School of Physical & Occupational Therapy - Faculty News

Fourteen �鶹��ians appointed to the Order of Canada

�鶹�� — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 23:15:11 +0000

Governor General recognizes �鶹�� community members for exceptional accomplishments and service

Fourteen members of the �鶹�� community have been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours.

Among the honourees are the University’s Chancellor and three professors:

An open solution to improving research reproducibility

�鶹�� — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:12:19 +0000

Academic and industry scientists collaborate on a new method to characterize research antibodies

Quebec government awards $1.6 million to �鶹�� researchers providing innovative solutions for industry

�鶹�� — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:55:57 +0000

�鶹��-led projects in genomics, imaging, and manufacturing serve businesses across Quebec

Prix Grands Sages honours �鶹�� professor emeritus Dr. Phil Gold and two PhD candidates

�鶹�� — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:11:21 +0000

Researchers’ outstanding contributions to science and society celebrated by the Fonds de recherche du Québec 

Fifteen new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to �鶹��

�鶹�� — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:05:33 +0000

$13.8 million in federal funding for �鶹��’s cohort of 10 new, five renewed Canada Research Chairs

Open Science project funded for $1.5M

�鶹�� — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:51:24 +0000

YCharOS antibody characterization platform addresses the “reproducibility crisis” in research

An innovative research project led by researchers at The Neuro has been awarded $1.5M by the Government of Quebec through CQDM.

YCharOS is an innovative platform led by neuroscientists Peter McPherson and Carl Laflamme that validates antibody reagents for human proteins.

At-home neurological disorder diagnosis project receives major funding

�鶹�� — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:24:33 +0000

$1M grant from The Weston Family Foundation will pave the way for earlier intervention in REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson’s disease

REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is an often debilitating condition that causes people to act out in their sleep, sometimes violently. What’s worse, people with the disorder often go on to develop Parkinson’s disease.

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�鶹�� — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:30:07 +0000

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Caring Conversations - Home care or care home?

�鶹�� — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:51:13 +0000

Caring Conversations is an online forum for care partners of people living with dementia to learn from experts, share concerns and ask questions.

Gene therapy project receives major funding

�鶹�� — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:20:38 +0000

$1.14 million from CIHR will resolve treatment roadblocks for rare brain disorders

Gene therapy for rare neurological disorders will move one step forward thanks to a $1.14 million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Research on new stem cell models receives $2.6 million

�鶹�� — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:44:26 +0000

Thomas Durcan’s project will dissect the role of microglia in degenerative conditions, to identify new therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's treatment

An innovative new program based at The Neuro has received $2.6 million from the CQDM and the Brain Canada Foundation.

SCSD’s Distinguished Alumni Award ceremony

�鶹�� — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:54:30 +0000

SCSD’s Distinguished Alumni Award ceremony will take place on Friday, October 25^th 2024 from 4:30pm to 7pm

Kindly RSVP to (admin.scsd [at] mcgill.ca) before October 21^st.

Refreshments will be served following the talk.

Bilingualism makes the brain more efficient, especially when learned at a young age

�鶹�� — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:44:33 +0000

MRI data from large sample shows increased whole-brain connectivity in people with a second language

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to build connections within itself, adapting to the surrounding environment. The brain is most plastic in childhood, forming new pathways in reaction to stimuli such as language.

Recreating a hallmark of Parkinson's disease in human neurons

�鶹�� — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:47:43 +0000

Scientists use stem cells to follow development of protein bodies characteristic of neurological disease

Alan Evans named Fellow of the Royal Society

�鶹�� — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:27:00 +0000

Alan Evans, PhD, was among the 85 new Fellows of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, announced May 14, 2024. Candidates were nominated for their substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge.

Read the full story from Naghmeh Shafiei and the Ludmer Centre.

101 �鶹�� research projects awarded $23.5 million in NSERC Discovery Grants funding

�鶹�� — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:07:59 +0000

Funding supports groundbreaking research in the natural sciences and engineering

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 �鶹�� research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million.

The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.

Timothy Wideman, PT, PhD named to Faculty Honour List

�鶹�� — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:44:45 +0000

Congratulations to Timothy Wideman, PT, PhD, recently named to 2020-2021 Faculty Honour List for Educational Excellence. This Honour List is to recognize outstanding contributions to education in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in the areas of teaching, educational leadership and innovation, faculty development, and research and scholarly activity. Please consider attending the symposium to recognize the honorees which will take place Thursday October 1, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. via Zoom.

Ethics in Rehab

�鶹�� — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:56:04 +0000

What is distinctive about ethics in rehabilitation? Read the special issue of Canadian Journal of Bioethics on Rehab Ethics, covering private practice, waiting list management, conceptualizations of ethics, ethics education, sexuality, autonomy. Guest editors of Vol.1; No 3, Limits and Challenges of Ethics in Rehabilitation included Dr. Matthew Hunt.

