Biography:
Marcia J. Scherer is a rehabilitation psychologist and founding president of the Institute for Matching Person & Technology. She is also professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Rochester Medical Center where she received her PhD and MPH degrees. She is a past member of the National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research, National Institutes of Health, and is editor of the journal Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. She is co-editor of a book series for CRC Press, Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series. Scherer is fellow of the American Psychological Association, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). She has authored, edited or co-edited 12 book titles and published over 90 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 55 published proceedings papers, and 35 book chapters on disability and technology. Her research has been cited 7,500 times by others. She has received numerous awards for her groundbreaking work in the area of assistive technology.
