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 Carlozzi, PhD
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Surgery, Medical School
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Professor of Surgery, Medical School
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
James T Eckner
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Residency Research Director, Medical School
Residency Research Director, Medical School
Jane E Huggins
Research Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical School
Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Chan Gao
Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical School
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
Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Medical School
Jacqueline N Kaufman
Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical School
Anna L Kratz
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical School
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
Adjunct Associate Professor of Kinesiology, School of Kinesiology
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
Adjunct Associate Professor of Kinesiology, School of Kinesiology
Jonathan Lifshitz, PhD
Michigan Impact Professor
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical School
Professor of Kinesiology, School of Kinesiology
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical School
Professor of Kinesiology, School of Kinesiology
Brendan L McNeish
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology, Medical School
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology, Medical School
Michelle A Meade, PhD
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Family Medicine, Medical School
Professor of Family Medicine, Medical School
James K Richardson
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical Director, UH EMG/PM&R, Medical School
Medical Director, UH EMG/PM&R, Medical School
Sean R Smith, MD
Associate Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical Director
Physician/Clinical Advisor
Program Director, Cancer Rehabilitation Program, Medical School
Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical Director
Physician/Clinical Advisor
Program Director, Cancer Rehabilitation Program, Medical School
