Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Rachel Cowan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has a BA (UNC-Wilmington, 2000) in Physical Education, a MS (Wake Forest University, 2003) in Health and Exercise Science, a PhD (University of Pittsburgh, 2007) in Rehabilitation Science and Technology, and completed a Post-doctoral Fellowship (University of Miami, 2012) in Applied Physiology. Rachel’s research focuses on the development and implementation of manual wheelchair prescription and exercise interventions to enhance and preserve the mobility of non-ambulatory individuals.