December 17, 2017
PM&R Researcher Featured in MHealth Story About Adult Cerebral Palsy
U-M alumna and PM&R researcher, Jodi Kreschmer, living with cerebral palsy speaks about her journey — and offers advice to others.
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December 1, 2017
PM&R Wheelchair Basketball Clinic Featured in UMHS Headlines
Congratulations to Becky McVey, CTRS and Jamie Mayo, MSE, ATP, RET, in addition to all of the other staff who had a hand in making this first adaptive basketball clinic such a success!
November 28, 2017
Healthy Leg Days Sale
Are you on your feet all day? Do your legs ache or swell? Compression legwear comes in a variety of styles and colors for both men and women!
Help prevent venous problems, leg swelling and tired aching legs! Buy 3 pair, get 1 FREE!
November 16, 2017
Dr. Michelle Meade and TIKTOC RERC Organize Conference on the Development, Efficacy, Integration and Sustainability of Mobile Technology to Support the Transition of Adolescents and Young Adults with Disabilities
The Development, Efficacy, Integration and Sustainability of Mobile Technology to Support the Transition of Adolescents and Young Adults with Disabilities was the recent focus of a State of the Science Conference organized by Dr. Michelle Meade and the Technology Increasing Knowledge: Technology Optimizing Choice Rehabilitation Engineering
November 16, 2017
Dr. Michelle Meade and Michigan Medicine Diversity Team Awarded Distinguished Diversisty Leaders Award
The University of Michigan's Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award (DDLA) Selection Committee has selected Dr. Michelle Meade and her colleagues, all members of the Michigan Medicine Disability Council Team, as recipients of the Ninth Annual DDLA.
November 6, 2017
Canton PT Mary Roberts' Work With Patient Featured in Monroe News Story
Mary Roberts, PT, DPT, NCS, a neurological clinical specialist at the Canton Health Center, worked with patient Lesley Daniels to help her walk for the first time in five years during her son's senior football ceremonies.
November 6, 2017
New Pediatric Cancer Rehab Clinic Receives $9,000 Grant
The new pediatric cancer rehabilitation clinic founded by Drs. Cody Andrews and Alecia Daunter was awarded a $9,000 grant from the Lincoln Park Public School Gold Rush Initiative.
October 11, 2017
Jeanie Kunz, OTR/L Wins 2017 Master Clinician Award
Congratulations to Jeanie Kunz, OTR/L for being awarded the 2017 Master Clinician Award from Michigan Occupational Therapy Association (MiOTA) this past weekend at their annual conference.
October 3, 2017
Former PM&R Patient First Survivor of High-Risk Transplant Surgery
A daring liver procedure and rehabilitation with the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation saved Max Bontekoe's life after a near-fatal motorbike accident. He’s the only patient in the world known to have survived this type of surgery.
September 22, 2017
Dr. Chandramouli Krishnan and Colleagues Awarded Two NIH Grants
His collaborators include:P2C grant: Dr. Riann Palmieri-Smith (Kinesiology) and Dr. Edward Wojtys (Orthopaedic Surgery)
R21 grant: Dr. Riann Palmieri-Smith (Kinesiology), Dr. Edward Wojtys (Orthopaedic Surgery), Dr. Mark Peterson (PMR), Dr. Cathie Spino (SPH).
September 18, 2017
Celebrate National Rehabilitation Awareness Week with PM&R
September 17- 23 is National Rehabilitation Awareness Week and we invite you to look back at some of the great press our rehab faculty and staff have received recently, including a lead profile story in the Michigan Medicine Headlines.
September 14, 2017
Dr. Anna Kratz Awarded Nearly $3.5 Million to Fight Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis
A new clinical trial will explore three interventions in improving one of the most disabling symptoms for people with multiple sclerosis: fatigue.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (link is external) has approved a $3,476,448 funding award over four years to Michigan Medicine’s Tiffany Braley, M.D., M.S. and Anna Kratz,
August 14, 2017
Come Visit PM&R at Researchpalooza 2017
Researchpalooza brings together more than 75 exhibitors from labs and offices across campus to highlight the stellar services and cutting edge research going on at the medical school.
August 11, 2017
Dr. Emily Briceno Co-investigator on New R01
Dr. Emily Briceno is Co-investigator on a newly awarded R01 titled “The Effect of Lower Blood Pressure over the Life Course on Late-life Cognition in Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites (BP-COG)” (PI-Levine, Internal Med)
August 11, 2017
Dr. Denise Tate's Globe-Spanning Grant Funds Spinal Cord Injury Research in Four Countries
A recently awarded research grant will fund a study to assess the quality-of-life (QoL) perceptions among spinal cord injury (SCI) patients across four continents.
August 8, 2017
PM&R Ranked #14 in the Nation
The Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Michigan Medicine received the exciting news today that we have been ranked by US News and World Reports as one of the nation’s best departments of PM&R!
August 2, 2017
Dr. Carlozzi's Research in Huntington Disease Quality of Life Measures Published in Research Featured
Dr Noelle E Carlozzi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Michigan, as well as Director of the Center for Clinical Outcomes Development and Application (CODA). Her research aims to develop brief, sensitive patient self-report measures that evaluate the impact of a disease on a
July 28, 2017
PM&R Computer Therapy Lab Featured on MHealth Blog
The work of occupational therapy clinical specialist Rob Ferguson, MHS, OTRL, and the rest of the Stroke Rehabilitation Program is featured in an article at the MHealth Blog
July 11, 2017
PM&R Honors Austin Shepherd for Braille Books Program at Mott
The Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) honored Austin Shepherd last week for his work bringing Braille books to Michigan Medicine patients and family members.
