Center for Health Promotion, Performance, and Rehabilitation Research

Center for Health Promotion, Performance, and Rehabilitation Research (CHPPRR) supports a collaborative community of scientists and clinicians at UTMB dedicated to the advancement of health promotion, performance, and rehabilitation research.

The Center is committed to creating relationships among basic, clinical, and translational scientists to apply research findings for the benefit of persons with disability, health inequities, and chronic disease across the lifespan and their families, caregivers, and communities.

CHPPRR was established in 2022 to meet the growing need of the UTMB research community in health promotion, performance, and rehabilitation research. Our core research areas are Health Across the Lifespan, Learning Health Systems & Health Services Research, Patient-Centered Health & Community Outcomes, Health Promotion, and Neuromotor Control & Performance.

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News & Announcements

New Grant Funding in SHP

Dec 23, 2022, 12:32 PM by UTMB CHPPRR

Melissa MorrowCongratulations to SHP Professor Dr. Missy Morrow (Nutrition, Metabolism and Rehabilitation Sciences), Associate Director, Center for Health Promotion, Performance, and Rehabilitation Research (CHPPRR) for her grant “Clinical Remote Monitoring of Individuals at Risk for Pressure Injury Recurrence utilizing mHealth” from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation.

This work is important because pressure injuries are one of the most challenging secondary conditions for individuals with spinal cord injuries and related disorders (SCI/D) who use wheelchairs.

Dr. Lynne Hughes (Physical Therapy) and Dr. Diane Collins (Occupational Therapy) are Co- Investigators on this project.

Lynne HughesDiane Collins

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301 University Blvd.
Galveston, TX 77555-1137
O: SHP/SON 4.514
P:409-747-1635
E: chpprr@utmb.edu

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