Cathy Bodine, PhD CCC-SLP
Director, Professor - CCI Endowed Professorship
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Bio & Research Focus
Dr. Cathy Bodine is a Professor, Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Design and Computing, with secondary appointments in the Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orthopedics and Pediatrics, CU School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus and Executive Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities. She holds the Colorado Construction Industry Endowed Professorship and the Coleman-Turner Endowed Chair in Cognitive Disability. She directs the Center for Innovative Design and Engineering (CIDE) with a focus on assistive, medical, and accessible mainstream technologies, interdisciplinary research and translational applications and design innovations. She is Director, Innovation Ecosystem, Colorado Clinical Translational Sciences Institute, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus and is developing transdisciplinary research and educational programs in the Department of Bioengineering focused on innovative technology, disability and aging. She is a Fellow of the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America (RESNA) and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
Dr. Bodine holds a PhD in Educational Leadership and Innovation with an emphasis on Technology Innovations from the University of Colorado. Prior to joining CU, she worked in the disability technology industry. She is focused on growing industry and academic collaborations to improve the lived experience and independence of people living with or aging into disability through innovative technology solutions.
Socially Assistive Robotics
Human-centered design/Product Testing
Industry projects encompassing mainstream commercial, medtech and assistive technologies
Researching and developing innovative products for independence
Education
PhD, Educational Leadership and Innovation/Technology
University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
2002
M.S., Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
Southeeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
1985
B.S., Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
Southeeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
1983
Academic Positions
Director, Professor - CCI Endowed Professorship
University of Colorado Denver, Department of Bioengineering
2024 - Present
Professor, Tenured
Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado Denver
2021 - Present
Professor, Secondary Appointment
Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
2021 - Present
Professor, Secondary Appointments
Departments of Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
2021 - Present
Associate Professor, Secondary Appointment
Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
2017 - 2021
Associate Professor, Tenured
Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado Denver
2013 - 2021
Associate Professor, Secondary Appointments
Departments of Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
2013 - Present
Affiliate Faculty
Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado Denver
2011 - 2013
Adjunct Assistant Professor
School of Human Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
2006 - Present
Associate Professor, Section Head
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
2005 - 2013
Assistant Professor
Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
2002 - 2005
Instructor
Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
1996 - 2002
Selected Publications
- Huang, M., McGrew, G., & Bodine, C. (2025). Social Media Apps: A Paradigm for Examining Usability of Mobile Apps for Working-Age Adults with Mild-Moderate Cognitive Disabilities. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing 18 (1), 1-38.
- Evmenova, A. S., & Bodine, C. (2025). Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits.
- Philips, G. R., Huang, M., & Bodine, C. (2024). Helping or hindering: Inclusive design of automated task prompting for workers with cognitive disabilities. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing 16 (4), 1-23.
- Blankenship, M., Noack, M., Bodine, C., & Zhang, A. X. (2024). Ultrasonic trilateration for clinical measurement of seated posture during wheelchair seating and positioning assessment. Assistive Technology 36 (1), 95-95.
- Zhang, A. X., Blankenship, M., Bodine, C., & Puplampu, E. H. (2024). Prototype of a low-cost post-stroke wrist splint in Ghana. Assistive Technology 36 (1), 92-93.
- McNeal, D., & Bodine, C. (2023). Innovation Corps™ (i-Corps™) at the Colorado Clinical Translational Sciences Institute: fostering innovation across an academic medical campus. Implementation Science 18.
- Blankenship, M. M., & Bodine, C. (2023). Development of a Preliminary Use Case for Socially Assistive Robot-Augmented Early Intervention with Clinical Stakeholders. 2023 International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR), 1-8.
- Saunders, A. L., Bodine, C., Snell-Bergeon, J., Forlenza, G. P., & Shah, V. N. (2023). Higher prevalence of hypoglycemia and unsafe driving practices in adults with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care 46 (4), e92-e93.
- Philips, G. R., Huang, M., Bodine, C., Kuhn, K., Kersken, V., Reuter, B., Egger, N., ... (2023). Accessible Computing. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing 16 (4).
- McNeal, D., & Bodine, C. (2022). Innovation Corps™ (i-Corps™) at the Colorado Clinical Translational Sciences Institute: fostering innovation across an academic medical campus. 15th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation.
- Bodine, C., & Haggett, V. (2022). Cognitive technologies. Rehabilitation Engineering, 461-492.
- Philips, G. R., Clark, C., Wallace, J., Coopmans, C., Pantic, Z., & Bodine, C. (2022). User-centred design, evaluation, and refinement of a wireless power wheelchair charging system. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 17 (7), 815-827.
- Teeneti, C. R., Pratik, U., Philips, G. R., Azad, A., Greig, M., Zane, R., Bodine, C., ... (2021). System-level approach to designing a smart wireless charging system for power wheelchairs. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 57 (5), 5128-5144.
- Heyn, P. C., Goldberg, A., McGrew, G., & Bodine, C. (2021). The effects of a mobile-based vocational skill building coaching technology intervention for people with cognitive disabilities: A pilot feasibility study. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering 8.
- Benam, C. H., Baler, G., Duke, R., McNeal, D. M., Muller, K. A., Bodine, C., ... (2021). Fostering innovation at academic medical centers: the case of University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 5 (1), e148.
- Chen, S. C., Bodine, C., & Lew, H. L. (2021). Assistive technology and environmental control devices. Braddom’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 374-388.e1.
- Blankenship, M. M., & Bodine, C. (2020). Socially assistive robots for children with cerebral palsy: A meta-analysis. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics 3 (1), 21-30.
- Teeneti, C. R., Pratik, U., Azad, A., Tavakoli, R., Bodine, C., Zane, R., & Pantic, Z. (2020). 1-kW wireless charger for power wheelchairs. 2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 1641-1648.
- Davidson, M., Bodine, C., & Weir, R. F. (2019). User surveys support designing a prosthetic wrist that incorporates the Dart Thrower’s Motion. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 14 (3), 312-315.
- Clark, C., Sliker, L., Sandstrum, J., Burne, B., Haggett, V., & Bodine, C. (2019). Development and preliminary investigation of a semiautonomous Socially Assistive Robot (SAR) designed to elicit communication, motor skills, emotion, and visual regard. Advances in Human‑Computer Interaction 2019 (1), 2614060.