Dr. Lencucha wins prestigious prize for Global Health

�鶹�� — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 21:24:05 +0000

Congratulations to Dr. Raphael Lencucha who has been awarded the Dr. Donald A. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Global Health Research for his publication entitled “Global tobacco control and economic norms: an analysis of normative commitments in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia.”

Whole-of-government approaches to NCDs: the case of the Philippines Interagency Committee-Tobacco

�鶹�� — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 06:10:55 +0000

This article points to the importance of not only structural features of whole-of-government approaches for NCD control but also the institutional culture and entrenched political and economic interests.

For more information and the article, see here.

Press Release: "WHO report on the state of tobacco governance in Sub-Saharan Africa“

�鶹�� — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:39:56 +0000

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Dr. Keiko Shikako-Thomas, Assistant Professor at SPOT, awarded a Canada Research Chair (CRC)

�鶹�� — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:06:55 +0000

Dr. Keiko Shikako-Thomas, Assistant Professor at SPOT, has been awarded a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Childhood Disability: Participation and Knowledge Translation. Read more in the �鶹�� Reporter.

SPOT Faculty members Dr. Keiko Shikako-Thomas (PI) and Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes (co-PI) awarded a CIHR Planning Grant

�鶹�� — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:59:30 +0000

SPOT Faculty members Dr. Keiko Shikako-Thomas (PI) and Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes (co-PI) have been awarded a CIHR Planning Grant for the project entitled, “Adaptive-Use Music Technology for children with developmental disabilities”.

Dr. Marie-Hélène Boudrias, Assistant Professor at SPOT, awarded funding from the Québec Bio-imaging Network (QBIN) / FRQS

�鶹�� — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:48:18 +0000

Dr. Marie-Hélène Boudrias, Assistant Professor at SPOT, has been awarded funding from the Québec Bio-imaging Network (QBIN) / FRQS – Pilot Project for her project, “Identification of neural substrates underlying neuroplasticity events induced by acute cardiovascular exercise.” The goal of this project is to explore the role of exercise in motor memory consolidation. Dr. Marc Roig is Co-PI.

Dr. Isabelle Gagnon, Assistant Professor at SPOT, has been awarded a CIHR Team Grant

�鶹�� — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:42:54 +0000

Dr. Isabelle Gagnon, Assistant Professor at SPOT, has been awarded a CIHR Team Grant to develop the “Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research Consortium”. The goal of this new research group is to improve the delivery of health care to Canadians with TBI from coast to coast, and also in a global context, by and with scientists, patients and public health leaders. Dr. Gagnon has also been named Lead on the Trauma Strategic Group, an integral part of REPAR’s Scientific Council / Conseil scientifique.

SPOT Faculty Lecturer Claudia Brown honored with the Prix d’excellence physiothérapeute 2015

�鶹�� — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:01:39 +0000

SPOT Faculty Lecturer Claudia Brown was honored with the Prix d’excellence physiothérapeute 2015 at the annual gathering of the Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec. This award formally honors a physiotherapist for the amplitude of their contributions to the advancement of the profession.

Living Lab MALL project by Dr. Eva Kehayia, Dr. Philippe Archambault, and Dr. Bonnie Swayne

�鶹�� — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:57:40 +0000

SPOT’s Dr. Eva Kehayia and Dr. Philippe Archambault, as well as Alumna Dr. Bonnie Swayne are featured a video about the Living Lab MALL project, taking place in Montreal’s Alexis Nihon Plaza. To see the video, follow this link: http://crir-livinglabvivant.com/index.html

�鶹��’s annual Homecoming

�鶹�� — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:49:14 +0000

�鶹��’s annual Homecoming was a resounding success at the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy. Representatives of the Class of 1965 right through to the Class of 1990 gathered to reminisce. The Alumni Award of Merit was presented to Dr. Sharon Wood-Dauphinee, and we had four student award winners also to celebrate. For more photos please visit /spot/alumni-0/photogallery/homecoming-2015

Dr. Patrice (Tamar) Weiss became SPOT’s 6th Edith Aston-McCrimmon Lecturer

�鶹�� — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:41:54 +0000

Dr. Patrice (Tamar) Weiss became SPOT’s 6th Edith Aston-McCrimmon Lecturer with her talk entitled “Rehabilitation Technologies: Thrive or Dive”. Over 100 attendees were entertained and challenged by Dr. Weiss’ discourse on disruptive technologies. For upcoming SPOT events please visit /spot/alumni-0 . For more information on the Edith Aston-McCrimmon Lectureship, please visit /spot/alumni-0/eamlectureseries

Where do physiotherapy and rehabilitation research fit?

�鶹�� — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 01:50:04 +0000

Stephanie Nixon and Matthew Hunt editorial; Global Health: Where do physiotherapy and rehabilitation research fit? " Physiotherapy Canada, 67(3), pp. 217–218

For more information about the Article, click here.

