Department of Rehabilitation Science Scholarship Fund

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Scholarships available through this fund provide critical financial support to underserved students.

Scholarships can make an extraordinary difference for students in need — including those who are the first in their families to attend college. This fund supports scholarships for students in the Department of Rehabilitation Science—part of the School of Public Health and Health Professions. 

Rehabilitation science is about helping people live healthier, more active and independent lives. The field encompasses several disciplines—including occupational therapy and physical therapy—devoted to optimizing the quality of life for people whose functional capabilities are limited due to injury, disease, age or disability.

The department is dedicated to advancing knowledge through research in the disciplines of occupational therapy and physical therapy; developing students and practitioners in these and other health professions; and developing meaningful interdisciplinary collaborations in education, research and practice that promote and improve the health of people across the region, country and world.

The department’s programs have been recognized as among the best in the country by U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of graduate schools.

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  • SPHHP 2022 Student Awards Honor Accomplished Scholars
    6/23/22

    The School of Public Health and Health Professions recently announced its Annual Student Awards program. The awards celebrate and recognize the admirable accomplishments of hardworking students across all five departments.

  • SPHHP Alumna Janet Wojcik Selected for Winthrop’s Top Teaching Award
    11/19/25
    Buffalo, NY – UB's School of Public Health and Health Professions congratulates Janet Wojcik, PhD, FACSM, BS '90, an SPHHP alumna, who has been selected to receive Winthrop University’s top teaching accolade: the James Pinckney Kinard and Lee Wicker Kinard Award for Excellence in Teaching. She will be formally presented with the award at the university’s Dec. 20 Commencement ceremony.
  • SPHHP Students Win Accolades, Funding
    4/17/20

    Students from several programs in the School of Public Health and Health Professions recently won accolades and funding for their academic achievements and research efforts.

  • SPHHP reaccredited for another seven years
    10/20/23
    The School of Public Health and Health Professions has been reaccredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) for the next seven years, the longest term possible.
  • International Interests Lead to Fulbright for OT Alumnus
    7/1/21
    International experiences—professional and otherwise—seem to be in Denis Tuttle’s blood. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons he was a natural fit for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the prestigious national competition that provides grants for individually designed study/research projects.
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    11/6/25
    They came to the School of Public Health and Health Professions from Central and South America, ready with translators and big questions.
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    10/27/22

    The American College of Epidemiology has honored the UB faculty member with its most prestigious award, the Outstanding Contributions to Epidemiology Award.