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Training Opportunities
University of Texas Medical Branch
Rehabilitation
Research Programs
1. Neurological/Cognitive Rehabilitation
2. Aging and Geriatric Rehabilitation
3. Outcomes Research and
Epidemiology
4. Physiology/Metabolism and
Biomechanics
Research Centers
UTMB supports
more than 40 Centers and Institutes that conduct research in a wide variety of areas. The centers
most relevant to the to RRCD Program include the Center for Rehabilitation
Sciences, Sealy Center on Aging, Center for
Bioinformatics, General Clinical Research Center, Pepper Older Americans
Independence Center, Center for Population Health and Health Disparities, the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Aging and Health, Mitchell Alzheimer’s
Research Center, Center for Telehealth and Distance Education, Stark Diabetes
Center, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health, Sealy Center
for Environmental Health and Medicine, Sealy Center for Structural Biology,
Center for Biomedical Engineering, Sealy Center for Molecular Science, the
Animal Resources Center, and the Institute for Translational Science.
University of Florida
Rehabilitation Research Programs
1. Neurorehabilitation
2. Neuromuscular Diseases
3. Respiratory Physiology
4. Assistive Technology
5. Aging and Geriatric Rehabilitation
Research
Centers
The following
Centers will provide resources to RRCD trainees: McKnight Brain Institute,
Institute on Aging, General Clinical Research Center, Pepper Older Americans
Independence Center, Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
Center, VA Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, VA Geriatric Research Education
and Clinical Center, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology
for Successful Aging, Powell Gene Therapy Center, Brooks Center for
Rehabilitation Studies, Program in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine,
Comprehensive Center for Pain Research, Interdisciplinary Center for
Biotechnology Research, Research Data Coordinating Center, and VA Rehabilitation
Outcomes Research Center of Excellence.
NCMRR Research Network
Experience
Each Scholar will have some formal interaction
with one of the six NCMRR Research Infrastructure Cores.
1. National Capitol Area
Rehabilitation Research Network, PIs: B. Bergman PhD, PT, & J. Hidler, PhD
2. Integrated Molecular Core
for Rehabilitation Medicine, PIs: E. Hoffman, PhD, &
S. Knoblach, PhD
3. Medical Rehabilitation
Research Infrastructure Program in Muscle, PI: R. Lieber, PhD
4. Engineering for
Neurological Rehabilitation, PI: W. Z. Rymer, MD, PhD
5. Center of Experimental
Neurorehabilitation Training, PIs: M. Selzer, MD, & B. Dobkin, MD
6. Research Methods for
Cognitive Rehabilitation, PI: J. Whyte, MD, PhD
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