Resident Research Opportunities

All residents follow a three-year research plan.   

Residents participate in the "UC Irvine/AAP Badges/Research Rotation," which covers a selection of skills, including:

• Experimental and research design 
• Research team organization 
• Data analysis 
• Writing and publication of a research paper 
• Grant proposal writing 
• Research ethics 

Residents may also undertake their own resident-initiated research project.

Research in progress

Research topics are available in these areas:

• Neurobiological basis of PM&R, including interrelated areas of neural plasticity, such as brain development, learning and memory, control of movements and recovery after injury
• Rehabilitation pharmacotherapy
• Scientific basis of physical medicine techniques for management of nerve and muscle dysfunction
• Functional magnetic stimulation
• Pathophysiology and management of myofascial pain syndrome
• Biomechanics of bone and joint
• Falls in the elderly, functional facilitation in the elderly
• Complementary health care
• Clinical neurophysiology and electrodiagnosis
• Stem cell/regenerative medicine
• Robotics
• Technology in rehabilitation
• Dance Medicine