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U of A expert working to determine how many Canadian seniors go missing due to dementia:

  • Morgan Lowrie - The Canadian Press - CTV
  • 18 December 2023
U of A robot helps rural patients rehab shoulder

U of A robot helps rural patients rehab shoulder

  • Edmonton's Miriam Valdes-Carletti
  • 15 December 2023
Students Mahtab (standing) and Javad (seated) practise a telerehabilitation procedure using markerless motion capture to measure a patient’s shoulder range of motion. (Photo: Supplied)

Remote rehabilitation program gives rural patients an arm up on shoulder injuries

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald - FOLIO
  • 13 December 2023
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The first cohort of new program for business leadership in occupational therapy share their experience

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald
  • 11 December 2023
rehab med 2023 round up

Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine 2023 year-end story round-up

  • 05 December 2023
Jessica Harasym

Speaking through art: PhD grad finds new ways for concussion patients to express themselves

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald - FOLIO
  • 22 November 2023
Youran Lin

Convocation spotlight: Youran Lin MSc/PhD Speech-Language Pathology

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 21 November 2023
Rashell and Myrah

HiMARC graduate researchers share their experiences supporting readiness, resilience and growth

  • As jointly told by graduate students Rashell Wozniak and Myrah Malik
  • 09 November 2023
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Top 40 Under 40 2023 Paige Reeves

  • EDIFY - ELIZA BARLOW
  • 31 October 2023
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Opinion: To create a truly accessible society, we need to change attitudes

  • Dr. Martin Ferguson-Pell
  • 25 October 2023
Jayan Juneja (Left) Dr. Peter Flynn (Right)

Overcoming stuttering to command the stage

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald
  • 20 October 2023
Pool Brats news story

A new non-profit in Edmonton is hoping water rehab will help strengthen people with physical impairments because of brain tumours.

  • Sarah Ryan - Global News
  • 10 October 2023
https://globalnews.ca/news/9992030/university-alberta-treaty-8-indigenous-rehab-medicine/

U of A and Treaty 8 First Nations offer rehab medicine program for Indigenous students

  • Emily Mertz - Global News
  • 28 September 2023
Signing of Treaty 8 and University of Alberta Agreement for education

Memorandum signed between Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta and the U of A aims to enhance public education opportunities for students

  • Daniel Barker-Tremblay | cfweradio
  • 28 September 2023
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Historic agreement between Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta and U of A aims to enhance public education opportunities for students

  • FOLIO - Ross Neitz
  • 28 September 2023
Ken M’Pindou

Hard work, perseverance bring great rewards in speech and in sport, says ISTAR client Ken M’Pindou

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 15 September 2023
Kathryn Lambert

Rehabilitation graduate student Kathryn Lambert receives Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship

  • 12 September 2023
Esther Kim

Esther Kim believes instilling confidence is a key factor in helping people with communication disorders

  • 08 September 2023
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Sarah Joly inducted into the Sports Wall of Fame

  • University of Alberta Alumni Association
  • 07 September 2023
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Dianna MacDonald receives an Alumni Honour Award

  • University of Alberta Alumni Association
  • 07 September 2023
Tanya Dash

New assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders looks forward to helping shape the next generation of speech-language pathologists

  • 22 August 2023
Naomi Dolgoy

Naomi Dolgoy to join Rehabilitation Medicine as assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy in April 2024

  • 14 August 2023
Antonio Miguel-Cruz

Antonio Miguel-Cruz brings expertise in nuclear, biomedical and rehabilitation engineering to his new role in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine

  • 25 July 2023
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A simple intervention could help promote understanding of autistic children

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 24 July 2023
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Rural long-COVID patients to be monitored remotely during ProMote system trial

  • Jon Pullin
  • 20 July 2023
Pamela Filiatrault-Veilleux

Researcher/speech-language pathologist brings a desire to improve services for young children with language-comprehension difficulties to her new role at U of A

  • 13 July 2023
Rehab Impact 2023

Rehab Impact 2023

  • 11 July 2023
Dr. Martin Ferguson-Pell

Researcher who designed and developed the U of A Rehabilitation Robotics Lab uses cutting-edge technology to improve quality of life for persons with disabilities

  • 10 July 2023
Calgary Cohort 10 Year celebration

Rehabilitation Medicine's Calgary satellite campus celebrates 10 years

  • 28 June 2023
Mary Roduta Roberts

Combining educational psychology and occupational therapy leads to a career in improving research and practice in health-professions education and educational measurement

  • 15 June 2023
Catherine McLellan

Physical therapy grad beginning a new career after 21 years in Canadian Armed Forces

  • Jon Pullin
  • 08 June 2023
Caroline Lougheed

Convocation Spotlight: Caroline Lougheed

  • Kyle Ireland
  • 06 June 2023
Brett Lendsey

Convocation Spotlight: Brett Lendsay

  • 05 June 2023
Dr. Andrea MacLeod

Researcher’s curiosity about bilingualism and minority language maintenance leads to developing support for immigrant and refugee children

  • 11 May 2023
Tammy Hopper

A year of growth and change

  • 01 May 2023
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May is Physical Therapy Month

  • Marguerite Wieler - Chair and Professor, Physical Therapy
  • 01 May 2023
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ISTAR provides therapy and support to Edmonton man after a head injury

  • Kyle Ireland
  • 01 May 2023
Jacqueline Cummine

Researcher uses MRIs to explore the intricate processes involved in reading

  • 21 April 2023
Dr. Bremault-Phillips helping a patient with 3MDR

New provincial funding helps advance innovative therapy, support for military members and veterans

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 21 April 2023
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U of A to offer high-demand health-care programs in rural Alberta

  • Madisen Gee
  • 19 April 2023
Tigist Dafia displayed children's books and cultural items from the Eritrean and Ethiopian communities at the launch of a report at the Boyle Street Plaza on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. (Submitted by Tigist Dafia)

Early learning and childcare system not friendly to Edmonton's ethnic communities, report suggests

  • Thandiwe Konguavi -CBC NEWS
  • 15 April 2023
Dr. Greg Kawchuk

Lifelong career in helping relieve patient pain inspired by researcher’s own childhood experience of migraine headaches

  • 13 April 2023
Samuel Tsang

Samuel Tsang’s mentorship in robotics lab creating a positive culture for younger students

  • 11 April 2023
Monique Charest

Monique Charest hopes her research will lead to raised awareness of developmental language disorder in children and better understanding of its assessment and development.

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 20 March 2023
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New national network brings together expertise and experience to tackle long COVID

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 09 March 2023
Tammy Hopper, Esther Kim and Bill Hodgetts

Making the world make sense for those with hearing loss

  • 09 February 2023
From left to right: Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn, Dr. Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell, Dr. Marvin Washington

Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn, Dr. Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell and Dr. Marvin Washington named new college deans

  • Verna Yiu Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
  • 30 January 2023

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