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Jongbae Kim, Ph.D., is a Postdoctorial Associate in the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology. Dr. received Kim received a BA in the Applied Statistics from Yonsei University of Korea and completed his MS program in the Industrial Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. He received Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, all in Rehabilitation Science. Within rehabilitation science he specializes in telerehabilitation, adaptive input/output device, rehabilitation robotics, and laser therapy on pressure ulcer. While he was studying the MS program, he became spinal chord injured as the result of fall and became quadriplegic. After suffering several challenges, he has been serving Korean people with SCI for 7 years. He has developed many rehabilitation programs for Koreans with SCI including the creation of disability community web sites. He has also educated many people with SCI in Information Technologies and worked to find jobs for educated people with SCI. He has also taught students the rehabilitation via IT technology in the Nazarene University, ChonAhn, Korea. Mr. Kim is currently leading a research task and working for other tasks of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on TeleRehabilitation. Jong Bae Kim, PhD Postdoctoral Associate University of Pittsburgh Dept of Rehabilitation Science and Technology School of Health and Rehabilitation Science 2310 Jane Street, Suite 1300 Pittsburgh, PA 15203 tel: 412-586-6909 fax: 412-586-6910 mobile: 412-580-0967 jbkim@pitt.edu ibird486@nate.com