The Department of Rehabilitation Sciences' faculty are committed to offering students the best education and opportunities possible during their time at Temple. This includes the department’s commitment to research and scholarship activities, and providing students with opportunities to engage in cutting-edge topics in their fields in a more intensive way with fellow students and faculty. Such experiences may be beneficial to students' clinical practice, and may even influence students' interest in pursuing research as an academic career. To provide this learning opportunity the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences has a number of research labs with which students can affiliate.  Lab work is a competitive, voluntary, research experience over and above any course work in which students are involved. 

The research labs and areas in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and the faculty member you should email if you are interested in finding out more information appear below:

Occupational Therapy

• Accessibility in medical devices and rehabilitation robotics interventions (contact Dr. Mendonca)
• Arts accessibility and inclusion (contact Professor Ideishi)
• Community participation for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (contact Dr. Pfeiffer)
• Cultural and linguistic diversity among families of children with autism (contact Professor Ideishi)

Recreational Therapy

• RT Wise Owls Research Lab (contact Dr. Heather Porter)

Rehabilitation Sciences

• Laboratory on Geography, Mobility and Disability (contact Mr. Brusilovskiy or Dr. Salzer)
• Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities (www.tucollaborative.org; contact Dr. Snethen or Dr. Salzer)
• Measurement in rehabilitation sciences
      -Child and Youth (contact Professor Ideishi, Dr. Bevans, Dr. Lynch or Dr. Pfeiffer)
      -Home and Community-Based Services (contact Dr. Pfeiffer or Dr. Snethen)
      -Adult Mental Health (contact Dr. Snethen or Dr. Salzer)