Welcome to the Center for Rehabilitation Sciences

 

The 2000 Census identified 49.7 million people in the United States with long-term disability,¹ resulting in decreased quality of life for a significant proportion of the U.S. population.  Improving quality of life and decreasing disability are primary objectives of Healthy People 2010² and new and innovative research related to disability and recovery will be required to meet these objectives.  Read more...

 

The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) established the Center for Rehabilitation Sciences in 2001 to address the challenges of Healthy People 2010. The Center underwent a successful five-year review in the summer of 2006 and was approved for additional funding through August 2009.  The Center is committed to creating relationships between basic scientists and clinicians who have a common interest in rehabilitation and disability, and sponsors a variety of activities directed toward strengthening and expanding efforts in disability research and education at UTMB.

 

 

 

¹ U.S. Census Bureau.  Disability Status 2000: Census 2000 Brief.  U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce, March 2003.

² Healthy People 2010.

 

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