Dagmar Amtmann, Ph.D.
Dagmar Amtmann is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. Her educational career began in Bratislava, Slovakia, where she earned her M.S. in Finance from the High Institute of Economics. Since then her educational and professional pursuits have been focused in the field on rehabilitation medicine. She served for over a decade in leadership positions for the Center for Technology and Disability Studies at the University of Washington. In 2002 she earned her doctorate in Educational Psychology focusing on Research Design and Statistical Methodology and Human Cognition. In addition she has received graduate level training in human cognition and learning disabilities, and in educational technology.
Research
Dr. Amtmann has extensive research experience in instructional design, assistive technology, and information systems with a focus on issues related to accessibility of information technology to users with disabilities. She has served as an investigator on assistive and information technology projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), and the Department of Education. Her most recent research interests focus on improving measures of patient reported outcomes such as pain, fatigue, and participation using modern measurement theories for both children and adults.
Currently, she is principal investigator for the University of Washington Center on Outcomes Research in Rehabilitation (UWCORR), one of the six PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) sites funded under the NIH Roadmap Medical Research Initiative. UWCORR aims to improve clinical outcomes measurement tools by making them shorter, more accurate, and more relevant to individual experiences. She is also a co-investigator on the Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (MSRRTC).
Full Vita (PDF) Updated 4/07
Teaching
Courses taught at the University of Washington, Seattle.