Advanced Platform Technology Center
Kath M. Bogie, DPhil
Kath M. Bogie, D.Phil, FAIMBE is a Research Career Scientist at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center (LSCVAMC) and Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), with an international reputation in translational research, leading interdisciplinary teams to develop patient-centered interventions that meet the complex, multifactorial problems of wound management. Her contributions include evidence-based preventive measures, including personalized biomarkers and bioinformatics for better understanding of risk complemented with smart and cost-effective technology development.
Current active projects include:
Biomarkers for pressure injury risk following spinal cord injury: Development of a multi-scalar predictive model for personalized preventive health care (VA Rehab R&D Service)
Toward point of care blood testing to identify individual pressure ulcer risk using biomarkers of muscle composition. (DoD SCIRP)
Toward translation of flexSTIM: a biomimetic implanted pattern generator for effective long-term pressure injury prevention through automated weight shifting and enhanced tissue health (VA Rehab R&D Service).
mHealth smart Electroceutical bandage – ExciFlex
Dr. Bogie is also an active collaborator with several VA and non-VA investigators including:
Dr. M Kristi Henzel Insensate and Unprotected: Development & testing of FootSafe technology for prevention of injuries caused by inadvertent lower extremity displacements from wheelchair footplates in Veterans with SCI/D (PVA Research Foundation)
Dr. Dennis Bourbeau Ambulatory closed-loop stimulation to inhibit neurogenic bladder overactivity (Craig H Nielsen Foundation)
Drs. Niloy Bhadra and Tina Vrabec Transcutaneous direct current motor nerve block for spasticity (NIH NINDS)
Dr. Bogie is an elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, recognized for outstanding contributions to wound biotechnology development and patient-centered pressure injury management. Dr. Bogie is Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering and is also on the Editorial Boards for the Journal of Tissue Viability and the International Wound Journal. Dr. Bogie serves on the Board of Directors for the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel, where she also co-chairs the Research Committee and serves on the Standards Committee. She also currently chairs the Education Committee of the Wound Healing Society, having completed a four year term on the Board of Directors. Dr. Bogie is co-Chair for the International Organization for Standardization microclimate standards development and serves on the RESNA Standards Committee on Wheelchair and Related Seating. In May 2024, Dr. Bogie chaired the VA Interprofessional Pressure Injury Research Roundtable (VIPIRR): Laying the foundation for development of a Veterans-specific pressure ulcer/injury management consensus. The primary goal of the field-based VIPIRR focus group meeting was to identify the gaps in practice for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcer/injury in our Veteran population. Working groups have been set up to move forward with these missions.
In addition to research and service activities, Dr. Bogie is Director of the CWRU Additive Manufacturing for Biotechnology Core Facility in the CWRU School of Medicine, where she provides support for the development and testing of novel biomedical approaches incorporating additive manufacturing to improve the quality of life and health for all. She has received continuous funding for over 20 years, from the DoD SCI Research Program, VA Rehabilitation Service, the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation and the Paralyzed Veterans of America. She has published over 80 papers and chapters and holds eleven patents.
Full bibliography available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/kath.bogie.1/bibliography/public/
