Impact of stress and fitness level on an individual’s health;
Examination of concurrent mental and physical challenges on cardiorespiratory responses; and Indicators of inflammation and of endothelial wall function.

Resiliency and Trauma/BI research

Proprioceptive loss in functional ankle instability.
Ability to perceive force and its relationship to joint stability.
Impairments in balance and movement following lower extremity injury.

Development of algorithms and graphic-user for investigating brain neuronal connectivity;
System development of imagery-based motor learning for stroke rehabilitation;
Development of brain-computer interface-based device for patients with movement disorders;  Human motor control physiology.

Parkinsons disease research; and
Caregiver burden research

BI outcomes research;
Parkinsons disease research; and
Military and Veterans health research after trauma and BI

Pediatric Rehab research; and
Autism Spectrum Disorder research

Early intervention/education;
Health; and
Family/Individual Involvement

Proliferant therapy research, and
Pain research

The role of physical activity in successful weight loss following weight loss surgery, improvements in health-related fitness and cardiovascular health following weight loss surgery, effects of acute and chronic exercise on physical fitness, cardiovascular health, and inflammatory cytokine responses in obese populations (adolescent and adult).

Obesity and metabolic dysfunction in spinal cord injury (SCI),
SCI response to acute and chronic exercise training / conditioning, energy metabolism in SCI,
Body composition assessment and metabolic risk stratification in SCI, &
Locomotor training for functional mobility and health benefits after SCI.

Neurological Rehabilitation;
Cognitive Rehabilitation;
Assistive Technology;
Gaming Technologies for People with Disabilities; and
Community-based Treatment

Elizabeth Evans Getzel is the Director of Postsecondary Education Initiatives at VCU-RRTC which focuses on education and employment needs of individuals with disabilities.

Early intervention/education;
Health; and
Family/Individual Involvement

Vocational rehabilitation after SCI

Mild TBI research;
Musculoskeletal ultrasound research

Implantable devices for chronic pain management.

problem gambling,
disability management in the workplace, and
the community re-integration needs of veterans

Traumatic Brain Injury

Employment and community inclusion for underrepresented populations

Methods for analyzing repeated measures or correlated data, non-normally distributed data, and complex data.
Methods for analyzing multivariable repeated measures.
Improving the lives for persons with traumatic brain or spinal cord injury.
Identifying and reducing racial disparities in disabled populations.
Statistical Education.

Approaches to increasing employment retention of individuals with disabilities

Cognitive and Behavioral issues after BI,
Family issues after BI

Defense and Veterans BI research;
Driving Issues in BI;
Vision and Hearing issues after BI; 
Musculoskeletal ultrasound research

Early intervention/education;
Health; and
Family/Individual Involvement

Traumatic Brain Injury

SCI Outcomes research; and
Cancer and SCI research

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act ) research;
Cognitive issues after BI, and
Substance abuse research

-          TBI
-          Sleep
-          Disorders of Consciousness

Clinical trials of treatments for TBI, stroke, and brain tumors

Shoulder biomechanics,
Diagnosis of musculoskeletal conditions,
Assessment of treatment effectiveness, and
Outcomes in patients with upper extremity and cervical dysfunctions.

Amputation and Prosthetics research; and
Gait research

neurobehavioral intervention following brain injury;
randomized clinical trials.

Haptic devices for rehabilitation;
Application of tactile feedback for prosthesis design; and
Haptic displays for blind and visually impaired individuals

Human performance changes with fatigue,
The role of sensory information in balance recovery, and
The impact of therapy on injury prevention

Parkinsons disease research, and
Balance research

Psychometric methodology, focused on the development and validation of assessment instruments relevant to rehabilitation; and
Research related to deafness and deaf-blindness, in collaboration with Helen Keller National Center.

BI outcomes research;
TBIMS research;
Defense and Veterans BI research; and
Headache research

Vocational and Return to School research for individuals with disability; and
Autism Spectrum Disorders

Research, evaluation, and policy analysis projects, with expertise in disability (i.e. MR, TBI, SCI); and
Employment, vocational rehabilitation, and rehabilitation technology

Military and Veterans health research after trauma and BI; and
Substance abuse and disability research

Development of Human–Machine Interfaces based on eye movement and visual analysis