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   Welcome to the

               Office of Research

 

I want to welcome you personally to the Office of Research in the College of Health Sciences. The College of Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky is committed to building an internationally recognized research enterprise. As the Associate Dean for Research, my goal is to build interdisciplinary research teams that bridge our two departments, Clinical and Rehabilitation Sciences. Our major areas of focus are:

• Frailty and Disability Prevention
• Rehabilitation
• Voice and Language Disorders

Our long term goal is to develop new strategies to maintain functional independence, emphasizing both mobility and communication skills. The Office of Research provides funds for project development, equipment and facilities, and infrastructure for obtaining extramural funding.

Current projects include:

• Understanding the aging voice and language processing
• Overcoming feeding and swallowing disorders
• Preventing muscle wasting during disuse and aging
• Understanding muscle stem cell function with obesity, following exercise, and during aging
• Rehabilitation strategies to prevent long term muscle and joint dysfunction
• Infrastructure establishment for rehabilitative research in rural Kentucky
• Understanding voice maturation and development of voice disorders in children
• Preparing clinical health care providers for rural employment
• Relationship of student outcomes to school-based physical therapy services

All of our projects have a strong translational component such that research will lead to novel intervention and rehabilitation strategies to improve health and function by reducing illness and disability.

I invite you to take a few moments and browse this section of the CHS website to meet some of the great people we work with, and see some of the exciting work we're doing.

— Charlotte A. Peterson, CHS Associate Dean for Research

  View the College of Health Sciences Research Report

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