Welcome to our Affiliate Faculty!
Meet the newest affiliate faculty to join the RHSC Program: Rola Ajjawi, PhD (PT) (Professor, Medical Education Research, UBC Surgery & Centre for Health Education Scholarship, affiliated with the Dept of Physical Therapy and the RHSC Graduate Programs) Pedro Almeida, PhD (OT) (Affiliate Assistant Professor, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy based at UNBC) As part […]
Recent Publication from RHSC Alum Dr. Kangarani-Farahani and Dr. Zwicker
Recent RHSC PhD alum Dr. Melika Kangarani-Farahani and Dr. Jill Zwicker recently published a paper in Research in Autism entitled “Brain functional connectivity with rehabilitation in children with co-occurring autism spectrum disorder and developmental coordination disorder” This study found that Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) intervention was associated with clinically meaningful increases in […]
March Student of the Month
Name: Stacey Miller Program: PhD (part-time) Supervisor: Jill Zwicker Tell us a little bit about your lab and research interests! I am a PhD student in the Zwicker Lab, based out of the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHRI), working under the supervision of Dr. Jill Zwicker. The lab’s research focus is on brain development and motor […]
March Alumni of the Month
Name: Debbie Field Program: PhD Graduated: 2016 Dissertation Title: “Power Mobility: Measuring Participation in Everyday Life for Children Benefiting from Power Mobility Use” How would you describe your research in the UBC Rehabilitation Sciences program? My research advanced our understanding about how children and youth who use wheeled mobility devices participate in everyday life. After […]
Friedman Award for Scholars in Health
The Friedman Award for Scholars in Health is open to any UBC graduate student or medical resident studying in the area of health. ‘Health’ is interpreted very broadly, and includes health promotion and disease prevention, mental health research, laboratory sciences related to medicine or health, public health, health services research, or any area intended to impact human […]
Spotlight on Faculty
Name: Suzanne Huot Position: Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy and Supervisor in the Graduate Programs of Rehabilitation Sciences Tell us a bit about yourself and how you came to UBC I came to UBC in 2017 to begin a faculty position in our Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. I […]
February Student of the Month
Name: Makenzie McCallum Program: MSc Supervisor: Naznin Virji-Babul, PhD Tell us a little bit about your lab and research interests! I’m in Dr. Virji-Babul’s Perception Action Lab and it’s been great. She does EEG work, and I’m on the qualitative side. I’m doing concussion awareness in indigenous ice hockey players, and I’ve collected all my […]
February Alumni of the Month
Name: Amy Kirkham Program: PhD Graduated: 2016 Dissertation Title: “Exercise Cardioprotection from Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer” How would you describe your research in the UBC Rehabilitation Sciences program? Kristin Campbell, PhD in the Department of Physical Therapy was my supervisor. We were very productive together over the course of my PhD and completed a number […]