Perceptions of disability in the 2010 Haiti earthquake response

�鶹�� — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:11:04 +0000

Matthew Hunt & colleagues' new study on perceptions of disability in the 2010 Haiti earthquake response.

Hunt, M. R., Chung, R., Durocher, E., & Henrys, J. H. (2015). Haitian and international responders' and decision-makers' perspectives regarding disability and the response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Global health action, 8.

Dr. Mindy Levin awarded 2015 Enid Graham Memorial Lecture Award

�鶹�� — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 18:20:10 +0000

�鶹��’s Dr. Mindy Levin, Professor in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at the Faculty of Medicine and Member of the Integrated Program of Neuroscience at �鶹�� was recently awarded with the 2015 Enid Graham Memorial Lecture Award, the most prestigious award given by the Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Congratulations Dr. Levin!

Dr. Philippe Archambault named recipient of �鶹��’s Rosemary Wedderburn Brown Faculty Prize

�鶹�� — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 18:10:01 +0000

Dr. Philippe Archambault has been named the recipient of �鶹��’s Rosemary Wedderburn Brown Faculty Prize, in recognition for his outstanding contributions to rehabilitation science and in acknowledgment of his academic potential in this early phase of his career.

Dr. Matthew Hunt awarded Jonathan Campbell Meakins and Family Memorial Fellowship.

�鶹�� — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 18:06:11 +0000

Dr. Matthew Hunt has been awarded the Jonathan Campbell Meakins and Family Memorial Fellowship. This Fellowship is designed to reward and promote excellence in medical education at �鶹�� and beyond.

Dr. Raphael Lencucha invited to become Associate Member of �鶹��’s IHSP

�鶹�� — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 18:04:01 +0000

Dr. Raphael Lencucha has been invited to become an Associate Member of �鶹��’s IHSP! Raphael will help the Institute realize its potential as a meeting place for researchers throughout �鶹�� explore health and social policy.

Dr. Aliki Thomas awarded Research Grant Award

�鶹�� — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:59:14 +0000

Dr. Aliki Thomas has been awarded a Research Grant Award from the Association of Medical Education of Europe for her study, “Use of evidence in health professions’ education; attitudes, practices, barriers and facilitators.” Aliki’s grant proposal was ranked 1st among 44 applicants! Bravo!

Dr. Laurence Roy's project approved for funding from CIHR

�鶹�� — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:55:31 +0000

Dr. Laurence Roy has received great news from the CIHR: her project on housing and risk of homelessness among new mental health service users has been approved for funding in the last round of Operating Grants from CIHR. It's a big multi-site project, and we are all looking forward to this initiative!

Dr. Marie-Hélène Boudrias awarded Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT)

�鶹�� — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:49:39 +0000

Dr. Marie-Hélène Boudrias has been awarded a Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT) - Team Research Grant. Her project is to develop methodologies to assess functional links from neuro-imaging data and applications to human motor control.

Dr. Isabelle Gagnon - Canal Savoir episode

�鶹�� — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:42:05 +0000

Dr. Isabelle Gagnon is featured in a Canal Savoir episode. In her episode, Isabelle discusses the advantages that the REPAR network provides to researchers in rehabilitation in Québec. Follow this link for the episode.

Dr. Melissa Park’s research team members interview on Radio Moon about CIHR-funded projects

�鶹�� — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:34:17 +0000

Two members of Dr. Melissa Park’s research team (Orly Estein and Sarah Sandham) did an interview on Radio Moon about their CIHR-funded projects. Radio Moon is a program on �鶹��’s CKUT campus radio station and is a project of Forward House, dedicated to people living with mental health issues.

Prof. Marie-Ève Bolduc won Best Poster 8th Annual Canadian Society of Hand Therapists’ conference

�鶹�� — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:23:25 +0000

Prof. Marie-Ève Bolduc won Best Poster at the 8th Annual Canadian Society of Hand Therapists’ conference, for the submission, “Flow diagram to guide the assessment and identification of ROM restriction determinants.” Collaborating with Marie-Ève were Prof. Nancy Forget and Dr. Bernadette Nedelec.

Dr. Isabelle Gélinas awarded 2016 Muriel Driver Memorial Award

�鶹�� — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:14:44 +0000

Dr. Isabelle Gélinas has been awarded the 2016 Muriel Driver Memorial Lectureship Award from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT). This award was established by the CAOT to honor one who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession through education, research and professional practice. Isabelle will be giving her Lecture at the 2016 CAOT Conference, scheduled for Spring 2016 in Banff.

Dr. Nancy Mayo - People Behind the Science

�鶹�� — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:04:32 +0000

Dr. Nancy Mayo’s “People Behind the Science” podcast, Episode #285, Serving Those with Disability Through Health Services and Outcomes Research (July 17 2015) has been published! Hear it on iTunes or on the People Behind the Science website.