Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is an independent, nonprofit rehabilitation research hospital in Chicago, integrating inpatient and outpatient care with a translational research enterprise. Located on a major academic medical campus, its co-located clinical and research floors let engineers, clinicians, and scientists co-develop and test technologies with immediate access to patient populations and advanced human-performance measurement. An industry partnerships team supports sponsored research, device evaluation, usability studies, and multi-site clinical trials under IRB oversight. Research is backed by competitive federal funding from the National Institutes of Health and other U.S. agencies focused on rehabilitation, alongside foundation and industry support.