2012-2013 University Catalog 
  
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2012-2013 University Catalog

■ Rehabilitation Science

Phone: 703-993-1950
web: rehabscience.gmu.edu

Faculty

Professors: Gerber (Center for the Study of Chronic Illness and Disability, director), Guccione (chair)

Associate Professors: Keyser

Assistant Professors: Weinstein

Instructor: Winter
 

The Department of Rehabilitation Science (RHBS) is a department within the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS). Rehabilitation Science is an interdisciplinary field of study that seeks to understand the relationships among chronic illness, function, and disability and how to improve the quality of life for those individuals who live with a chronic condition. This field draws its body of knowledge from multiple disciplines spanning the physiological, health, and social sciences in order to approach the individual who lives with or is at risk of disability as a complete person with a full appreciation of the biopsychosocial environment in which that person functions.

The internationally recognized faculty mentor students through active involvement in their own funded research programs. Upon graduation, students are prepared for professional careers in academic, government, and industrial research environments with the tools to develop their own lines of research in Rehabilitation Science. Part-time students are encouraged to take at least 6 credits per semester to promote timely completion of the program.

Programs

    Master’s Level CertificateDoctoral Degree