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

CHPPRR College Student Intern

Feb 6, 2024, 00:37 AM by UTMB CHPPRR

Four women standing together and posingThe Center for Health Promotion, Performance, and Rehabilitation Research (CHPPRR) welcomed our first summer College Student Intern, Maggie Farmer. Maggie, who is pursuing her Degree in Kinesiology at Texas A&M University in College Station, spent the summer working with CHPPRR faculty and staff to gain experience in research process, movement science and use of digital technology. During her time with CHPPRR, she was able to complete a literature review of research surrounding motor awkwardness in children and assist with producing start up guides for some of the equipment in CHPPRR. After completing her Bachelor’s degree, Maggie plans to pursue either her Doctorate in Physical Therapy or her Masters in Physician Assistant Studies.


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

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