Research
SHRS faculty and students are active in basic, translational and clinical research. In 2009, SHRS received more than $13.5 million in external research funding from government and private sources. Areas of inquiry include: the measurement and study of motion; balance disorders; human performance; hearing disorders; speech, language and cognitive disorders; neuropsychological parameters; telerehabilitation; wheelchair performance and design; and data mining. SHRS research typically involves faculty from multiple departments, schools, as well as other institutions.
SHRS includes four National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs): Wheelchair Transportation Safety, Telerehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury, and Wheeled Mobility. Some particularly important interdisciplinary collaborations include: McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MIRM), Psychiatry, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neurological Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Nursing, Center for Sports Medicine, Neurology, Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania, Otolaryngology, and several departments of Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering. Collaborations also exist with schools and programs of Carnegie Mellon University including engineering, computer science, design, psychology and robotics. SHRS also has a joint project with the University of Michigan and the University of Louisville.
SHRS is developing resources for computational modeling for clinical research. It is working with specialist in regenerative medicine to merge rehabilitation and regeneration to create a new research paradigm for ‘regenerative rehabilitation.’ Similarly, the SHRS RST department cooperates with Medical Robotics of CMU on a project in Quality of Life Technology for self-determination for older and disabled adults.
Clinical collaborations include several programs of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (e.g., Center for Assistive Technology, Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Centers for Rehabilitation Services, Center for Sports Medicine, Comprehensive Spine Center, Facial Nerve Center).
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