The vision of the Bone & Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation Center (BJIPRC) is to create lifelong musculoskeletal health.
The mission of the Bone & Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation Center (BJIPRC) is to excel in the creation of new knowledge in all areas relevant to the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injury and arthritis, and then to translate that new knowledge into enhanced quality of life, functional mobility, and longevity for individuals, thereby promoting optimal societal health.
Conduct outstanding, mission-driven research
Promote activities that will define and support the Center’s seven research focus areas, which comprise: exercise; sports; recreation and play; movement and physical activity for children and adolescents; physical activity for successful aging; and veterans' health.
Discover strategies for the preservation of musculoskeletal health, prevention and treatment of injuries, and rehabilitation of individuals for their return to optimal health.
Train the next generation of multi-disciplinary researchers
Educate and train highly qualified personnel who can tackle the complexity of emerging musculoskeletal research questions and methods.
Develop innovative options and tools for new and existing national and international researchers that enhance and expand current fields of inquiry and create opportunities for new ones.
Provide leadership for local, national, and international collaborations and partnerships
Develop tools and liaisons that position the Center as the national meeting ground for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation research in musculoskeletal health/arthritis and head injury/concussion.
Seek information that determines the local, national, and international research landscape so research priorities are coordinated, focused, and integrated for the greatest public good.
Promote the effective translation, use, and exchange of knowledge between health professionals and the public
Implement systematic feedback processes to identify the needs and interests of the Center’s stakeholders (researchers, health care professionals, and the public) and the Center’s ability to respond to these needs and interests.
Develop databases, targets, and measures to track the use and translation of knowledge for applied, clinical, and translational research for stakeholders.
Develop organizational excellence
Implement policies, procedures, and systems of feedback that provide continuous information that allows for evidence-based decision making.
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.