Congratulations to the College of Rehabilitation Sciences faculty members on the research and scholarly accomplishments that have been reported to us over the past few months.
GRANTS
University of Manitoba Research Grants Program (2019-2020) – Webber, S.C., Thille, P., Wittmeier, K., Cain, P. Physical Therapist’s Beliefs about Bodies and Health. ($8,416)
College of Rehabilitation Sciences Endowment Fund (2019-2020) – Webber, S.C., MacNeil, B., Lavallee, R. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Admissions Requirements in the Master of Physical Therapy Program. ($5,912)
Canadian Institute for Health Research Project Grant (2019-2022) – Strachan, S., Jung, M., Ahmed, R., Ferguson, L., Fortier, M., Kowalski, K., McGavock, J., Webber, S.C., Orr, M. Community Partner: Reh-Fit Centre. Examining the impact of a self-compassion intervention on physical activity behaviour among people with prediabetes: A pilot and feasibility study. ($145,000)
Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research (MCNHR) (2019-2021) –Collaborative Research Grant Program. Strachan, S., Lobchuk, M., Hoplock, L., Webber, S.C., Parsons, J., Halas, G., Wener, P., Dika, C., Biesheuvel, S. Perspective-taking in conversations about health behaviour change: A collaborative knowledge-to-action project. ($7,500)
Research Manitoba and the Centre on Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) (2019-2020) – Sobol, A., Webber, S.C., Choukou, A., Reddy, G. Measuring life space in people living with dementia using a single wearable device capable of indoor location monitoring and outdoor GPS tracking, and determining relationships with caregiver burden. ($10,600)
PRESENTATIONS
Barclay, R., Webber, S. (presenter), Ripat, J., Tate, B. – Social Participation in Adults aged 45-85 – The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Poster presentation. World Congress of Physical Therapy (WCPT). May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland.
Barclay, R. – Invited to participate in the International Response Shift-in Sync working group (endorsed by International Society for Quality of Life Research). Leiden/Oegstgeest, Netherlands, September 26-28, 2019.