Health Interventions Research

At the U-M Medical School Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, we focus on designing, testing, and implementing innovative health interventions. Our research focuses on developing new measurement tools using state-of-the-art methods that maximize measurement validity, precision, sensitivity, efficiency, and clinical relevance.

Learn more below about our areas of investigation and view a list of faculty members conducting research on health interventions.

Areas of Investigation

  • Cancer rehabilitation
  • Adapted assessment
  • mHealth interventions
  • Concussion
  • Neuromuscular and rehabilitation robotics
  • Chronic pain and fatigue
  • Brain computer interface
  • Gait, balance, response to perturbation
  • Cognitive Motor Control and Sensorimotor Integration
  • CNS Neuromodulation
  • CNS and PNS crosstalk
  • Operative and non-operative treatment outcomes for rotator cuff tears
  • Spine and spinal cord injuries-associated bone diseases
  • Caregiver health and wellbeing
  • Spinal cord injury
  • First responder and social service implementation science to detect TBI from IPV

Associated Faculty

Noelle E. Carlozzi, PhD

Noelle Carlozzi, PhD

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Surgery
Medical School and Research Professor
Survey Research Center
Institute for Social Research
James Eckner

James T Eckner

Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Residency Research Director, Medical School
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Jane E Huggins

Research Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical School
Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Chan Gao, MD

Chan Gao

Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School
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Nitin Jain, MD

James W Rae Legacy Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Medical School
Jaqueline Kaufman

Jacqueline N Kaufman

Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School
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Anna L Kratz

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School
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Chandramouli Krishnan

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical School
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School and College of Engineering
Professor of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, The University of Michigan-Flint
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Adjunct Associate Professor of Kinesiology, School of Kinesiology
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Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD

Michigan Impact Professor
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical School and Professor of Kinesiology
School of Kinesiology
Brendan L. McNeish

Brendan L McNeish

Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Research Assistant Professor
Institute of Gerontology
Medical School
Michelle Meade, PhD

Michelle A Meade

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Family Medicine
Medical School
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James K Richardson

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical Director, UH EMG/PM&R
Medical School
Sean Smith

Sean R Smith, MD

Associate Chair
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Program Director
Cancer Rehabilitation Program
Medical School