rehab impact 2013-14

REHABIMPACT

REPORT 2013-14 | A YEAR IN REVIEW

Alberta’s first aphasia camp

Life is a circus

Research provides PEACE OF MIND

for families affected by DEMENTIA

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Laurie WangMANAGING EDITOR: Bryan AlaryWRITING: Bryan Alary, Jeannine GuérettePHOTOGRAPHY: Alberta Aphasia Camp, Bryan Alary, Lyle Aspinall, Al Cook, Gerald Gosselin, Jeannine Guérette, Bill Hodgetts, Jimmy Jeong, Curtis Trent, Richard Siemens, John Ulan

INTERIM DEAN: Robert HaennelASSOCIATE DEAN, GRADUATE STUDIES & RESEARCH: Tammy HopperASSOCIATE DEAN, PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS & TEACHING: Liz TaylorASSISTANT DEAN, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION: Deborah PalmerINTERIM CHAIR, PHYSICAL THERAPY: Doug GrossCHAIR, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY: Lili LiuCHAIR, COMMUNICATION SCIENCES & DISORDERS: Karen Pollock

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MISSIONThrough excellent teaching, research and service to the community, the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine is committed to enhancing quality of life, promoting participation and autonomy, and improving function for citizens of Alberta and beyond.

CORNERSTONESInnovative Teaching and Clinical Education

Focused World-Class Research

Community Awareness and Engagement

Global Partnerships

There’s an old story about a young boy who saves starfish stranded on the beach by throwing them into the ocean. A man approached and, seeing the beach littered with starfish for miles, incredulously asked why anyone would waste their time saving just a few. “You cannot possibly make a differ-ence.” The boy, throwing another starfish back into the water replied, “It made a difference that one.”

That story, first told to me by our former dean, Al Cook (see page 18), sums up what the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medi-cine is all about. Like the young man in the story, we strive to make a difference in individual lives. Our graduates work to help those in need, whether through improving communi-cation, physical abilities or helping seniors live well in place. The essence of this faculty—the only free-standing Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine in Canada—is to serve those in need, one step at a time.

For example, Dr. Lili Liu is leading a 12-month trial that uses GPS technology to locate individuals with cognitive impair-ments who are at risk of wandering. As you can imagine, the results from this investigation will provide valuable peace of mind to family members (page 14).

With generous support from True Patriot Love, our faculty is leading the way in research to improve the health and quality of life of Canada’s military personnel, veterans and average Canadians (page 16). Working with another partner, March of Dimes Canada, our faculty also launched Alberta’s first camp to help individuals and families affected by aphasia commu-nicate (page 10).

This past year, we celebrated as the first-ever class of occupational therapy students completed their studies from our Calgary satellite. We also received news that the provin-cial government approved permanent funding for all of our satellites, meaning our faculty now has three permanent locations—north campus in Edmonton, Augustana Campus in Camrose, and Calgary. By July 2015, renovations in Calgary

(at the University of Calgary’s downtown building) will double our space and allow occupational therapy and physical therapy students to learn in the same location.

Our emphasis on teaching excellence continues to grow across all of our programs, including professional devel-opment. This past year we launched a new course, Sports Medicine 101, which joins existing post-graduate offerings such as Stroke Rehabilitation and Pain Management. I also want to congratulate the 14 internationally educated physical therapists who are now poised to enter the Canadian work-force—the first ever class to complete our Internationally Educated Physiotherapists Bridging program.

As always, we are very proud of our alumni, who continue to do great things wherever career or life takes them, as illustrated by Gerald Gosselin (‘99 MScPT, page 24). Welcoming back 100 alumni this past September only reaffirmed that our innovative teaching and mentorship is unparalleled in North America.

Over the coming year, the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine will continue to deliver the very best in teaching, clinical edu-cation and research while engaging with our community and partners around the globe. We’ll do it together, one step—and one individual—at a time.

