The Neurological and Rehabilitation Sciences Training Program at KU Medical Center aims to ensure that both bench scientists and healthcare providers are prepared to fully and rapidly exploit the exciting new discoveries now emerging in the dynamic field of neurorehabilitation. The program provides both interdisciplinary theoretical instruction and practical training in translational research.
The interdisciplinary nature of this program is unique in that basic science trainees will participate in clinical aspects of neurology/neurorehabilitation, and clinical trainees are exposed to laboratory research to cross-fertilize the training experience. This unique program supports both full-time and short-term trainees.
Didactic training will include core curricula for predoctoral students in the graduate programs in biomedical science, neuroscience, rehabilitation science, bioengineering, biostatistics and data science, occupational therapy, and the M.D./Ph.D. program, to name a few. Short-term training experiences are offered to students in medicine and physical therapy doctoral degree programs.
The faculty mentors include basic and clinical scientists along with teaching faculty who are distributed across 12 academic departments. The faculty mentors are focused on translating basic discoveries into treatments, and there are very collaborative interactions between basic and clinical faculty.
Laboratory research and apprenticeships, courses, seminars, guest lectures, journal clubs, data sessions and poster presentations will be utilized to ensure frequent interaction between the trainees and faculty.
Current T32 Program Trainees
- Sarah Egan, Biostatistics Ph.D. Student
- Elyse Vetter, M.D./Ph.D. in Neuroscience Student
- John Prom, Neuroscience Ph.D. Student
- Zhaoyang (John) Liu, Rehabilitation Science Ph.D. Student
- Logan White, Rehabilitation Science Ph.D. Student
Neurological and Rehabilitation Sciences Training Program
University of Kansas Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160