Rehabilitation Science Research
Faculty in these programs are national and international leaders in their field. They are committed to offering students opportunities for scholarship, research and professional leadership. Scholarly work by faculty and students is regularly accepted for dissemination at national and international conferences, and by top journals in our faculty members’ fields of expertise.
Our Researchers
Jose Centeno
My research directions respond to critical professional challenges in speech-language pathology resulting from national and global demographic and epidemiological trends.
Aaron Dallman
My lab is a community-engaged, neurodiversity‑affirming research program that develops and tests mobile health (mHealth) and learning health system approaches to reduce healthcare inequities for autistic individuals, people with Down syndrome, and others with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Jean-Francois Daneault
Our research focuses on better understanding motor behavior in health and disease using technology in order to improve/optimize movements of individuals with chronic diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, dystonia, cerebral palsy, and stroke, through physical therapy and exercise. His laboratory tools include motion capture, wearable sensors, electromyography, brain stimulation, and neuroimaging.
Judith Deutsch
The RiVERS lab is an inter-disciplinary applied rehabilitation research lab. We study motor control, behavioral and neural plasticity that form the basis of rehabilitation science. We document the validity and efficacy of interventions that will accelerate recovery of mobility and fitness for individuals with neurologic conditions.
Gerard Fluet
Our lab has produced several systems utilizing haptically rendered virtual environments that present intensive motor training interventions designed to normalize arm and hand function. We have designed and tested lab-based, hospital based and now home based equipment.
Soha Saleh
The NeuREI lab applies knowledge of neurophysiology to advance rehabilitation research. Its mission is to improve function and quality of life for individuals with motor and cognitive disabilities.
Nima Toosizadeh
Dr. Toosizadeh’s research focus is computational model, sensor-based engineering approach, and machine learning tools to diagnose and treat older adults with aging-related conditions, focusing on frailty and cognitive impairment assessment and fall rehabilitation.
Nathan Wages
Dr. Wages’ research focuses on pragmatic approaches to identify neuromuscular mechanisms of muscle weakness, physical function/mobility limitations, and fatigue with aging, injury, and neurodegenerative disease. 
