Rehabilitation R&D Service / Journal of Rehab R&D

Website Update

The server that housed the RR&D and JRRD websites is temporarily unavailable, and all traffic to those sites is now being directed here, to the main Office of R&D site.

If you need to contact either group to obtain resources that used to be found on those websites, please use the information below.

Rehab R&D: Contact Ricardo Gonzalez at ricardo.gonzalez@va.gov, 202-254-0196

JRRD: For questions about obtaining past issues (print or electronic) of the Journal of Rehab R&D, send an e-mail message to Dore.Mobley@va.gov. Please type the phrase "Journal Request" in the subject line, specify the issue, the desired format (i.e., print or pdf), quantity, and include a complete mailing address in the body of your message.

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.

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.

Centers of Excellence

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.