Dr. Aliki Thomas has been awarded an RCPSC Royal College strategic grant. At the core of the success of competency-based medical education is the assessment of developmental progress and the identification of potential facilitators茅barriers that could affect its implementation. As Co-PI, Dr. Thomas and her team will lay the foundation for robust knowledge translation activities that she will aim to pursue in a subsequent study.
Published on: 26 May 2017
Dr. Tania Janaudis-Ferreira is part of a team of investigators to whom CIHR (Project Scheme Competition) has been awarded support to conduct a multi-centric trial to determine whether a supervised home-based exercise program combined with a protein supplementation is beneficial in improving physical function in frail older adults recovering from transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Title of the study: "Protein and Exercise to Reverse Frailty in Older Men and Women undergoing TAVR: The PERFORM-TAVR trial."
Published on: 26 May 2017
Dr. Mindy Levin has been awarded the Jones Salk Research Grant Award by the March of Dimes for her work in helping people recover from acquired brain injuries, and for her important contributions in rehabilitation research and clinical practice. Congratulations from SPOT!
Published on: 26 May 2017
Sincere congratulations to Dr. Eva Kehayia and her team for being awarded a grant from the FRQS - the renewal of CRIR and its ranking (exceptional, exceptional and excellent) comes with an increased budget and a supplement, which is over and above the budget from FRQS. Special mention is also made in the document of dr. Philippe Archambault and Dr. Aliki Thomas as Axis and Theme leaders. Dr. Kehayia is also the recipient of a grant to support "Towards a More Inclusive Qu茅bec Society" as Co-PI.
Published on: 26 May 2017
Congratulations all around to the very successful research efforts at SPOT. Under the leadership of Director of Research, Dr. Matthew Hunt, this year we can see terrific objective results of these efforts:
"Chercheurs-boursiers" - Senior - Dr. Philippe Archambault
"Chercheurs-boursiers" - Junior 2 - Dr. Matthew Hunt
"Chercheurs-boursiers" - Junior 1 - Dr. Marie Brossard-Racine and Dr. Timothy Wideman
"Formations postdoctorales" - Livia Carvalho, Catherine Duclos and diana Zidarov
Published on: 26 May 2017
Stephen Clarke, Jessica Barudin,聽Matthew Hunt. (2016). Community Based Rehabilitation and Ethics: Eight Ethical Questions Arising from a Review of the Literature.聽Physiotherapy Canada.聽68(2):197-205.
Link to article
Published on: 4 Feb 2017
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.
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Published on: 4 Feb 2017
Congratulations!
Dr. Laurie Snider,聽Associate Director of SPOT and Associate Director of the Graduate Program has been named interim SPOT Director聽position!
Our former Director, Dr. Annette Majnemer is taking a leave from her position to enable her to focus all her energies to her key and strategic role as Vice-Dean, Education, at the Faculty of Medicine, a position she has held since January 2016.聽
Published on: 18 Nov 2016
Congratulations!
Dr. Sara Saunders,聽Associate Director of the OT Program at SPOT
鈥as been named Director of the Occupational Therapy Program,聽when the term of the current OT Director, Dr. Bernadette Nedelec ends, in Spring 2017.
Dr. Saunders is an occupational therapist whose clinical background involved working with individuals with work disability resulting from a musculoskeletal injury.聽 She has been the OT Associate Director since 2014.
Published on: 18 Nov 2016
Dr. Laurence Roy and Dr. Tim Wideman have both been re-appointed as full-time tenure-track Assistant Professors at SPOT for three-year terms. This marks an important milestone in their tenure-track trajectory, and highlights the excellence that both these scholars have achieved in their fields. Congratulations from all of us at SPOT!
Published on: 18 Nov 2016
Marie Brossard-Racine is the PI on a new project funded by La Fondation du Gran Defi Pierre Lavoie. The project is titled 鈥淨uantitative MRI: A novel biomarker for disease progression in the leukodystrophies.鈥� More information can be found at:
Published on: 18 Nov 2016
Marie Brossard-Racine was recently awarded the Montreal Children鈥檚 Foundation HSBC Saving Children鈥檚 Brain Award.聽
Published on: 18 Nov 2016
Prof. Liliane Asseraf-Pasin has been awarded the prestigious Prix d鈥檈xcellence from the Ordre professionnel de la physioth茅rapie du Qu茅bec. This award highlights the motivation and participation of committed members and highlights the professionals that contribute in a special way to the advancement and recognition of the profession. More information can be found at:
Published on: 28 Oct 2016
Prof. Patricia Belchoir was awarded tenure at SPOT, recognizing her excellence in research, teaching, and service.
Published on: 28 Oct 2016
Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA) president-elect, Sarah Marshall, recently opened a new exhibit at 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Maude Abbott Medical Museum. 鈥楽parks and Waves: The use of electricity, light and sound in physiotherapy鈥� explores the history and evolution of these techniques in therapy. The exhibit displays machines housed in the 捆绑SM社区 School of Physical and Occupational Therapy during the mid 20th century. The exhibit opened September 28th, and is a permanent exhibit at the Museum.
Published on: 3 Oct 2016
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