The mission of the SRC is to advise, evaluate and partner with the public vocational rehabilitation program in support of improving access to employment statewide.

Johns is the medical director of Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital and the executive medical director of the Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine Patient Care Center at VUMC.

The conference showcased the vital importance and transformative impact of PM&R, often referred to as physiatry, which plays a crucial role in health care.

Vanderbilt will pilot an eight-session remote integrative health coaching program for patients who visit the emergency department with acute flare-ups of chronic low back pain.

A collaborative team at Vanderbilt is transforming the diagnosis and treatment of lipedema, a debilitating, abnormal deposition of fatty tissue that afflicts an estimated 17 million women in the United States.

The Vanderbilt Health Coaching Program allows health care professional to take additional training in the science of supporting patients to change behavior.

A study led by Vanderbilt's Ruth Wolever, PhD, found that 10 sessions of health coaching for people at risk for coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes or both led to increased physical activity which was sustained six months after the intervention ended.