Meet The Team
Albert "Skip" Rizzo is a Senior Advisor of VRD HealthTech Inc.
Director for Medical Virtual Reality at USC's Institute for Creative Technologies, as well as the Chief Science Officer at Cognitive Leap.
Dr. Rizzo is the original inventor of the Virtual Classroom, and is a world-leading researcher in designing, developing, and evaluating VR systems targeting the areas of clinical assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and resilience.
Over the last 20 years, Skip has conducted research on Virtual Reality systems.
This work has focused on ADHD, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, autism, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke aftermath and other clinical conditions. In each of these areas, Skip focuses on how interactive and immersive Virtual Reality simulations can be practically applied in new ways.