Research

The Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation is actively involved in many research endeavors to maximize health and physical function for people with disabilities. We are exploring traditional as well as complementary and alternative treatment methodologies.

New! Current Clinical Trials

We currently are enrolling participants in the following clinical trials:

• spinal cord injury
• irritable bowel syndrome in women
• chronic headaches

Recent Grants

Faculty in our department recently received the following research grants from outside funding agencies as principal investigators (PI):

STAR Telemedicine Project
Funding Source: Duke Endowment Fund
PI: Patricia Gregory, MD
New! Read more about this grant here

A Mindfulness-based Intervention to Reduce Diabetes Risk in Pre-diabetic African Americans
Funding Source: NCCAM
Lead PI: Susan Gaylord, PhD

Effectiveness of a Care Package for Low Back Pain with Disc Herniation: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
Funding Source: Jaseng Medical Foundation
PI: Jongbae Park, KMD, PHD, LAc

Consultancy for Resident Research Activity for a Korean Teaching Hospital
Funding Source: Jaseng Medical Foundation
PI: Jongbae Park, KMD, PhD, LAc

Stroke Rehabilitation in Two American Indian Tribe Populations
Funding Source: Diversity Aging Institute
PI: Patricia Gregory, MD

Mindfulness for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Funding Source: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH R21
PI: Susan Gaylord, PhD

Our department also houses the Program on Integrative Medicine, which conducts research in complementary and alternative medicine.

Additionally, examples of other research activities appear on individual faculty pages.