Linda Resnik’s research links the fields of rehabilitation and health services research, focusing on three areas: 1) design and evaluation of upper limb prosthetic devices; 2) development, evaluation, and deployment of rehabilitation outcomes measures; 3) study of delivery and effectiveness of rehabilitation services. The overarching goal of her research is to improve the quality of rehabilitation care for persons with chronic and disabling conditions. Dr. Resnik has been evaluating prosthetic technology since 2009. She was Principal Investigator of the VA Study to Optimize the DEKA Arm and led VA efforts to evaluate the DEKA Arm and transition it to clinical practice. From 2016-2022, she led a national study that compared function, satisfaction, and quality of life for prosthesis users and non-users, compared outcomes by sex, prosthesis, and terminal device type. She currently leads a related study that is collecting data to enable more robust comparisons by prosthesis type and quantify the impact of prosthesis features. She collaborated on the first home trials of a neural connected sensory prosthesis stud and is site PI for the clinical trial, Peripheral Interfaces in Amputees for Sensorimotor Integration (Tyler, PI). Dr. Resnik developed and validated three new activity performance measures for upper limb amputees and developed a briefer version of the Southampton Hand Assessment (SHAP) measure. She has developed and/or refined numerous self-report measures for use upper limb amputation care producing: a modified TAPES psychosocial adjustment scale, a prosthesis satisfaction measure responsive to the concerns of women, a modified PROMIS-UE short form with amputation-specific calibration, a physical function measure for prosthesis users (UEFS-P), a residual limb health scale, and new measures of prosthesis experience, prosthesis affordability and prosthesis acceptance Her new VA Merit Review, Advancing measurement of physical function in upper limb amputation will expand on her work in measurement of physical function and develop clinical translation tools to facilitate measure adoption. Dr Resnik also developed measures of Veteran community integration using the conceptual framework of “participation” as described by the WHO’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, the Community Reintegration of Injured Service Members (CRIS) and the CRIS-CAT a computer adaptive test version of the measure. Dr. Resnik is the PI of two centers; LeaRRn: the Learning Health Systems Rehabilitation Research Network and CoHSTAR: the Center for Health Services, Research and Training. Both centers train rehabilitation researchers in health services and translational research. Dr Resnik mentors trainees and collaborate on studies of rehabilitation services (e.g., examining outcomes after traumatic brain injury; comparing effectiveness of post-acute rehabilitation; and policy impact. Her earlier work explored factors associated with effecti...