The Center Diagram gives an overview of the Center, its administration, and collaborators. The Center focuses on three research programs: a Vision Research Program, an Environment and Behavior Research Program, and a Physical Performance and Function Research Program; and on projects that highlight the interaction among these research areas. In the center of the diagram are three overlapping circles representing these research areas.

There are two concentric circles that surround these overlapping circles. The inner concentric circle is called Research Resource Cores which are clinical rehabilitation, health services, psychosocial, and rehabilitation engineering.

The outer concentric circle is called administration and includes the support staff, external advisory group, research service, and the director and associate director. The external advisory group provides input to the Center's activities and includes local, national, and consumer advisory groups. The local advisory group is composed of individuals from local universities including Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University. The national advisory group includes individuals from the Sunnybrook Center, the Polisher Research Institute, the National Science Foundation, the University of Kansas Medical Center, and the University of Wisconsin. The consumer advisory group includes individuals from the Alzheimer's Association, Blinded Veterans Foundation, Blinded Veterans Association, Paralyzed Veterans Association, and Disabled American Veterans.

Outside this group of circles are represented the VA collaborators. Center research is conducted in collaboration with researchers from other VA Rehab R&D Centers, other VA Programs, local universities, and the private sector. The VA collaborators include the Augusta VAMC, Durham VAMC, Milwaukee VAMC, Salisbury VAMC. The programs within the VA Centers collaborating are Blind Rehabilitation Centers, Rehabilitation Units, Nursing Home Care Units, Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care, Blinded Veterans Association, V.I.C.T.O.R.S. Program, and the Paralyzed Veterans Association. Other collaborators include the Wesley Woods Geriatric Center, the Shepherd Spinal Center, Center for the Visually Impaired, Jewish Home for the Aging, Centers for Disease Control, and other Universities. Major University Affiliations include Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University.