VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering

Research Areas

Children and Disability - clinical, advocacy, research, education and service expertise related to children and disabilities.

Health and Human Performance - evaluation and treatment of patients with cardiopulmonary and/or neuromusculoskeletal injury and disease, including degeneration.

Rehabilitation Engineering - design, development, and use of state-of-the-art human technology interfaces in the operation of assistive technologies, including eye- and head-tracking controls, motion-activated controls, voice-activated controls, and related activities.

Rehabilitation of Neurological Illness and Injury - advanced scientific research and training relating to persons with brain injury, spinal cord injury, and other forms of trauma that have a major effect on the central nervous system.

Vocational Rehabilitation - study, research, training, and demonstration of employment, disability policy related, such as social security issues, to individuals with disabilities.