Each January, the Disability Research and Dissemination Center (DRDC) issues a request for applications (RFAs) for new research opportunities. The DRDC conducts research in support of the priorities of the CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD). DRDC awards research grants to university and other academic and professional partners that employ medical, […]
Category: Research Corner
Oregon’s RRTC Clearing a Path to Health
The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center: Health and Wellness (www.ohsu.edu/oidd/rrtc/index.cfm ) at Oregon Institute on Disability and Development (OIDD) is launching several projects, and Amy Cline, MPH, Dissemination Coordinator withRRTC, is charged with disseminating them. The center promotes the health and wellness of people with disabilities through research, training, technical assistance and dissemination focused on three important […]
New Study Shows Much Higher Rates of Spinal Cord Injury and Paralysis than Earlier Studies
A groundbreaking survey of more than 33,000 households shows that the number of Americans living with spinal cord injury is 40 percent higher than previously thought. The survey, which was initiated by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, found that 1.275 million Americans have a spinal cord injury, and more than 5.6 million live with […]