The Disability Independence Strategic Research Cluster 6 With 10-12 faculty appointments, the College of Health is building a strategic research cluster in Disability Independence in order to advance the equity, wellbeing, agency, and community success of people of all ages with disabilities as defined by the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health: mobility/physical, SCI (spinal cord), TBI (head or traumatic brain injury), vision, hearing, cognitive/learning, psychological, and invisible. Together, an interdisciplinary team of College of Health researchers, working in collaboration with people with disabilities, our colleagues in the Colleges of Engineering and Education, Assistive technology and data science Community health and multiple determinants of health Disability law, policy, and ethics and external partners like Good Shepherd Rehabilitation will create or apply technology designed to support more independence and thriving. Building on existing faculty expertise in community-based participatory research, health technology, data science, health policy, and epidemiology, we are recruiting additional colleagues in the following areas, focused on people with disabilities: Nothing about us without us.
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