Mission

CoHSTAR’s mission is to train rehabilitation professionals in health services research that informs rehabilitation practice, care delivery, and policy.

Objectives

• Build health services research infrastructure

  …to facilitate interdisciplinary health services/health policy research by physical therapist scientists

• Expand the number of physical therapist health services/health policy researchers

  …by training highly skilled, physical therapist health services/health policy researchers

• Increase the quantity and quality of physical therapy health services/health policy research

  …by supporting high quality pilot and small studies that lead to external funding and scholarship

• Build upon active and growing research programs at collaborating institutions

  …to build a sustainable, long-term capacity for PT health services and health policy research training