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The iDAPT Centre for Rehabilitation Research Opens Today
Aerospace technology meets rehabilitation research to help people living with the effects of aging and disabling injury and illness. There is nothing else like it in the world. And it is here in Canada.
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Posted on: Wed, Nov 16, 2011
Scholarship support promising careers of graduate students with disabilities
Two graduate students are the latest recipients of a unique scholarship aimed at helping burgeoning scientists living with a disability to pursue and advance a career in rehabilitation research. Posted November 28, 2011.
Toronto Rehab and WSIB improve care for workers injured on the job
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in Canada. TBI can profoundly affect a person’s cognitive skills, memory and language as well as their independence, work life, and ability to participate fully in the community. Toronto Rehab’s new specialty clinic expands its services to treat workers with head and neck injuries.
Retraining people with spinal cord injuries to stand and balance
Born in the Russian city of Salsk not far from the Black Sea, Dr. Dimitry Sayenko could hardly have predicted where life would take him.
Toronto Rehab’s 6th Annual Research Day: An action-packed day
Congratulations to everyone who took part in Toronto Rehab’s 6th Annual Research Day and to the students and postdoctoral fellows honoured with awards.
Graduate student receives $20,000 scholarship to pursue master’s degree in rehabilitation science to help children with disabilities today at Toronto Rehab’s Research Day
The scholarship program, believed to be the first of its kind in Canada, will provide Eric with $20,000 plus additional funding for educational expenses incurred as a result of his disability. The funding will help Eric pursue a master’s degree in Applied Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. The scholarship is made possible by TD Bank Financial Group, which has pledged $550,000 to date for the TD Grants in Medical Excellence: A Scholarship in Rehabilitation-Related Research for People with Disabilities.
Toronto Rehab named Top GTA Employer
Nov 22, 2010 – Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (Toronto Rehab) has been named one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers for 2011. This designation recognizes Greater Toronto employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work. More...
Toronto Rehab scientist honoured – twice
Dr. Catriona Steele, whose work has shed light on the causes and treatment of swallowing disorders, is the 2010 recipient of the Speech-Language Pathology Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award and a newly-elected Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). More...
Toronto Rehab Scientist Named President-elect of RESNA
Aug. 16 - 2010 – Dr. Alex Mihailidis, a Toronto Rehab scientist and biomedical engineer, will be the next president of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). More...
July 30th, Toronto Rehab researcher braves freezing winter conditions to study slips and falls this summer
While this summer’s hot and humid weather is forcing people to find ways to stay cool, researchers at Toronto Rehab are trying to stay warm while studying how people cope with winter walking conditions. More…
- Scholarship supports promising research careers for graduate students with disabilities
Making public parks more accessible and understanding how the human body compensates after the loss of an eye are what Jason Angel and Stefania Moro hope to accomplish with their research. The two graduate students are the latest recipients of a unique scholarship aimed at helping burgeoning scientists living with a disability to pursue and advance a career in rehabilitation research.
Posted on: Mon, Nov 28, 2011
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- The iDAPT Centre for Rehabilitation Research Opens Today
Aerospace technology meets rehabilitation research to help people living with the effects of aging and disabling injury and illness. There is nothing else like it in the world. And it is here in Canada.
Posted on: Wed, Nov 16, 2011
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- Boards give integration of Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and University Health Network final approval
The Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (Toronto Rehab) and University Health Network (UHN) Boards of Directors today gave final approval to the integration of Toronto Rehab and UHN today which is the final step in a process that began in April, 2011.
Posted on: Wed, Jun 15, 2011
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- Spinal Cord Connections: a new, first-of-its-kind website about spinal cord injury
Site provides current and reliable information for people with spinal cord injuries, their families and care givers.
Posted on: Tue, Jun 14, 2011
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- Spinal Cord Connections: a new, first-of-its-kind website about spinal cord injury
June 14, 2011- Site provides current and reliable information for people with spinal cord injuries, their families and caregivers.
Posted on: Tue, Jun 14, 2011
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- Treating sleep disorder improves stroke recovery, study finds
April 5, 2011 – A new study shows that patients in stroke rehabilitation treated for their co-existing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) recovered better from stroke than those whose OSA was not treated.
Posted on: Thu, Apr 7, 2011
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- Toronto Rehab receives renewed WSIB specialty clinic designation and expands services to treat workers with head and neck injuries
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (Toronto Rehab) has renewed its relationship with the Worker's Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) and will expand its Neurology Service to improve continuity of care for workers who are injured on the job. Traumatic Brain Injury can profoundly affect a person’s cognitive skills, memory and language as well as their independence, work life, and ability to participate fully in the community. Toronto Rehab’s new specialty clinic expands its services to treat workers with head and neck injuries.
Posted on: Wed, Mar 30, 2011
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- First-of-its-kind study shows benefits of electrical stimulation therapy for people paralyzed by spinal cord injury
A new treatment approach which uses tiny bursts of electricity to reawaken paralyzed muscles “significantly” reduced disability and improved grasping in people with incomplete spinal cord injuries, beyond the effects of standard therapy, newly published research shows.
Posted on: Thu, Feb 17, 2011
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- First-of-its-kind study shows benefits of electrical stimulation therapy for people paralyzed by spinal cord injury
First-of-its kind study shows benefits of electrical stimulation therapy for people paralyzed by spinal cord injury SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS RELEASE
A new treatment approach which uses tiny bursts of electricity to reawaken paralyzed muscles “significantly” reduced disability and improved grasping ability in people with incomplete spinal cord injuries, according to results published today.
Posted on: Thu, Feb 17, 2011
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- “Intelligent home” pioneer recognized for extraordinary advances in rehabilitation technology research
Homes that know when you have fallen. Kitchens that assess your nutritional intake and flooring that monitors your vital signs. And even a voice that politely reminds you where you’ve put your car keys.
It’s all part of the “intelligent home environment” being developed by Toronto Rehab scientist Dr. Alex Mihailidis, whose pioneering work has earned him the new Barbara G. Stymiest Chair in Rehabilitation Technology Research at Toronto Rehab.
Posted on: Mon, Dec 6, 2010
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- Canadian firms lend expertise to unique subterranean lab project
To grow and thrive, companies need to constantly innovate, so when CIMCO Refrigeration was asked to build a moveable ice floor for experiments in a new Toronto Rehab research lab, the company leapt at the chance.
Posted on: Wed, Nov 10, 2010
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- Unique cross-border universal design initiative gets five-year renewal
An unprecedented U.S.-Canada research partnership in universal design has earned a five-year renewal from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
Posted on: Mon, Oct 25, 2010
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- Toronto Rehab scientist recognized for brain-injury research
Dr. Angela Colantonio, a Toronto Rehab Senior Scientist and Holder of the Saunderson Family Chair in Acquired Brain Injury, has received the Brain Injury Association of Canada 2010 Research Award.
Posted on: Wed, Oct 20, 2010
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- Spotlight on spinal cord rehabilitation: forum showcases expertise from across North America
New research, clinical breakthroughs and innovative approaches to spinal cord rehabilitation will be showcased at Toronto Rehab’s 4th National Spinal Cord Injury Conference: Linking Research to Practice.
Posted on: Wed, Oct 20, 2010
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- Breaking down barriers: using the Internet to help people with hearing loss
It’s a sad fact that about one in five people with hearing loss stop using their hearing aid—and Toronto Rehab researcher Dr. Gurjit Singh wants to do something about it.
Posted on: Thu, Sep 30, 2010
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