R.G. (Bob) Haennel, PhD, FACSMInterim DeanFaculty of Rehabilitation Medicine

Dean’s Message

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Physical Therapyphysicaltherapy.ualberta.ca

Knowledge, passion, leadership. This is an exciting time for our department, which for 51 years has evolved and grown into one of North America’s premier physical therapy programs. Not only are we educating more students at more locations across Alberta, our talented faculty are advancing physical therapy research to help Canadians lead healthier lives.

Educating a province. Two years ago, our department welcomed the first 18 Calgary-based students to a new pilot satellite program to complement our existing teaching facilities in Edmonton and Camrose. In April 2014, the Government of Alberta approved permanent funding for our Calgary and Camrose satellite sites, allowing our department to become truly provincial in scope in training the next generation of physical therapists.

Bridging skills for the Canadian workforce. In the summer of 2014, the first cohort of 14 students successfully completed the Alberta Inter-nationally Educated Physiotherapists Bridging Program. A partnership between our department and Physiotherapy Alberta, the program gives internationally trained physical therapists the educational and clinical experiences they need to practise in Canada. Not only does the program address a growing skills shortage, its innovative format has earned a Special Merit Award from Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Successful accreditation. In February 2014, Physiotherapy Education Accreditation Canada completed the last component of our accreditation review with a site visit to our Calgary satellite. Our MScPT program was granted full compliant status with congratulations to faculty and staff on the “quality of the education experience being provided not only to students in Edmonton, but to those at both the Camrose and Calgary distributed sites.”

North campus expansion. Our department expanded this past year with the addition of newly renovated space on the sixth floor of the Clinical Sciences Building on north campus in Edmonton. This space now houses the Collaborative Orthopedic Research (CORe) group, which features Drs. Lauren Beaupre and Eric Parent, along with space for Dr. Linda Woodhouse and her team.

DEPARTMENTS& PROGRAMS

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GLANCEAT A

Academic Year 2013-14

113 Shadow experiences for

first-year students in Edmonton, Calgary and Camrose.

13 Students completed international placements (Indonesia, Kuwait, New Zealand, Australia, Nepal, Sri Lanka)

14 Placements in the rest of Canada

635 Placements in

AB, SK, NT

670 Fieldwork

placements

110 Abstracts / conference presentations

110 First-year students admitted

66 female + 45 male 95 Alberta residents + 16 out of province

3.82 average GPA

$5,232,822 New research grants

$229,700 Student awards and scholarships

(MSc course-based students)

179 Publications and

presentations

2 Books and book chapters

67 Peer-reviewed

journal articles

Clinical placements

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Four years after a motor vehicle accident robbed him of all mobility below his chest, Denny Ross is standing tall. And he can’t believe the view.

Ross, 35, is paraplegic after breaking his back at the T2-3 vertebrae while driving from Edmonton to a work camp in Conklin, Alta., where he worked as a welder. His spinal cord injury meant months of rehabilitation and relearning tasks most take for granted, such as brushing his teeth or going to the bathroom.

Thanks to a new University of Alberta pilot study that’s looking at how people benefit from a revolutionary exoskeleton that provides powered hip and knee mo-tion, Ross is once again standing on his own two feet.

Partnership aimed at helping paraplegics stand tall

Pilot study explores how ReWalk Robotics exoskeleton changes body’s neural pathways in people with spinal cord injuries. Bryan Alary

“I couldn’t believe how tall I was—I thought I was shorter,” he said of the first time he got up from his wheelchair. “But it feels good—it feels awesome to stand up.”

Revolutionary technology holds tremendous potential

Jaynie Yang, professor of physical therapy in the Fac-ulty of Rehabilitation Medicine, wants to improve our understanding about how the ReWalk system changes the body’s signalling pathways and who can most ben-efit from the device.

Yang recently launched a one-year pilot study in which Ross and other participants with spinal cord injuries

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are outfitted with the ReWalk device and perform physical activities such as standing upright, sitting, walking down hallways and even climbing stairs.

