Michelle A. Meade, PhD is an associate professor with tenure in the University of Michigan (U-M) Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. As a rehabilitation psychologist, she conducts research with, provides clinical services to, and advocates for individuals with spincal cord injury (SCI) and other physical disabilities. Dr. Meade is the principal investigator (PI) and director of the U-M Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) Technology Increasing Knowledge: Technology Optimizing Choice (TIKTOC) which is focused on developing and evaluating mobile technologies to enhance health management and independence among adolescents and young adults with disabilities. She has also served as a PI, co-investigator or consultant on other grants from the federal government and private foundations, including the University of Michigan SCI Model Systems and a Department of Defense study looking at resilience among individuals with SCI. Her primary research interests focus around self-management and enhancing health and participation, and reducing health care disparities and costs, among individuals with disabilities through the identification of modifiable factors, the development and validation of culturally relevant interventions, and the implementation of tailored dissemination and knowledge translation strategies. Dr. Meade is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the president-elect of Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology) of APA in addition to serving as treasurer of the Section of Psychologists, Social Workers and Counselors (PSWC) in the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals (ASCIP) and as a member of the Editorial Board for Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.