February 11 marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrating the vital contributions of women and girls in science and technology.
In honour of this day, we want to spotlight some of the incredible and inspiring women in research on our team who are making meaningful contributions to their fields.
Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose
Dr. Liu-Ambrose’s research focuses on understanding the role of exercise, and other lifestyle interventions, in promoting cognitive and mobility outcomes in older adults.
Dr. Jackie Whittaker
Dr. Whittaker’s research focuses on preventing chronic musculoskeletal conditions, with a particular emphasis on knee osteoarthritis resulting from youth traumatic sports-related injuries.
Dr. Janice Eng
Dr. Eng’s research includes mechanistic studies in people with stroke, spinal cord injury and chronic disease and extends to randomized controlled trials to improve mobility, physical activity, upper and lower limb motor recovery, chronic disease self-management and quality of life.
Dr. Lara Boyd
Dr. Boyd is a physical therapist and neuroscientist who is leading the effort to understand what therapies positively alter patterns of brain activity after stroke.
Dr. Kristin Campbell
Dr. Campbell’s areas of methodological expertise include randomized controlled trials, exercise testing, exercise prescriptions for individuals with cancer, and other chronic diseases and biomarkers.
Dr. Linda Li
Dr. Li’s research focuses on understanding the help-seeking experiences of people with early inflammatory arthritis and evaluating models of arthritis care.
Dr. Naznin Virji-Babul
Dr. Virji-Babul’s Lab uses a combination of behavioural and brain imaging tools (i.e. DTI and EEG) to probe the brain and investigate the patterns of brain activation as they relate to perceptual-motor and social-emotional development in children and youth.
Dr. Pat Camp
Dr. Camp’s research has two main themes: Pulmonary rehabilitation for hospitalized patients with an acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD); and Pulmonary tele-rehabilitation in Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities (telehealth strategies to promote lung health, exercise and chronic disease management).
Dr. Courtney Pollock
Dr. Pollock’s research aims to comprehensively understand the fundamental mechanisms of motor control of walking balance and balance reactions and, understand how neurological changes associated with aging, disease and injury impact these aspects of motor control and mobility.
Dr. Clare Ardern
Dr. Ardern’s research spans designing and leading randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, developing and disseminating clinical practice guidelines in various musculoskeletal pain conditions, international consensus statements, longitudinal data analysis and advanced statistics, and open science practice.