Faculty Spotlight: Britney Beatrice Discusses Research Opportunities with Pitt Nutrition Programs
Britney Beatrice is both an instructor for and alumna of SHRS. Beatrice shares her research experience both as a former student and presently as faculty.
Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab Receives $1 Million HUD Grant to Develop Technology-Enabled Solutions to Reduce Falls for Older Adults Living in Public Housing
The University of Pittsburgh Healthy Home Lab (HHL) has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop technology-enabled solutions to reduce falls and improve the safety of older adults living in public and rental housing.
Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab: Home Sweet Healthy Home
The Healthy Home Laboratory is an innovative, collaborative resource where scientists, engineers, rehabilitation experts and community partners are coming together to maximize the health and safety of a typical home environment and allow more people to age safely and independently at home.
Pamela Toto Named Director of Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab
The HHL is a living laboratory where researchers across the University are designing and testing real-world, evidence-based solutions that will support community living among aging adults, people with disabilities and other vulnerable populations.
CORRT is a Game-Changing Program for SHRS Researchers
After more than 16 years, the Comprehensive Opportunities in Rehabilitation Research Training (CORRT) initiative is widely recognized as one of the most successful research career development programs for physical and occupational therapy scientists ever.
For this Health Informatics Assistant Professor, Aging in Place is Personal
Assistant Professor Yong Choi is at the forefront of helping older adults age in place, leading research at the Healthy Home Lab that focuses on examining the unique needs of older adults and incorporating them into technologies that provide solutions.
Researchers in Pitt School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences will help lead a $5 million training grant on learning health systems research to improve disability and chronic condition care
Professor Janet Freburger, Assistant Professor Christine McDonough and Professor Elizabeth Skidmore alongside other faculty outside SHRS have been awarded a $5 million training grants to create the Learning Health Systems training to improve Disability and chronic condition care (LeaHD) center.
Pitt Physical Therapy Researcher Allyn Bove is Dedicated to Addressing Health Inequities
After returning to Pittsburgh and working in a private practice that offered frequent pro bono physical therapy services to uninsured patients, she became passionate about the topic and decided to pursue a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS). The program combined her interests…
Introducing the Future: The New HexAI Research Lab
Although Artificial Intelligence has evolved over the past 70 years and has been embraced by some members of the health care community, the HexAI Research Laboratory in the Department of Health Information Management stands alone.
Pitt Announces Training Fellowships in Assistive Technology
The Rehabilitation Science and Technology Department has received a five-year grant to support clinicians with post-doctoral fellowships to advance their careers in assistive technology practice, research and policy.