Jon Sanford
Research Professor/Research Director Occupational Therapy- Education
Duke University, Durham, NC B.S. 05/1974 Psychology
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA B.S. 05/1979 Architecture
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA M. Arch. 05/1983 Architecture
- Biography
Clinical Expertise
Home modifications
Aging in place
Assistive technologies
Safety and falls riskResearch Interests
Design and technology for healthy aging
Universal design and accessibility
Aging with disability
Environmental barriers to community mobilitySelected Publications
Sanford, J. (forthcoming). Product usability testing: What works? For whom? and Why? in A. Mihailidis & R. Smith, (Eds.), Rehabilitation Engineering Principles and Practice, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.Aflatoony, L., Lee, S., Sanford, J.A. (in press). Collective making: Co-designing 3D Printed assistive technologies with occupational therapists, designers, and end-users, Assistive Technology.
Remillard, E. T., Griffiths, P. C., Mitzner, T. L., Sanford, J. A., Jones, B. D., & Rogers, W. A. (2020). The TechSAge Minimum Battery: A multidimensional and holistic assessment of individuals aging with long-term disabilities. Disability and Health Journal,13(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2019.100884
Sanford, J.A. and Remillard, E. G. (2020). Design for one is design for all: The past, present and future of universal design as a strategy for aging-in-place with disability, in M. Putnam & C. Bigby, (Eds.), Handbook of Aging with Disability, Abington-on-Thames, UK: Routledge Press.
Selected Presentations
Conference Presentation with Proceedings (Refereed)
Lee, S.J., Bhattacharjya, S. & Sanford, J.A. (2020). Linking toilet transfer performance to task-relevant environmental features and design attributes, research poster Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Nov. 1, 2020: 101(11) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2020.09.094Sanford J. (2020). Creating inclusive design experiences through engaging seniors with disabilities in student hackathons. Innov Aging.;4(Suppl 1):600. Dec 16. doi:10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2021
Nabors, E., Renfro, M., Pynoos, J., Szanton, S.L, Sanford, J.A., Stark, S. (2019). Innovations in home modification research: The state of the art, Innovation in Aging, Volume 3, Issue Supplement_1, November 2019, Page S635, https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2365
Beer, J.M., Rogers, W.A., Sanford, J.A., et al. (2019). A panel discussion on human factors considerations for persons aging-in-place with long-term disabilities, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 63(1):1-5, doi:10.1177/1071181319631370
Conference Presentations w/o Proceedings
Sanford, J.A. (2020). Enhancing activity and participation of older adults through a universal design approach to gerontechnology R&D, symposium accepted for presentation at International Society of Gerontechnology 12th World Conference (conference postponed).Sanford, J.A., Remillard, E., Rice, L., Kadylak, T. (2020). Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place for People with Long-Term Disabilities, Virtual symposium at RESNA 2020, Annual Conference of the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America.
Sanford, J. A. (2019). SmartBathroom technologies to promote aging-in-place with a disability. Panel presentation at the 63rd International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), Seattle, WA, October.
Sanford, J. A. (2019). SmartBathroom Technologies. Symposium presentation at the 96thannual conference of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM), Chicago, IL, November.
Sanford, J. A. (2019). Touched by a Robot, Symposium presentation on Care Robotics in Asia, Europe and North America, a Multicultural Perspective at RESNA Annual Conference with REHABWEEK 2019, Toronto, Canada, June 27.
Milchus, K., Harris, F., Linden, M., Mahajan, H., Moon, N., and Sanford, J. (2019). Findings from the Universal Design Practices to Enhance Work Outcomes Project. Presentation at the NARRTC 2019 Annual Conference, Washington, DC, April.
Funding
NIH SBIR R43 AG073008-01 Tenenbaum (PI) 2021
Sponsor: National Institute on Aging
Title: HomesRenewed Ventures interactive APP for grab bar installation
Goals: Develop and test a mobile home environment assessment tool to facilitate proper installation of bathroom grab bars to meet the needs of older adults.
Role: InvestigatorNIDILRR Award 90REGE0006-01-00 Sanford (PI) 2018 – 2023
Sponsor: Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community
Title: RERC on Technologies to Support Aging-in-Place for People with Long-Term Disabilities Aging
Goals: To provide innovative technological solutions, new knowledge, and new concepts that will improve the health and functioning and community living and participation of individuals who are aging with disability.
Role: Principal InvestigatorNIDILRR Award 90IFRE0005 Lee (PI), Sanford 2018 – 2022
Sponsor: Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living
Title: Environmental Barriers and Facilitators to Assisted Toilet Transfers by People Aging with Disability and their Informal Caregivers.
Goal: To identifiy environmental factors that create barriers and facilitators to caregiver assisted transfers for individuals aging with disability to inform the development of dyadic-centered toilet transfer interventions.
Role: Co-Principal InvestigatorNIDILRR Award 90IF0123 Sanford (PI) 2016 – 2021
Sponsor: Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community
Title: ALIGN 2.0: Identification and Quantification of Real-Time Barriers to Community Mobility to Enhance the Effectiveness of the Application for Locational Intelligence and Geospatial Navigation
Goals: To produce a prototype of ALIGN 2.0 that will enhance the effectiveness and extend the utility of the existing database and routing algorithm through the inclusion and application of real-time barriers to community mobility.
Role: Principal InvestigatorMemberships
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA), 1994 - present
Gerontological Society of America (GSA), 1990 - present
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) 2022-presentHonors and Awards
Center for Healthcare Design Platinum Level Touchstone Research Award for Grab Bar Specifications for Senior Living, 2021