Links to NMPT Resources
Graduate Program Website Links:
Rehabilitation Science
Doctoral Program (RSD)
• The interdisciplinary PhD program in rehabilitation
science is offered through the College of Public health and Health Professions.
It is designed to prepare rehabilitation scholars. Students are given the
opportunity to develop skills in research, teaching service leadership,
and interdisciplinary teamwork. In addition, students design their own specialty
areas within the broad categories of movement dysfunction, social and behavioral
integration, or communication neuroscience. Students participating in the
neuromuscular plasticity training program participate in the advanced concentration
movement dysfunction.
Interdisciplinary Biomedical
Sciences Program (IDP)
• The goal of the IDP is to prepare students fora diversity
of careers in research and teaching in academic and commercial settings.
The program provides a modern, comprehensive graduate education in biomedical
sciences while providing both maximum program flexibility and appropriate
specialization for advanced training. The IDP represents a cooperative effort
of six interdisciplinary advanced concentrations with participation of over
300 faculty members.
Health and Human Performance
Graduate Program (HHP)
• The PhD program is offered through the College
of Health and Human Performance with tracks in athletic training/sports
medicine, sport and exercise psychology, biomechanics, motor learning/control
and exercise physiology. These interdisciplinary specializations blend concentrated
course work with research. The students in this training program are from
the latter three tracks.
Centers/Resources Links:
Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight
Brain Institute
The Evelyn F. & William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University
of Florida (MBI-UF) is one of the world's largest research institutions
devoted to the challenges resulting from brain and nervous system disorders.
The MBI-UF's research and educational programs incorporate over 300 faculty
from 57 academic departments and 11 colleges. The mission of the Evelyn
F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida
is to: (a) provide the intellectual and physical infrastructure to support
rapid advances in the fundamental understanding of the normal and injured
or diseased nervous system using the most contemporary tools in the research
armamentarium, e.g., from molecular biology to live imaging and neurorehabilitation
and (b) support the development of multidisciplinary teams and approaches
that are focused on rapidly translating these fundamental findings into
clinical and commercial applications.
Powell Gene Therapy Center
The primary mission of the Gene Therapy Center at the University of
Florida is to merge molecular genetics research and health care delivery
by developing new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of human diseases
that involve gene transfer. The idea of gene therapy is a logical and natural
progression of the last 20 years of research in medical genetics and molecular
biology. The Powell Gene Therapy Center has been instrumental in the development
of newer, safer agents for the delivery of therapeutic genes to patients
with genetic diseases, such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and alpha 1-antitrypsin
deficiency (AAT-D). UF has just been named one of only two National
Gene Vector Laboratory (NGVL) Toxicology Centers by the National Center
for Research Resources, a Division of NIH.
Center for Exercise Science
The Center for Exercise Science at the University of Florida is a multidisciplinary
research facility operated in cooperation among the Departments of Applied
Physiology and Kinesiology (College of Health and Human Performance), Medicine
(Division of Cardiology), and Physiology (College of Medicine). The Center
provides a quality exercise science research program to study the comprehensive
effect of exercise on the human body including biomechanics, physiology,
psychology, sports medicine and motor behavior. Studies are conducted
on a variety of populations including normal healthy men and women, cardiac
and pulmonary patients, elderly persons, elite athletes, and animal models.
Institute on Aging (IOA) and
Department of Aging and Geriatric Research
The Institute on Aging serves as the major catalyst for developing models
and synergisms in the areas of research, education and health care across
all Colleges and Departments at the University of Florida and its affiliates
to provide regional and national models of health care, which will improve
the health and quality of life of older adults. The program focuses on the
mechanisms and pre-clinical models in relation to cognitive and physical
decline, and will develop a clinical research infrastructure, while also
fostering outcome analyses of new interventions and models/systems of care
for prevention, rehabilitation, and dissemination in the community. The
research program is focused on a common theme, "the etiology, prevention
and rehabilitation of cognitive and physical disability", which is being
pursued using an interdisciplinary approach that traverses the entire spectrum
of social and biomedical investigation.
Brooks
Center for Rehabilitation Studies
The Brooks Center for Rehabilitation Studies was created in 1999, as
a result of a collaboration between the College of Health Professions at
the University of Florida and Brooks Health System, Jacksonville, FL. The
Center was endowed with a $5 million gift from the Brooks Health Care Sysytem
in 2000. The goal of the Center is to foster a strong relationship between
scientific medical research and the application of rehabilitation, particularly
the treatment of individuals with brain and spinal cord injuries. The Brooks
Center will endeavor to create recommendations about "best practices" in
this ever changing and highly individual discipline of medicine.
Rehabilitation
Engineering Research Center on Technology for Successful Aging
The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology for Successful
Aging (RERC-Tech-Aging), a University of Florida (UF) initiative, was established
in October, 2001. The primary focus of the Center is to promote independence
and quality of life for older people with disabilities through technology
- devices that can make everyday tasks easier to complete. This RERC-Tech-Aging
is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDRR) and its core focus is research and development on communications,
home monitoring, and "smart" technology for older persons.
VA RR & D Brain Rehabilitation
Research Center of Excellence
The mission of the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center (BRRC) is to
improve the quality of life of survivors of injury to or disease of the
nervous system and to maximize their functional abilities within their communities
and families. The BRRC houses the UF-VA Human Motor Performance Lab for
analysis of the neuromuscular and biomechanical control of walking and upper
extremity function in persons with movement dysfunction.
Department of
Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center of Excellence
The mission of the Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center (RORC) for
Veterans With Central Nervous System Damage (CNS) is to enhance access,
quality, and efficiency of rehabilitation services through interdisciplinary
research and dissemination activities.
