Lisa DiPonio

Lisa DiPonio is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Michigan. Her academic and clinical focus lies in improving healthcare outcomes for individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI), particularly in the areas of neurogenic bladder and bowel management, self-management programs, and medical education.

• Research Interests: Spinal cord injury rehabilitation, neurogenic bladder and bowel disorders, patient self-management, psychosocial factors in healthcare, and medical education, including clinical skills assessment.
• Grants: Recipient of grants from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Army-DoD-US, ACL-DHHS-US, and Outdoor Medical Research, LLC, focusing on SCI care systems, self-management, and physiological impacts of SCI.

Her scholarly work emphasizes patient-centered approaches to managing SCI complications, with a strong focus on neurogenic bladder and bowel surgeries and their psychosocial implications. She has contributed to the development of self-management programs like Health Mechanics and tools for assessing medical student clinical skills.

Lisa has collaborated extensively with experts such as Tate DG, Meade MA, and Forchheimer M, and her work has been published in journals including Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, Rehabilitation Psychology, and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.