Rehabilitation Sciences Academic Division and Research Center
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Welcome
Rehabilitation Science, as defined by the Institute of Medicine, encompasses "basic and applied aspects of health services, social sciences, and engineering as they are related to restoring human functional capacity and improving a person's interaction with the surrounding environment.1 As such, Rehabilitation Science is, by definition, interdisciplinary and extends beyond the boundaries of traditional academic departments.
Programs and Services
News and Events
Four Rehabilitation Sciences PhD Students selected for 2011 GSBS Scholarship
Kirk English- Charles F. Otis Endowed Award
David Gundermann- Arthur V. Simmang Award
- Zhou Sisters Award
Amit Kumar- Peyton & Lydia Schapper Award
Paul Reidy- Sealy Center on Aging Award
The Will to Walk Again
Drunk drving victim Sean Carter, walks again. Sean's steps may be slow and the distance he travels may be short, but inside a gym in Galveston Carter is considered a walking miracle.. ..more
Congratulations to David Gundermann
and all the Students Poster winners
Thank you all for participating and providing such excellent presentations for this year's Forum on Aging. We hope you enjoyed it and had time to interact with others who are involved in UTMB aging research and programs. There were over 150 in attendance to go along with 78 poster presentations including 22 student posters! ... more »
Barbara Doucet, PhD, OTR, was selected as a finalist for the Innovation in Health Science Education Award
Barbara Doucet, PhD, OTR, Assistant Professor in Rehabilitation Sciences has been selected as a finalist for the Innovation in Health Science Education Award through the UT Academy of Health Science Education. Final determination of her level of award will be made at the 8th annual UT Academy of Health Science Education Conference in February 2012. Stay tuned...
Rehabilitation Sciences PhD student, Kirk English receives award.
Kirk English was just awarded the: Environmental & Exercise Physiology (EEP) Space Biomedical Research Institute's Predoctoral Gravitational Physiology Award, for his abstract "Leucine preserves muscle and strength and enhances recovery following bed rest". The award will be presented at Experimental Biology meeting this year in San Diego and recognizes outstanding research related to gravitational physiology by a graduate student that is relevant to the physiological missions of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. Congratulations Kirk!
