James H. Rimmer , PhD

James H. Rimmer, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development, College of Applied Health Sciences, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. For the past 25 years, Dr. Rimmer has been developing and directing health promotion programs for people with disabilities.  He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on various topics in health promotion, physical activity and disability.  He is director of two federally funded centers, NCPAD and the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Recreational Technology and Exercise Physiology. He is a federal grant reviewer for NIDRR; a member of the Healthy People 2010 federal panel examining the health of the nation; and a member of the Scientific and Medical Advisory Board for Life Fitness Academy.