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Fellowship: Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Program

Program Directors
Denise G. Tate, Ph.D. ABPP, Associate Chair for Research
Michelle A. Meade, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Sonya R. Miller, MD. Assistant Professor

Purpose

To provide post-doctoral fellows and PM&R resident trainees with accelerated research training and experience in issues related to rehabilitation emphasizing the consumer-scientist-practitioner model.

Objectives

  1. To conduct rehabilitation-related research training within a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach that promotes greater understanding of issues in rehabilitation and opportunities for cross-fertilization of ideas
  2. To orient research training toward the advancement of science and address the needs of persons with disabilities through development of evidence-based practice (EBP) and community-based participatory research
  3. To prepare researchers to conduct to conduct studies in new settings, including home, schools and community-based organizations
  4. To develop research skills that will result in successful research proposals
  5. To promote productive partnerships and collaborations that lead to successful careers in area with a shortage of qualified researchers
Educational Activities
  1. Academic courses available at the University of Michigan campus
  2. Research seminars and journal club meetings (PDF)
  3. Presentations and lectures at meetings and national conferences
  4. Opportunities to work collaboratively on research projects being conducted at the various research laboratories and the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living


For more information, please contact: 
Michelle Meade, PhD at mameade@umich.edu
Denise Tate, PhD at dgtate@umich.edu

Currently there are no fellowships available at this time. Additional fellowships may become available in 2014. Please check back later.

Sponsored by U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Current Fellows

Stephanie Blain, Ph.D. 
Kathryn Krpan, Ph.D.   
Nathan Miller, Ph.D.     

Mentors for this fellowship program are key faculty members who have nationally recognized experience in research. Each fellow is supervised by a primary mentor who directs his/her fellowship plan. The plan includes a supervised research experience, submission of a grant application, a professional article submission, presentations at university departmental meetings, organization and presentation of a seminar on consumer-driven research, and presentations at national conferences. Mentors and fellows meet regularly to review progress. ARRTP mentors include:

CORE AREAS MENTORS

Community Participation

Health and Function

Denise G. Tate, PhD

Susan H. Brown, PhD

Michelle A. Meade, PhD

Daniel P. Ferris, PhD

James Magyar, MA

Michael E. Geisser, PhD

Edward Wollmann

Claire Z. Kalpakjian, PhD, MS

Barbara A. Israel, Dr PH

Ned L. Kirsch, PhD **

Lois M. Verbrugge, PhD

Sonya R. Miller, MD

 

Susan L. Murphy, ScD, OTR**

Assistive Technology

Seth A. Warschausky, PhD

Jane E. Huggins, PhD

 

Glen Ashlock, MS, ATP

 

 

 

** Currently not accepting additional Fellows

 

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The Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Grant #H133P090008.