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Dr. Aliki Thomas the 2018 Recipient of the Maude Abbot Prize

SPOT Professor Aliki Thomas has been selected as the 2018 winner of the McGill Faculty of Medicine Maude Abbot Prize. The award recognizes an outstanding female faculty member who excels in education, research, or administration with a focus on the early career stage.

Dr. Thomas was honored for her extraordinary productivity and passion for research in the development and assessment of advanced clinical competencies including evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, decision-making, and the development of professional expertise.

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Published on: 8 May 2018

School of Physical and Occupational Therapy Well Represented in 2018 FRQS Awards

Great news for both faculty researchers and graduate students, as SPOT received a long list of FRQS awards in the most recent cycle!

Chercheurs-Boursiers: Junior 1 鈥� Dr. Marc Roig, Junior 2 鈥� Dr. Aliki Thomas, Dr. Dana Anaby

Programme Intersectoriel Audace: Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes

Post Doctoral Student Funding: Daniele Piscitelli (Dr. Mindy Levin), Elizabeth Tell (Dr. Isabelle Gagnon)

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Published on: 8 May 2018

Dr. Andr茅 Bussi猫res named CCA 2018 Researcher of the Year

Dr. Bussi猫res was recently awarded the Canadian Chiropractic Association (CCA) 2018 Researcher of the Year Award at the CCA Conference in April.

The award 鈥渉onours an investigator whose contribution has improved the clinical treatment of chiropractic patients and has demonstrated outstanding research achievements and advancement of new knowledge in their field of expertise.鈥�

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Published on: 8 May 2018

Exercise to change the brain

For someone with Parkinson鈥檚 disease (PD), the simple desire to grasp a glass of water can become an insurmountable task, made impossible by the tremors in their hand or arm. Finding strategies to improve these movement impairments is one of the major goals of rehabilitating people with Parkinson鈥檚 disease.

At 香蕉视频, Dr. Marc Roig, an assistant professor in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (SPOT), is studying the effects of using high-intensity exercise to stimulate the brain鈥檚 ability to learn and change with repeated experiences.

Classified as: faculty of medicine research, Parkinson's disease, School of Physical & Occupational Therapy
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Published on: 25 Apr 2018

Physical and Occupational Therapy students develop toolkit to manage PTSD

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By the Spotting PTSD team

Spotting PTSD听is an evidence-informed toolkit for the prevention and management of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in first and emergency responders. The creation of the toolkit first began as a student-initiated master鈥檚 project and became a passion and clinical foundation for several team members.

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Published on: 22 Mar 2018

Building sustainable fieldwork partnerships between Canada and India: Finding common goals through evaluation

Building sustainable fieldwork partnerships between Canada and India: Finding common goals through evaluation.

An article by Caroline Storr, Janna MacLachlan, Dinesh Krishna, Ramasubramanian
Ponnusamy, Donna Drynan, Carmen Moliner, Kristina McLaughlin, Susanne
Murphy, Megan Edgelow, Margaret Anne Campbell-Rempel, Ann Bossers,
Heidi Lauckner & Debra Cameron.

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Classified as: Global Health, global health rehabilitation
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Published on: 12 Mar 2018

Canada鈥檚 global health role: supporting equity and global citizenship as a middle power

Canada鈥檚 global health role: supporting equity and global
citizenship as a middle power.
An article by Stephanie A Nixon, Kelley Lee, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, James Blanchard, Slim Haddad, Steven J Hoffman, Peter Tugwell

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Classified as: global health rehabilitation, rehabilitation, Global Health
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Published on: 12 Mar 2018

Dr. Marc Roig awarded CHIR grant

Dr. Marc Roig has been awarded a CIHR grant in the Movement and Exercise category for his project, "Exercise intensisty matters: a window of opportunity to promote neurorecovery and cardiovascular health in stroke," Dr. Joyce Fung is a co-investigator, from SPOT.

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Published on: 1 Mar 2018

Media pick up on The Conversation

Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes recently contributed an article to the online not-for-profit media platform, The Conversation. Her article, "How we can design the music of our emotions," was then explored in a live radio interview on CJAD 800.

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Published on: 1 Mar 2018

Dr. Wideman awarded CIHR

Dr. Timothy Wideman has been awarded a Planning and Dissemination Grant from CIHR for his project, "Developing stakeholder endorsement methodology to measure the outcomes of pain education in Canadian physiotherapy programs." Dr. Aliki Thomas and Dr. Andr茅 Bussi猫res are co-investigators on the ward.

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Published on: 1 Mar 2018

Sue Harrison in charge of French courses for McGill HSS students

Sue Harrison is now the person in charge of the French courses for McGill HSS students at McGill French Language Centre (FLC) replacing H茅l猫ne Riel-Salvatore, who recently retired from her position. Previously, Sue was part of the听 winning听team behind Dialogue McGill鈥檚 Self Study Workbooks.

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Classified as: Sue Harrison, French courses, McGill HSS students, McGill French Language Centre (FLC)
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Published on: 9 Feb 2018

Reference Text on Quality of Life Translated to Portuguese

The ISOQOL Dictionary, edited by Dr. Nancy Mayo, has been translated from English into Portuguese and is available for purchase in both languages through the .

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Published on: 5 Feb 2018

Council for Services to Children and Adolescents

Dr. Annette Majnemer was recently named to the MUHC Council for Services to Children and Adolescents () for a 4-year term.

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Published on: 5 Feb 2018

Reference Text on Concussions by SPOT's Dr. Gagnon

Dr. Isabelle Gagnon has returned from sabbatical, and has published a new authority textbook on concussions: ".鈥�

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Published on: 5 Feb 2018

CIHR Canada 150 Initiatives at SPOT

CIHR recently put out a list 150 featured Canadian Researchers to celebrate Canada 150, and our own Dr. Annette Majnemer was featured for her work with CHILD-BRIGHT, and Dr. Nancy Mayo was featured for her Heel2Toe project.

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Published on: 5 Feb 2018

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