From Question to Dissertation: Two PhD Journeys Advancing the Science of Stroke Recovery
The Department of Occupational Therapy faculty mentored the two students over five years on what it takes to move a field forward and the essential support required to get to those answers.
How Pitt Physical Therapy Benefits from a World Class Data Center
The SHRS Data Center provides state of the art data management and analysis services to the six Pitt Health Sciences schools, including the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS).
Demystifying How Patients Experience Low Back Pain
Faculty and researchers across SHRS, the School of Medicine and the Swanson School of Engineering collaborate on low back pain research.
Healthier Routines Help Children with Down Syndrome Thrive
Researchers at SHRS are finding ways to help families develop healthy routines that support the needs of children with Down syndrome so they grow up healthier and are better able to thrive in the adult world.
Pitt Awarded $1.1M to Evaluate Researcher Preparedness for Partnerships with Patients and Communities
The award from PCORI will address the need for researchers to critically evaluate their capacity for reciprocal partnerships with patients and communities.
From Lab to Market: Commercial Translation Prevents Injuries and Ensures Holistic Health for All
Commercial translation and research projects across SHRS departments prevents injuries and ensures holistic health.
Pitt Researcher Receives International Lifetime Achievement Award for Advancing Military Human Performance
Bradley C. Nindl received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Congress on Soldiers' Physical Performance.
Hearing Between the Lines: Inside Pitt’s Push to Bring Precision Medicine to Hearing Health Care
Researchers are building the foundation for precision audiology, a model in which every patient receives an individualized hearing profile as specific and actionable as any other personalized medicine approach.
Pitt Researchers Co-Lead Clinical Trial on Self-Management of Chronic Low Back Pain
They found that a personalized self-management program delivered by physical therapists and chiropractors was more effective at preventing the conversion to high impact chronic low back pain than standard medical care or hands-on spinal manipulation alone.
Rehabilitation Researchers Awarded $4.6M Grant for Early Career Development Program
A team of rehabilitation scientists at the University of Pittsburgh and University of Delaware has been awarded a $4.6 million, five-year grant by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research. The award funds the ACT4Rehab (Advancing Clinical Translational science…