Professor, Western University

Trevor Birmingham is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western University. A physiotherapist, Dr. Birmingham leads an internationally recognized research program that combines clinical and laboratory-based outcome measures to improve our understanding of musculoskeletal conditions and their interventions. The research program includes practice-changing clinical trials in knee osteoarthritis. A strong believer in the benefit of co-leadership, and the importance of collaborative, equitable and transdisciplinary health ...

Professor, Dept of PT & Djavad Mowafaghan Centre, University of British Columbia

Dr. Lara Boyd is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy & the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, at the University of British Columbia. She is a Neuroscientist and Physical Therapist and has held a Canada Research Chair, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Career Investigator award and been a Peter Wall Scholar. Dr. Boyd directs the Brain Behaviour Lab, which performs research employing multi-modal imaging and is designed to advance theoretical conceptualizations of how brain function relates to behaviour during learning. She is an expert in stroke recovery and ...

Vice Dean, McMaster University

Dina Brooks is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Rehabilitation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Her research experience has included varied models (e.g., anaesthetized animals, conscious animals and humans) and different research approaches. She is presently involved in research in two main patient populations: individuals with chronic lung disease and those with cardiovascular disease.

Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Waterloo

Dr. Jack Callaghan is a Professor of Biomechanics, University of Waterloo and Canada Research Chair in Spine Biomechanics and Injury Prevention. He works with industry and clinical groups translating his internationally renowned chronic injury prevention research into product design, practice guidelines and prevention standards. As director of the Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders, he leads a network of 70 scientists and practitioners, and produced the new provincial guideline for prevention of musculoskeletal injury. Dr. Callaghan is a Canadian ...

Professor, Dept of Occupational Science and Therapy, University of Toronto

Lead of an internationally recognized research program on outcomes of persons with neurological disability, with a focus on long-term traumatic brain injury of over 20 years. Achievements include leading over 60 research grants from the most prestigious international funding sources, 2 research chairs and over 200 publications. She has received numerous awards, national and international distinctions. Fellow, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and American College of Epidemiology. She has mentored over 65 graduate students who have taken leadership roles in academic, health care, ...

Professor, School of Rehabilitation, University of Montreal

Chantale Dumoulin is Canada's leading expert in women's urogynecological health and aging. She aims to improve women's urinary continence by increasing our knowledge of pathophysiology, developing cost-effective interventions and providing capacity-building for clinicians. She is Professor, founder and Director of the post-graduate pelvic floor rehabilitation program at the School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal and holds the Canadian Research Chair in Urogynecological Health and Aging at the Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal. A prolific ...

Emeritus Professor, University of Ottawa

Andrée Durieux-Smith is Professor and Vice-Dean, in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. She was the founding director of the Audiology department at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) (1974), the founding director of the graduate program in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Ottawa and a founding member of the CHEO Research Institute. Since 1981, she has been carrying out externally funded research in the area of childhood hearing impairment. She is a past-president of CASLPA and has participated in numerous federal taskforces ...

Professor, Human Performance Lab, University of Calgary

A physiotherapist and epidemiologist in the field of injury epidemiology. The focus of her research is in injury prevention in youth sport and recreation and pediatric rehabilitation. Her clinical and population health approach to the identification of risk factors for injury and evaluation of prevention strategies to reduce the risk of injury has had a significant public health impact through informing practice and policy in youth sport and recreation both within Canada and world-wide. Her research program also addresses consequences of injury and secondary prevention and rehabilitation ...

Professor & Canada Research Chair, UBC Dept of PT, University of British Columbia

Janice Eng’s innovative approaches in rehabilitation research have translated to substantial health benefits for people with stroke or spinal cord injury. For example, her exercise programs, FAME (Fitness and Mobility Exercise) and GRASP (Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program) for people with stroke are now operating in over 200 sites and in 10 countries. She is also actively engaged in promoting health research in her role as Academic Health Research Coordinator for the UBC VP Research and International. She has received numerous honours, including a Killam Research Prize, Michael ...

Professor; Vice President Research, Toronto Rehabilitation I, University of Toronto

Dr. Fernie is recognized as a world leader in the application of engineering to create solutions for problems commonly encountered by people with disabilities. He has developed Canada’s leading rehabilitation research program. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications, 26 patents and has successfully commercialized six inventions. Geoff’s achievements have been recognized by the Jonas Salk Award, MEDEC Award and by admission to the Terry Fox Hall of Fame.