Rehabilitation and Functional Recovery Studies in Health Services (ReFReSH)
ReHaB Core ⟩
The mission of the Rehabilitation and Functional Recovery Studies in Health Services (ReFReSH) Lab is to improve rehabilitation outcomes and quality of life for adults with acquired brain injuries. Our work aims to improve the quality of rehabilitation services by identifying what combinations of services work best for whom to enable optimal functional performance and community participation. We address the rehabilitation needs of military service members and Veterans with brain injury as well as the civilian population using a range of quantitative and qualitative research methods. Research in our lab focuses on:
- Understanding recovery trajectories and how the amount and type of therapy is associated with improvement
- Developing data visualization approaches that support effective clinical decision making
- Advancing outcome measurement and aligning outcome measures with treatment goals
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Active projects
ReHaB Core ⟩
As a LeaRRn LHS Scholar, Dr. Cogan will partner with Dr. Joe Giacino at Spaulding Rehabilitation, with mentorship from Drs. Mary Slavin and Lewis Kazis. Her project will focus on creation of tools to visualize assessment data from electronic health records to support clinical decision making and…
Period: Aug 2023 – Jul 2024
Federal Funding
$15,000
ReHaB Core ⟩
Advances in science have resulted in many survivors of traumatic brain injury living in disordered states of consciousness for up to two decades. However, we have not advanced the state of the science to foster traumatic brain injury survivor’s functional recovery. A critical challenge in…
Period: Sep 2022 – Mar 2024
Federal Funding
$299,639
Completed projects
ReHaB Core ⟩
The goals of this pilot study were to (1) document procedures for cleaning and managing electronic health record data for research on rehabilitation services and outcomes and (2) explain the association of functional recovery with therapy time and content over an episode of inpatient rehabilitation…
Period: Dec 2020 – May 2023
Private Funding
$92,241