The Center for Study of Chronic Illness and Disability (CCID) has as its vision, to improve the lives of those with disability. The mission is to perform state of the art, quality research to study factors that lead to disability, its prevention, or amelioration; and to develop an academic program to train the next leaders in rehabilitation science.
CCID is the recipient of a grant from the National Science Foundation. The award is $500,000.00 for the period of Sept. 1, 2007-August 30, 2011 and is to be used to purchase equipment for CCID's Research Lab.
Dr. Lynn Gerber will be the recipient of the "Distinguished Public Service Award" from the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation this November. Congratulations to Dr. Gerber!
Dr. Gerber also serves on the Committee of the Institute of Medicine.
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