Health and Rehabilitation Science

Stephanie Reid-Arndt, Ph.D., Program Director
College of Health Sciences

510 Lewis Hall
701 S. 5th St.
Columbia, MO 65211

The Ph.D. in Health and Rehabilitation Science in the MU College of Health Sciences is an interdisciplinary, research-focused doctoral program designed to prepare students for careers in research, higher education, and/or organizational leadership in the health disciplines. These include occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, public health, physical therapy, health sciences, health administration, and health psychology. Students may be practitioners with a clinical or advanced degree who intend to pursue research-focused career opportunities, or students may enter immediately after earning a bachelor's degree. 

This Ph.D. program uses a mentorship model in which students are accepted to work in the labs of specific faculty and to learn through hands-on research experience. Primary mentors are selected from among the >30 program faculty in the MU College of Health Sciences. Learning within this program is designed to educate students who are interested in developing research skills and an independent research program. The curriculum is flexible, with opportunities to take courses from faculty across the MU campus.

Professor S. Ball**, I. Harvey**, J. Kapp**, T. Pitts**, S. Reid-Arndt**, T. Wolf**, M.Yu**
Distinguished Professor W. Dunn*
Research Professor I. Zachary**
Associate Professor C. Altman**, A. Boone **, H. Choi**, E. Dannecker**, T. Guess**, E. Kelley**, C. Lim**, W. Majee**, L. Morett**, S. Sayers**, K. Trout**, R. Wolpert**
Assistant Professor W. Janes**, R. Karlin**, C. Larson**, K. Lewis**

Please see the MU College of Health Sciences Ph.D. in Health and Rehabilitation Science program website for a complete list of program faculty.

*

Graduate Faculty Member - membership is required to teach graduate-level courses, chair master's thesis committees, and serve on doctoral examination and dissertation committees.

**

Doctoral Faculty Member - membership is required to chair doctoral examination or dissertation committees. Graduate faculty membership is a prerequisite for Doctoral faculty membership.

While MU does not offer undergraduate degrees specifically in health and rehabilitation science, the University does offer baccalaureate opportunities in a number of related areas. The catalog provides a complete list of these degree options.

• PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Science