Shape the future of rehabilitation
We train and mentor professionals - scientists - to conduct research in health and rehabilitation-related fields and who want to develop their clinical research skills. In our PhD program, join outstanding clinicians, engineers and other masters prepared individuals working to find new ways to improve the lives of patients and make a contribution to rehabilitation science.
Unique
One of fewer than 20 such programs in the country, the MGH Institute program provides students the opportunity to work with internationally renowned experts in the heart of the U.S. medical community.
Interdisciplinary Composition
A hallmark of the program is the interdisciplinary composition of its faculty, curriculum, and student body. Students come from a mix of rehabilitation-related disciplines, including but not limited to physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, rehabilitation nursing, and/or physiatry/rehabilitation medicine.
Careers & Outcomes
Graduates from the program are well prepared to pursue a research-oriented career in academic, research, and/or healthcare settings. Advanced research training can result in greater long-term earnings according to a study of Physical Therapists.
Our Executive Committee
Our interdisciplinary faculty includes leaders in rehabilitation from the MGH Institute’s academic disciplines, as well as those at Harvard Medical School, MIT, Mass General Brigham (Brigham and Women's, Massachusetts General, and Spaulding Rehabilitation hospitals), and other prestigious Boston-area institutions.
Professor, Physical Therapy
Director of the Brain Recovery Lab
Director of the PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences Program
- tkimberley@mghihp.edu
- (617) 643-9237
- 1CW - 170.03
Associate Professor
Occupational Therapy
Director, Toward an All-Inclusive Jordan
- ralheresh@mgh.harvard.edu
- (617) 643-0605
- Shouse - 263
Chief Scientific Advisor
Matina Souretis Horner Professor in Rehabilitation Sciences
Director of the Speech and Feeding Disorders Lab
Office of Provost
Communication Sciences and Disorders
- jgreen2@mghihp.edu
- (617) 945-3624
- 1CW - 172.03
Director of the SAiL Literacy Lab
Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Research: SAiL Literacy Lab
- thogan@mghihp.edu
- (617) 724-1054
- 1CW - 181.01
Interim SHRS Dean, Chair, Professor
Communication Sciences and Disorders
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- mlnicholas@mghihp.edu
- (617) 726-0685
- Shouse - 422
Professor and Associate Dean of Research
Jacques Mohr Chair
Nursing
- rlopez@mghihp.edu
- (617) 726-1015
- Shouse - 253
- pplummer@mghihp.edu
- (617) 724-3103
- Shouse - 408
Professor, Occupational Therapy
Director, Cancer Rehabilitation (CaRe) Lab
- klyons2@mghihp.edu
- (617) 643-5372
- 1CW - 170.05
Associate Professor
Associate Director, PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences
Physical Therapy
- etownsend@mghihp.edu
- (617) 724-6345
- B34 - 118
Research Opportunities
Prospective students should identify a potential Research Mentor who is willing to work with them as part of the pre-application process.