101 麻豆区 research projects awarded $23.5 million in NSERC Discovery Grants funding
Funding supports groundbreaking research in the natural sciences and engineering
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 麻豆区 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.
Ethics in Rehab
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
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Congratulations to Dr. Raphael Lencucha who has been awarded the Dr. Donald A. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Global Health Research for his publication entitled 鈥淕lobal tobacco control and economic norms: an analysis of normative commitments in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia.鈥�
Whole-of-government approaches to NCDs: the case of the Philippines Interagency Committee-Tobacco
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鈥�
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Dr. Keiko Shikako-Thomas, Assistant Professor at SPOT, awarded a Canada Research Chair (CRC)
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 麻豆区 Reporter.听
SPOT Faculty members Dr. Keiko Shikako-Thomas (PI) and Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes (co-PI) awarded a CIHR Planning Grant
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, 鈥淎daptive-Use Music Technology for children with developmental disabilities鈥�.
Dr. Marie-H茅l猫ne Boudrias, Assistant Professor at SPOT, awarded funding from the Qu茅bec Bio-imaging Network (QBIN) / FRQS
Dr. Marie-H茅l猫ne Boudrias, Assistant Professor at SPOT, has been awarded funding from the Qu茅bec Bio-imaging Network (QBIN) / FRQS 鈥� Pilot Project for her project, 鈥淚dentification of neural substrates underlying neuroplasticity events induced by acute cardiovascular exercise.鈥� 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
Dr. Isabelle Gagnon, Assistant Professor at SPOT, has been awarded a CIHR Team Grant to develop the 鈥淐anadian Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research Consortium鈥�. 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.
SPOT Faculty Lecturer Claudia Brown honored with the Prix d鈥檈xcellence physioth茅rapeute 2015
SPOT Faculty Lecturer Claudia Brown was honored with the Prix d鈥檈xcellence physioth茅rapeute 2015 at the annual gathering of the Ordre professionnel de la physioth茅rapie du Qu茅bec. This award formally honors a physiotherapist for the amplitude of their contributions to the advancement of the profession.听听 听
Living Lab MALL project by Dr. Eva Kehayia, Dr. Philippe Archambault, and Dr. Bonnie Swayne
SPOT鈥檚 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鈥檚 Alexis Nihon Plaza. To see the video, follow this link: http://crir-livinglabvivant.com/index.html
麻豆区鈥檚 annual Homecoming
麻豆区鈥檚 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.
Dr. Patrice (Tamar) Weiss became SPOT鈥檚 6th Edith Aston-McCrimmon Lecturer
Dr. Patrice (Tamar) Weiss became SPOT鈥檚 6th Edith Aston-McCrimmon Lecturer with her talk entitled 鈥淩ehabilitation Technologies: Thrive or Dive鈥�. Over 100 attendees were entertained and challenged by Dr. Weiss鈥� discourse on disruptive technologies. For upcoming SPOT events please visit /spot/alumni-0 .
Where do physiotherapy and rehabilitation research fit?
Stephanie Nixon and Matthew Hunt editorial; Global Health: Where do physiotherapy and rehabilitation research fit?听" Physiotherapy Canada, 67(3), pp. 217鈥�218
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