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ACRM invites proposals for 36 topic areas

All Topic Areas

The ACRM Program Committee invites proposals focused on research evidence and its translation into clinical practice. ACRM is especially interested in the following content topics:

  • Aging Research & Geriatric Rehabilitation
  • Arts and Neuroscience
  • Athlete Development & Sports Rehabilitation
  • Behavioral Health Sciences
  • Big Data 
  • Brain Injury
  • Burn Rehabilitation 
  • Cancer Rehabilitation
  • Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 
  • Caregiver Needs 
  • Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)
  • Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine
  • COVID-19 and Long COVID (Post-Acute Sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection, PASC) 
  • Cultural Competency 
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
  • Early Mobilization & Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care Unit 
  • Ethics 
  • Health Services Research
  • International
  • Leadership 
  • Lifestyle Medicine
  • Limb Care (including prosthetics/orthotics)
  • Measurement
  • Military/Veterans Affairs
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases (e.g. MS, Parkinson’s disease)”
  • Neuroplasticity (includes neuroscience)
  • Pain
  • Pediatric Rehabilitation
  • Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System
  • Skin Management 
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Stroke
  • Technology (e.g., robotics, assistive technology, mHealth)
  • Telehealth 
  • Trauma 
  • Writing Grants & Getting Funded 

ACRM especially encourages proposals that are:

  • Interdisciplinary in nature
  • Include international topics / are from international applicants
  • From students and early career professionals
  • From those who identify with groups that are traditionally underrepresented in science.