Type Public Academic staff 111 Postgraduates 705 Phone +1 412-383-6565 Dean Anthony Delitto | Established 1969 Undergraduates 476 Undergraduate tuition and fees 27,619 USD (2012) Founded 1969 | |
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Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US Address Forbes Tower, 3600 Atwood St #4028, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA Similar University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburg, Dietrich School of Arts and, University of Pittsburg, University of Pittsburg Profiles | ||
The University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (or SHRS) is one of the schools of the University of Pittsburgh, one of six dedicated to Health Sciences. The School has its own publication, FACETS, which is published 2 times a year.
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History
The school was founded in 1969 as the School of Health Related Professions. By 1971, the school had 23 full-time faculty members and had graduated 31 students with bachelor's degrees, 10 with master's degrees and 18 with post-baccalaureate certificates. Focused from its creation on entry-level professional education, the school began to focus more on research and advanced graduate school after 1989, under the guidance of then senior vice chancellor for health sciences Thomas Detre. The name of the school was changed in 1991 after Clifford E. Brubaker became Dean, at which time it was expanded with new programs and departments. In 2009-2010, the faculty had grown to over 100, with over 1,100 enrolled students.
Academics
SHRS offers undergraduate programs in: Athletic Training, Communication Science, Emergency Medicine, Health Information Management, Nutrition & Dietetics, and Rehabilitation Science. Graduate programs include: Audiology (MA/MS, AuD)/Speech-Language Pathology (MA/MS, CScD), Communication Science & Disorders (PhD), Health Information Systems (MS), Health Care Supervision & Management (MS), Nutrition & Dietetics (MS), Occupational Therapy (MOT, MS), Physical Therapy (DPT, MS), Physician Assistant Studies (MS), Prosthetics & Orthotics (MS), Rehabilitation Counseling (MS), Rehabilitation Science & Technology (MS), Rehabilitation Science (PhD), Sports Medicine (MS), and Wellness & Human Performance (MS).
According to the most current rankings, the U.S. News & World Report listed the school as among the "top graduate programs to prepare...for a successful career" in the United States in the field of Physical Therapy, where it ranked third in the nation. The school also ranked sixth in Occupational Therapy, eighth in Speech-Language Pathology, and in Audiology. The school's athletic training program was also ranked fifth in the nation according to a 2003 study of undergraduate athletic training education.
Research
SHRS faculty and students are active in basic, translational and clinical research. In 2009, SHRS received more than $13.5 million in external research funding from government and private sources. Areas of inquiry include: the measurement and study of motion; balance disorders; human performance; hearing disorders; speech, language and cognitive disorders; neuropsychological parameters; telerehabilitation; wheelchair performance and design; and data mining. SHRS research typically involves faculty from multiple departments, schools, as well as other institutions.
SHRS includes four National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs): Wheelchair Transportation Safety, Telerehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury, and Wheeled Mobility. Some particularly important interdisciplinary collaborations include: McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MIRM)[2], Psychiatry, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neurological Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Nursing, Center for Sports Medicine, Neurology, Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania, Otolaryngology, and several departments of Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering. Collaborations also exist with schools and programs of Carnegie Mellon University including engineering, computer science, design, psychology and robotics. SHRS also has a joint project with the University of Michigan and the University of Louisville.
SHRS is developing resources for computational modeling for clinical research. It is working with specialist in regenerative medicine to merge rehabilitation and regeneration to create a new research paradigm for ‘regenerative rehabilitation.’ Similarly, the SHRS RST department cooperates with Medical Robotics of CMU on a project in Quality of Life Technology for self-determination for older and disabled adults.
Clinical collaborations include several programs of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (e.g., Center for Assistive Technology, Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Centers for Rehabilitation Services, Center for Sports Medicine, Comprehensive Spine Center, Facial Nerve Center).