November 2010 Lara Boyd
The federal Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq announced the funding of Dr. Boyd’s project, ”Interhemispheric contributions to neuroplasticity and motor learning after stroke”, at an event held in Ottawa on Monday, November 15. Link to CIHR Past research by Dr. Boyd has revealed that pairing brain stimulation with exercises that require patients to learn new movements […]
October 2010 Janice Eng
The X Prize Foundation has developed a new process to award a prize in spinal cord injury. Prof. Janice Eng, Dept. of Physical Therapy and Prof. John Steeves, International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries, attended the first focus group to generate ideas on possible prize criteria. The next step will be to detail the feasibility (timeline, prize […]
October 2010 Plaque presentation
On October 27, 2010 Dr. Jack Taunton (Chief Medical Officer for the Vancouver Olympics) and Rick Celebrini (Chief Therapist for the Vancouver Olympics) presented Jayne Garland (Department of Physical Therapy) with a plaque in recognition of the Department’s support of the games. Dr. Taunton indicated he was thrilled with the significant contribution from our Department […]
October 2010 Linda Li
The College of Health Disciplines Interprofessional Awards Committee has selected the Interprofessional Rheumatology Teaching Team as the recipient of the 2010 Award for Excellence in Interprofessional Education Teaching. Tal Jarus (Department Head of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Sciences[OSOT]), Michael Lee(Clinical Associate Professor OSOT), and 2 students from MOT & MPT spearheaded the nomination this summer. […]