Department Research Themes
KU students learn from accomplished clinicians and researchers who are expanding knowledge in a variety of health and science areas. Our research programs are based at the University of Kansas Medical Center, the region's premier academic health care center in Kansas City, Kansas.
Rehabilitation and Lifestyle Interventions
- Sleep, Health and Wellness Lab
- Health Exercise and Aging Lab
- Clinical Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Research Lab
- Neuromuscular Research Lab
- Diabetes Research Laboratory
- Behaviors for Family Health Lab
Motor Control and Mobility Research
- Lab for Advanced Rehabilitation Research in Simulation
- Vestibular and Balance Rehab Lab
- Neuromuscular Research Lab
- Clinical Locomotion and Emerging Virtual Reality Lab
- Mobility and Falls Lab
Research on Health Professions Education
- Leveraging Education and Research Now Lab
"During my training in the rehabilitation science program, I acquired the skills to oversee research projects, write grant proposals and prepare manuscripts. These skills allowed me to land a faculty position at a major academic institution and successfully receive grant funding from the federal government."- Dave Burnett, Ph.D., 2013 program graduate and currently associate dean for community engagement and workforce initiatives in the KU School of Health Professions