UTMB K12 Career Develoopment Program  

University of Texas Medical Branch

Rehabilitation Research Programs
 Neurological/Cognitive Rehabilitation:  The Transitional Learning Center integrates a team from basic and clinical sciences from the Departments of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Neuroscience and Neurobiology, and Internal Medicine to investigate issues related to brain injury and rehabilitation.

Aging and Geriatric Rehabilitation:  Collaboration between the Sealy Center on Aging, the Division of Geriatrics, and the Departments of Neurology, Surgery, and Physical Therapy focus on the treatment of sarcopenia and loss of function in older individuals who are frail, undergo orthopedic surgery, have neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, or peripheral arterial disease. 

Outcomes Research and Epidemiology:  The Center for Population Health and Health Disparities and the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center bring together researchers from Rehabilitation Sciences, Preventive Medicine and Community Health, and the Department of Internal Medicine to focus on health outcomes.

Physiology/Metabolism and Biomechanics:  The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the Stark Diabetes Center bring together basic and clinical scientists to focus on nutrition, skeletal muscle metabolism, and rehabilitation outcomes. 

Research Centers
 UTMB supports 25 funded Centers that conduct research in a wide variety of areas.  The centers most relevant to the to RRCD Program include 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, and the Animal Resources Center.