Core Spotlight:
Vocational Rehabilitation

Director: Paul Wehman, Ph.D.

The Vocational Rehabilitation Core is an interdisciplinary core devoted to the study, research, training and demonstration of employment, disability policy and Social Security issues. The core has strong graduate instruction components in both the School of Allied Health Professions and the School of Education. In the past five years, researchers...  read more

Welcome to the VCU Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering (VCU-CERSE)

The VCU Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering (VCU-CERSE) brings together researchers, clinicians, rehabilitation specialists, and academicians from the VCU Schools of Medicine, Allied Health, Education and Engineering, as well as the Hunter Holmes Veterans Administration Medical Center and the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services to promote research, education, physical medicine and rehabilitation services, and clinical care for America's veterans, children and adults with disabilities. This site offers resources and initiatives aimed at improving the health, functional ability and quality of life of persons who experience a disability.

Featured Publication

Arango-Lasprilla, J. C., Ketchum, J. M., Stevens, L. F., Balcazar, F., Wehman, P., Forster, L. & Hsu, N. (2009). Ethnicity/racial differences in employment outcomes following Spinal Cord Injury. NeuroRehabilitation, 24(1), 37-46.

Abstract: Objective: To examine differences in employment outcomes among Hispanics and Caucasians with Spinal Cord Injuries at one year post-injury. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Longitudinal dataset of the SCI Model Systems. Participants: 11,424 Individuals diagnosed with spinal cord injury (1369 Hispanics and 10055 Caucasians) that were enrolled in the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC) database and interviewed during their scheduled one-year post-injury follow-up evaluation between 1975 and 2006. Main Outcome Measures: Employment status (competitively...  read more