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HEART: Healing and Empowering Actions for Recovery from Trauma

Healing the Whole Patient

The HEART Trial is redefining recovery for orthopedic trauma patients by addressing both physical injuries and the emotional scars that often go untreated. This 5-year, multi-center study aims to create a new standard of care for mental health in trauma recovery.

HEART Trial Overview
SPIRIT Club: Fitness for All

Fitness for Brain Injury Recovery

The SPIRIT Club Trial is developing an evidence-based streaming platform to help chronic brain injury survivors stay active after rehab ends. This NIH-funded project adapts inclusive fitness programs to improve independence, quality of life, and neurocognitive recovery.

SPIRIT Club Trial
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Building Quality Improvement Capacity

The Regional QI Hub connects Ohio’s Colleges of Medicine to strengthen QI infrastructure and advance health equity. Supported by Ohio Department of Medicaid, the initiative offers training and collaborative support to improve population‑level outcomes.

Regional QI Hub

News

  • Congrats to James on the Successful Completion of Carestream CURE

    FOX | October 16, 2025
    Building on the success of the CARESTREAM experiential clinical learning program, lead course coordinator Dr. James Crick and the LIFT Lab recently completed the inaugural cohort of CARESTREAM-CURE, a course-based undergraduate research experience. During Summer 2025 CARESTREAM-CURE offered former CARESTREAM students the opportunity to gain access to ongoing Learning Health System (LHS) research ...

  • Welcoming Rylie Severson to the LIFT Lab!

    FOX | October 10, 2025
    The LIFT Lab is excited to welcome Rylie Severson into our ranks! She will be helping the LIFT Lab to further develop the CARESTREAM and SPIRIT Club Projects, collecting and managing data for SPIRIT Club, while acting as a preceptor and student mentor for CARESTREAM. We are very much looking forward to having Rylie on our team.Welcome aboard, Rylie! ...

  • $16.6 Million Grant from PCORI to Fund LIFT Lab as the Clinical Coordinating Center of Multicenter Trial

    Alexa Plotkin | September 30, 2025
    We are excited to share that the Healing and Empowerment Actions for Recovery from Trauma (HEART) trial has received a five-year, $16.6 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).The HEART trial will test a new approach to trauma recovery that prioritizes both physical and psychological healing. While traditional care often focuses on visible injuries, this study ...
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