Get Involved with CDHW

Are you passionate about improving health outcomes and making healthcare more inclusive for people with disabilities?

Apply now to join the MDisability and Center for Disability Health & Wellness Summer Internship Program 2026 to enhance your understanding of health and wellness for people with disabilities. Explore the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities in healthcare settings. Learn how to conduct impactful research to understand and improve health and health outcomes for individuals with disabilities in different health care settings. This includes enhancing primary and specialty care access and quality of care for these individuals. 

Learn more and apply for the MDisability and Center for Disability Health & Wellness Summer Internship Program.

Our monthly meetings are currently paused and will resume at a later date. 
Our monthly meetings are typically held on the 3rd Monday of the month from 9–10 a.m. via Zoom. For the Zoom link please email [email protected]. These meetings are open to anyone with an interest in disability research. You do not have to be affiliated with University of Michigan or Michigan Medicine to participate. If you are interested in presenting at a monthly meeting about your project or mission, please fill out this speaker interest form.

Please check back soon for more opportunities to participate in our research. You can find research projects at the University of Michigan that are currently recruiting at our now recruiting page and medresearch.umich.edu.

View our upcoming events here.

If you'd like to be added to our disability research-focused mailing list, please email [email protected]. This mailing list is open to U-M and non-U-M community members. If you have a U-M Level 1 password, you may add yourself to the group by visiting the Disability Health Research Group MCommunity page and clicking “Join Group."