/2023

3) Center for Innovation in Healthy & Resilient Aging

• Role: Co-I (PI: Krishnamurthi; ASU [CONHI] faculty)
• Title: Developing a real-time fall risk assessment in Parkinson’s disease by continuous monitoring of free-living activities
• Purpose: To evaluate the predictive capacity of real-time, free-living activities for fall prediction in people with Parkinson’s disease.
• Dates of Award: 1/2019 – 1/2021

4) National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) / Research Grant (RG-1701-26763)

• Role: Co-I (PI: Dibble; University of Utah)    
• Subaward Costs to ASU / DSP: $32,880 / $32,880
• Title: Gaze and postural stability in persons with MS at risk for falls: Characterizing deficits and
• response to treatment.
• Purpose: The purpose of this RCT is to characterize the impact of task specific gaze and postural
• stability training on balance, dizziness, and vestibular function in people with MS.
• Dates of Award: 10/2017-10/2020

5) Lundbeck LLtC / Investigator Initiated Research Project

• Role: Co-I (PI: Lieberman; Barrow Neurological Institute, AZ)
• Subaward Costs to ASU / DSP: $65,000 / $16,250
• Title: Effect of L-DOPS on falls among Parkinson’s disease patients with orthostatic hypotension
• Purpose: Understand the effect of anti-hypotension medication on balance in people with PD
• Dates of Award:     2018-2020

6) Northern Arizona University Seed Grant Program

• Role: Co-PI (PI: Denney, Ivy)
• Title: Assessing the use of laser shoes for freezing of gait in people with Parkinson’s disease
• Purpose: Characterize the impact of a new technology to improve walking in people with PD
• Dates of Award:     2019-2021