The 19th annual Rehabilitation Institute Research Day will be held on Wednesday, June 14^th, 2023 at the William Pitt Union, Assembly Room and Ballroom. The event is co-sponsored by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation School of Medicine, the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute.

We are excited to host the following distinguished keynote speakers: 

Brenes Lecture - James Atchison, DO, Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and physician, Department of Neurologic Surgery at Mayo Clinic hospital in Jacksonville, FL.

SHRS Lecture - Julie Fritz PT, PhD, FAPTA, a distinguished professor and Associate Dean of Research at the University of Utah’s Department of Physical Therapy at the College of Health in Salt Lake City, UT.

Abstracts will be accepted in the following categories:

• Resident
• Post-doc
• Pre-doc/Master’s
• Medical Student
• Undergraduate

The abstract winner in each category will receive a $250 prize and will be selected for a 15-minute oral presentation. All other abstracts will be invited to compete as poster presentations for $50 awards for each trainee category. Case studies will be accepted as posters but will not be considered for awards.

Abstracts can be submitted HERE. Deadline to submit is 11:59pm, May 10^th.

Register for the event HERE.