Dr. Philippe Archambault appointed Scientific Director of the Intersectoral Initiative at CRIR
Dr. Philippe Archambault has been appointed Scientific Director of the Intersectoral Initiative: 鈥楽ocial and Technological Innovations in Adaptation-Rehabilitation: Towards a More Inclusive Quebec Society鈥�. This initiative has received three-year funding from the FRQ, and Dr.
Dr. Annette Majnemer awarded the 2017 Pfizer Research Award of Excellence
Dr. Annette Majnemer聽has been awarded聽the 2017 Pfizer Research Award of Excellence by the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital Foundation聽at a special celebration held at the P.K.聽Subban聽Atrium. The award recognizes exceptional work of MCH researchers, as recognized by their peers.
Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes named by World Ecocomic Forum as 2017 Young Scientist
Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes was named by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a 2017 Young Scientists. The award recognized 55 young scientists under 40 recently at the WEF conference in Dalian, China. The awardees hailed from 38 academic institutions in 18 countries, and all were invited to attend a special Meeting of the New Champions at the conference.
Congrats to Sarah C. Marshall, Elected President of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association!
Sarah C. Marshall, Director鈥檚 Academic Associate and PT faculty member at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (SPOT), has been elected the 60th President of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA). Her term runs from June 2017 to June 2019. The CPA is a not-for-profit professional association that serves over 14,000 Canadian physiotherapists, physiotherapyassistants, physical rehabilitation therapists and physiotherapy students from across Canada.
US Defense Grant awarded to Dr. Brossard-Racine
Dr. Marie Brossard-Racine received a US Department of Defense Discovery award of over $250,000USD for her project 鈥楤rain Maturation Trajectories in Infants Following an Open Heart Surgery.鈥� Discovery Awards support the exploration of highly innovative new concepts. For more information see: https://goo.gl/3x128M
Dr. Dana Anaby Promoted to Associate Professor
Dr. Dana Anaby was recently granted tenure by the 涩里番 Board of Governors and a promotion to rank of Associate Professor. This achievement recognizes her excellence in teaching, service, and research, as well as the dedication, focus, and hard work that Dr. Anaby has given at the school. Congratulations from all at SPOT!
Dr. Carol L. Richards, SPOT Alumna, presented Ordre National du Qu茅bec
SPOT alumna and past Edith Aston-McCrimmon Lecturer (2013), Dr. Carol Richards, wasrecently given the 鈥榟ighest distinction awarded by the government of Qu茅bec鈥� by being named to theOrdre National du Qu茅bec. This June, Dr. Richards was one of 33 individuals named by PremierPhilippe Couillard to one of three ranks of the National order, with a ceremony held at the LegislativeCouncil Chamber of the Parliament Building. Dr.
Prof. Susanne Mak awarded FRQSC Doctoral Grant and Class of 鈥�77 MedEd Innovation Grant
Prof. Susanne Mak was awarded a FRQSC Doctoral Grant, as well as the Class of 鈥�77 MedEd Innovation Grants Program grant for her project named 鈥淪takeholders鈥� perspectives towards the 涩里番 OT mentoring program.鈥� Funding of the MedEd Innovation Grant is designed to support the development and evaluation of educational innovations that advance the field of Health Professions education.
Renewal and Grant News
Congratulations to Dr. Keiko Shikako-Thomas for her re-appointment of 3 years. Dr. Shikako-Thomas also has been awarded a CRIR New Initiatives grant.
Poster Wins Award
Dr. Judith Soicher, PT Program Director, was awarded the Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals Poster Award at the Canadian Respiratory Conference at the end of April. The title of the poster was: 鈥淏arriers to exercise following pulmonary rehabilitation in individuals with COPD: A mixed methods study鈥�.
Stroke Recovery
Dr. Marie-H茅l猫ne Boudrias has been awarded a Brain Canada Foundation grant to support her work in exploring why some people recover better than others after a stroke. This research has shown that recuperative capacity is often underestimated, therefore this work will be crucial in discovering how to better predict rehab potential.
KT in Medicine
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.
Dr. Janaudis-Ferreira in the News
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).
Jones Salk Research Grant
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!
Towards a More Inclusive Qu茅bec Society
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.
