2025 UNC PM&R Research Day
Please join us for the 2025 UNC PM&R Research Day with Keynote Address by Dr. Prakash Jayabalan.
Improving Health, Function, and Well-Being.
Welcome
Welcome to the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Our mission is to improve the health, function, and wellbeing of people across North Carolina and beyond through excellence in patient care, education, research, and innovation. Our rehabilitation medicine physicians, called physiatrists, manage the care of patients through an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team of colleagues within UNC Health Care system. Our department’s research faculty and neuropsychologists further develop our holistic approach, ensuring well-being, maximum functional abilities, and cognitive and psychological health for patients with physical impairment and cognitive dysfunction. Physiatry is becoming more critical as the population ages and desires ideal states of wellness, quality of life, and function over a lifetime.
Department News
Baratta Receives Stroke Funding
Congratulations to Associate Professor John M. Baratta, MD, MBA, on receiving the NCDHHS grant for the project Coordinating Resources to Enhance Stroke Transitions (CREST). This innovative project, a collaboration with the UNC Department of Neurology, aims to enhance comprehensive care during the post-acute period and improve the coordination of clinical, social, and support services for …
Match Day 2025
Welcome Class of 2029! Congratulations! We are thrilled to welcome the UNC PM&R Class of 2029! We can’t wait to have you join our PM&R family!
Rebecca Molinini, PT, DPT, PhD, Receives T32 Institutional Research Training Grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Becky Molinini, PT, DPT, PhD, has been awarded a T32 Institutional Research Training Grant through the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Supplement Program to Promote Diversity in Health Research. Based in the UNC School of Medicine’s Program on Integrative Medicine (PIM), the fellowship offers mentorship from leading faculty with expertise in diverse methodologies, …