Congresswoman Gwen Moore, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Chancellor Carlos E. Santiago and College of Health Sciences Dean Randall S. Lambrecht meet at UWM Thursday to announce the establishment of the Mobility Challenged Veterans (MOVE) Center at UWM.

Congresswoman Gwen Moore worked to secure a $1 million federal appropriation to support this effort, which will conduct research to develop new rehabilitative technologies for soldiers and veterans who have mobility problems as the result of being wounded in combat.

The center is a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort that builds on the strong and diverse expertise of engineers, rehabilitation scientists and clinicians in Southeastern Wisconsin. The center will employ the research expertise of College of Health Sciences faculty in imaging, rehabilitation and therapeutic sciences, and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences faculty in biomedical and rehabilitation engineering, in collaboration with Milwaukee's Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center.