Overview of RR&D
Technology that gives veterans back functional independence, career opportunities that
encourage rehabilitation research education-all speak to just a small part of innovation
in the Rehabilitation Research and Development (Rehab R&D) Service. An intramural
program for improving the quality of life of impaired and disabled veterans, Rehab R&D
is dedicated to the well-being of America's veterans through a full spectrum of research:
from approved rehabilitation research projects, through evaluation and technology transfer
to final clinical application. The veterans we serve not only help us define our research
goals, but participate in research efforts, and often test the outcomes and ultimate
usefulness of research results in their daily lives.
The main RR&D website can be found at www.rehab.research.va.gov.
Leadership
Michael E. Selzer, MD, PhD
Director, Rehab R&D Service
Dissemination
In order to disseminate research results, the Rehab R&D Service has
committed to publishing its efforts, through outlets such as a quarterly peer-reviewed
journal, an annual compendium of rehab research progress throughout the world, clinical
monographs, and data sheets for technology transfer projects. Each of these activities
stimulates new research ideas and keeps clinicians and consumers on the cutting edge of
new ideas in disability management.
Rehabilitation Research & Development’s Centers of Excellence are the site
of rehabilitation research that attracts the brightest minds from academia, industry,
and medicine into the VA focused on finding research solutions to the needs of
veterans with disabilities. Go to the main Rehab R&D website for more information about the centers.
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