Welcome to the Rehabilitation Science Ph.D. Program

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Thank you for your interest in the Rehabilitation Science Doctoral Program in the College of Public Health and Health Professions at the University of Florida. The RSD program provides comprehensive graduate training to future rehabilitation scholars, building skills in research, teaching, and interdisciplinary teamwork in movement science and disability science. We train rehabilitation scholars with an innovative graduate program that builds skills in research, teaching, and interdisciplinary teamwork in disability science and movement science. Students design their own specialty area within the broad categories of:

Upon successful completion of this 90-credit post-baccalaureate program, students receive their Ph.D. and are well positioned for faculty positions in research universities and research centers. We also offer the opportunity to simultaneously earn a Master of Public Health in one of five specialized areas, such as Health Management and Policy, while pursuing a Ph.D. as part of our Ph.D./MPH program.

RSD students discuss posters with faculty at the Neuroplasticity Symposium

RSD students discuss posters with faculty at the Neuroplasticity Symposium

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Congratulations to Elisa Gonzalez Rothi!

Congratulations to Elisa Gonzalez Rothi!

Dr. Gonzalez Rothi is our newest RSD graduate. Working under the mentorship of Dr. David Fuller, Elisa completed her dissertation titled “Spinal Cord Injury and Plasticity in Cervical Motor Systems”.

Alumni Spotlight – Chetan Phadke, Ph.D.

Alumni Spotlight – Chetan Phadke, Ph.D.

Following graduation, Chetan completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Queen’s University in Canada before joining the West Park Hospital in Toronto as a Scientist. West Park hired Chetan with an explicit mandate to [...]

Alumni Spotlight – Kristin Vamvas Day, PhD, MPT, NCS

In May 2010, I graduated from the RSD program, where I studied walking recovery after spinal cord injury and neuromuscular plasticity with Dr. Andrea Behrman. Currently, I am a Postdoctoral [...]

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