Joanne C. Smith

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, also known as Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, provides expert clinical advisory and training services to healthcare organizations worldwide. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The Margaret & Mark Stephan Legs + Walking Lab is designed for patients and research participants with diagnoses affecting lower-body function due to brain or spinal cord injury and diseases of the nerves, muscles, and bones. Researchers and clinicians focus on advancing trunk, pelvic and leg function, movement, coordination, strength, and balance. The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is the first-ever "translational" research hospital where clinicians, scientists, innovators, and technologists work together in the same space, applying research in real-time.