成人VR视频鈥檚 annual Bravo gala celebrates the 鈥榗ream of the researcher crop鈥 at the university. Amidst the presence of many 成人VR视频 research luminaries, Principal Fortier congratulated the successes of the prizewinners at an exceptional gathering of researchers from diverse backgrounds.
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SPOT Professor Aliki Thomas has been selected as the 2018 winner of the 成人VR视频 Faculty of Medicine Maude Abbot Prize. The award recognizes an outstanding female faculty member who excels in education, research, or administration with a focus on the early career stage.
Dr. Thomas was honored for her extraordinary productivity and passion for research in the development and assessment of advanced clinical competencies including evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, decision-making, and the development of professional expertise.
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Great news for both faculty researchers and graduate students, as SPOT received a long list of FRQS awards in the most recent cycle!
Chercheurs-Boursiers: Junior 1 鈥 Dr. Marc Roig, Junior 2 鈥 Dr. Aliki Thomas, Dr. Dana Anaby
Programme Intersectoriel Audace: Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes
Post Doctoral Student Funding: Daniele Piscitelli (Dr. Mindy Levin), Elizabeth Tell (Dr. Isabelle Gagnon)
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Dr. Bussi猫res was recently awarded the Canadian Chiropractic Association (CCA) 2018 Researcher of the Year Award at the CCA Conference in April.
The award 鈥渉onours an investigator whose contribution has improved the clinical treatment of chiropractic patients and has demonstrated outstanding research achievements and advancement of new knowledge in their field of expertise.鈥
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For someone with Parkinson鈥檚 disease (PD), the simple desire to grasp a glass of water can become an insurmountable task, made impossible by the tremors in their hand or arm. Finding strategies to improve these movement impairments is one of the major goals of rehabilitating people with Parkinson鈥檚 disease.
At 成人VR视频, Dr. Marc Roig, an assistant professor in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (SPOT), is studying the effects of using high-intensity exercise to stimulate the brain鈥檚 ability to learn and change with repeated experiences.
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By the Spotting PTSD team
Spotting PTSD听is an evidence-informed toolkit for the prevention and management of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in first and emergency responders. The creation of the toolkit first began as a student-initiated master鈥檚 project and became a passion and clinical foundation for several team members.
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Building sustainable fieldwork partnerships between Canada and India: Finding common goals through evaluation.
An article by Caroline Storr, Janna MacLachlan, Dinesh Krishna, Ramasubramanian
Ponnusamy, Donna Drynan, Carmen Moliner, Kristina McLaughlin, Susanne
Murphy, Megan Edgelow, Margaret Anne Campbell-Rempel, Ann Bossers,
Heidi Lauckner & Debra Cameron.
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Canada鈥檚 global health role: supporting equity and global
citizenship as a middle power.
An article by Stephanie A Nixon, Kelley Lee, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, James Blanchard, Slim Haddad, Steven J Hoffman, Peter Tugwell
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Dr. Marc Roig has been awarded a CIHR grant in the Movement and Exercise category for his project, "Exercise intensisty matters: a window of opportunity to promote neurorecovery and cardiovascular health in stroke," Dr. Joyce Fung is a co-investigator, from SPOT.
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Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes recently contributed an article to the online not-for-profit media platform, The Conversation. Her article, "How we can design the music of our emotions," was then explored in a live radio interview on CJAD 800.
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Dr. Timothy Wideman has been awarded a Planning and Dissemination Grant from CIHR for his project, "Developing stakeholder endorsement methodology to measure the outcomes of pain education in Canadian physiotherapy programs." Dr. Aliki Thomas and Dr. Andr茅 Bussi猫res are co-investigators on the ward.
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Sue Harrison is now the person in charge of the French courses for 成人VR视频 HSS students at 成人VR视频 French Language Centre (FLC) replacing H茅l猫ne Riel-Salvatore, who recently retired from her position. Previously, Sue was part of the听 winning听team behind Dialogue 成人VR视频鈥檚 Self Study Workbooks.
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The ISOQOL Dictionary, edited by Dr. Nancy Mayo, has been translated from English into Portuguese and is available for purchase in both languages through the .
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Dr. Annette Majnemer was recently named to the MUHC Council for Services to Children and Adolescents () for a 4-year term.
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Dr. Isabelle Gagnon has returned from sabbatical, and has published a new authority textbook on concussions: ".鈥
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