UW Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Together we achieve and advance the highest quality rehabilitation care, training, and research.

About the department

The UW Department of Rehabilitation was founded in 1957 by Justus F. Lehmann. Since then, our dedicated faculty and staff have provided the highest quality patient care, education and research in physical medicine and rehabilitation.

A nurse holds a patient's hand on the Inpatient Rehabilitation unit at Harborview Medical Center.
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Training for a new generation of physicians and scientists

We offer 18 student and training opportunities, including our PhD in Rehabilitation Science, accepting applications now until January 15, 2024.

Furthering rehabilitation medicine through research expertise

Research drives innovation and is integral to our departmental mission. Learn more about our research focus areas 

A woman walks across a lab wearing braces on both legs, from foot to calf.

Powered mobility can improve development, participation for children with cerebral palsy

A recent study found that short-term use of powered mobility devices can support developmental progress and increase participation in daily activities for young children with cerebral palsy.

Study finds therapies can help fatigue in multiple sclerosis

Professors Dawn Ehde, PhD, and Kevin Alschuler, PhD, were co-authors on a new study showing that therapies can help with fatigue in multiple sclerosis.

Jirikowic receives $231,364 for study on early interventions for infants with prenatal alcohol exposure and FASD

A new study on intervention in the first three years of life for infants with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) has received a NIH-NIAAA grant for $231,364.
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UW Department of Rehabilitation Medicine  
325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359612  
Seattle, WA 98104 
rehab@uw.edu | 206.543.3600 

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