The Bone & Joint Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation Center brings together multiple collaborators at the University of Michigan. Collaborators include the Medical School (led by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, with MedSport, Emergency Department, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, and Geriatrics), School of Kinesiology, College of Engineering (Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering), and School of Public Health. Complementing these collaborations are key units, such as the Transportation Research Institute and Depression Center.
The breadth and depth of these collaborative relations place the University of Michigan among the foremost institutions for integrating musculoskeletal and head injury prevention, treatment and rehabilitation research, and education.
Carol Hutchins has seen a lot as a college softball player, and now as coach of the Wolverines for more than 25 years. Hutchins coached the team in 2005, winning the first NCAA championship title ever won by a softball team located north of the Mason-Dixon Line.