O U R D E PA R T M E N T S A N D P R O G R A M S
AT A GLANCE
FOR 2011-12 ACADEMIC YEAR
8 MSc Rehabilitation Science students admitted: • • • • • • •
9 PhD Rehabilitation Science students admitted:
Timothy Barlott (Supervisor: K. Adams) Carolyn Gratton (Supervisor: S. Esmail) Cecilia Llambias (Supervisor: J. Magill-Evans) Ashley McKillop (Supervisor: M. Crites Battie) Pantea Amin Javaheri (Supervisor: M. McNeely) Alan Richter (Supervisor: E. Parent) Christina Sequeira (Supervisor: B. Hodgetts)
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17 total enrolled students STUDENT AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS (MSC RS AND PHD RS)
Fahad Algarni (Supervisors: M. Crites Battie/D. Gross) Sonia Chenier (Supervisor: D. McConnell) Elly Hyun (Supervisor: D. McConnell) Joanne Park (Supervisors: S. Esmail/Y. Bhambhani) Melissa Skoczylas (Supervisor: P. Schneider) Camille Dube (Supervisor: D. McConnell) Lyndsey Hahn (Supervisor: D. McConnell) Zohreh Salimi (Supervisor: M. Ferguson-Pell) Salima Suleman (Supervisor: T. Hopper)
34 total enrolled students
$353,643
GRADUATE STUDENT THESES COMPLETED MSc RS (Fall 2011) • LARISSA COSTA “The effect of deep leg squats on patellofemoral pain syndrome - single subject design” (Supervisor: D. Magee) • CHERIE HENDERSON “Alternate Delivery of a Group Modified Constraint Induced Movement Therapy Program” (Supervisor: T. Manns) • ANELISE SILVEIRA “Comparison of Muscle Tenderness and General Pain Sensitivity between Subjects with Temporomandibular Disorders and Concurrent Neck Disability and Healthy Subjects” (Supervisor: D. Magee)
MSc RS (Spring 2012) • KAREN DHILLON “Adjustment Demands through Diagnosis and Treatment of End Stage Renal Disease” (Supervisor: S. Esmail) • HEATHER LOGAN “Utility of Digital Surgical Simulation Planning and Solid Free Form Modeling in Fibula Free Flap Mandibular Reconstruction” (Supervisors: J. Wolfaardt and B. Hodgetts) • MIRIAM PARAKKAL “Integrating early intervention into the daily routine of family life” (Supervisor: D. McConnell) • JUNICHI TAJINO “Does size of error affect the motor adaptation during split-belt treadmill walking?” (Supervisor: J. Yang) • KATIE WOO “Usability of medication adherence technologies among older adults” (Supervisor: L. Liu) U N I V E R S I T Y O F A L B E RTA
PhD RS (Fall 2011) • JUDY CHEPEHA “Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficits in the Overhead Varsity Level Athlete” (Supervisor: D. Magee) • KEN RIESS “The effects of twelve weeks of supervised aerobic and resistance training on exercise capacity, muscle strength, quality of life, body composition and cardiovascular disease risk factors in kidney transplant recipients” (Supervisor: M. Haykowsky)
PhD RS (Spring 2012) • GEOFFREY BOSTICK “A pluralist characterization of pain meaning after whiplash” (Supervisors: D. Gross/L. Carroll) (see story on page 18) • MERRILL TANNER “Voice Improvement for People with Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease: Vocal Pedagogy and Voice Therapy Combined” (Supervisor: L. Liu) • COREY TOMCZAK “Regulation of oxygen uptake and cardiac function in heart failure: Effects of biventricular pacing and high-intensity interval exercise” (Supervisor: B. Haennel) • YUE WANG “The roles of vertebra and vertebral endplate in lumbar disc degeneration” (Supervisors: M. Crites Battie and T. Videman)
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