“What we’d like to do is establish some basic things like who is best suited for these devices, what kinds of changes and improvements can we see—both with and without the devices,” Yang explained. “By training in the device, can we induce changes in the nervous system that would later improve function even without the device?”

Yang said she will be specifically looking at how the ReWalk device creates neuroplastic changes in the body, such as strengthening motor pathways from the brain to the muscles, and sensory pathways from the body to the brain.

“People might get better balance in sitting and stand-ing. People with incomplete injury—injury that has spared some of those pathways—may actually get better at walking even without the device,” she said, noting there are likely other side benefits, such as reduction in spasticity, preservation of bone strength and better bowel routines.

“These are very fundamental things that we don’t have answers to at this point.”

Partnership makes pilot study possible

The ReWalk device being used in the pilot was pur-chased by the Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Centre (Northern Alberta) Society, or SCITCS, and leased to the U of A for just $1. Without that partnership, the pilot study would not have been possible, said Yang, who hopes to use the data collected to apply for fund-ing for a wider study of a much larger population that will also look at how the devices are used in the home environment.

“Their contribution to this research project is enor-mous,” said Yang. “I couldn’t have started on this proj-ect without the support of SCITCS, who have long been a valuable partner in spinal cord injury research.”

SCITCS president Louise Miller first saw the ReWalk device in action at a demonstration in 2012 and since that time has worked tirelessly to bring one to Edmon-ton and find a partnership that could do the most good for the most people.

“It’s the only ReWalk device in Canada, so this is a unique opportunity to showcase Alberta and how forward-thinking we are in terms of spinal cord injury treatment and research,” said Miller, the organiza-tion’s co-founder, whose previous partnerships with the U of A include the purchase of specialized exercise equipment housed at the Saville Community Sports Centre. “SCITCS doesn’t do research; we just help make things happen, that’s how it works. We’re proud to have a strong partner like the U of A.”

Ross, who has no feeling below his nipples, says he felt “pretty wobbly” and somewhat scared about standing on his own again. But he said he believes in doing his part to advance research—he’s volunteered for several U of A research studies, with a healthy dose of coaxing from wife Megan. He even quit his job so he could participate in the pilot and spend more time with his children, participating in the research and repre-senting organizations like SCITCS.

“I’m proud to be involved with SCITCS and the great work they do. If it wasn’t for SCITCS and Louise, this study wouldn’t exist,” Ross said. With new funding, Yang hopes to expand her study over two to three years, working with a larger pool of people with spinal cord injuries. ReWalk, she notes, is one of only two devices approved for use in Canada to help people with paraplegia walk, and the only one approved for use in the home.

“These devices are quite revolutionary,” she says, explaining most devices aimed at helping people with paraplegia walk are impractical because the amount of energy required to operate them is physically ex-hausting. “This is a big advance. It has tremendous potential—it still needs some careful design and modi-fication—but it is great that some people who currently rely on a wheelchair can now walk.”

It feels good—it feels awesome to stand up.

Denny Ross, study participant

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Communication Sciences and Disorders (formerly known as Speech Pathology and Audiology)

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What’s in a name? It’s now been a little more than a year since we changed our name to Communication Sciences and Disorders (formerly Speech Pathology and Audiology), a change that we feel better reflects our teaching and research in basic processes related to hearing, speech, language and swallowing as well as the prevention, assessment and treatment of disorders. The name change also signalled a transition in our image and profile as we prepare for a new strategic plan to address research productivity, curriculum revision, and growth in programs and outreach.

Research excellence. Our department saw new external funding for research increase by more than 400 per cent from the previous year, primarily due to a $1.9-million grant awarded by the Alberta Cancer Foundation to Jana Rieger to test technology to improve the quality of life and independence of head and neck cancer survivors with swallowing impairments. This major project aside, CSD faculty members received 18 per cent more grant funding compared to last year, a testament to the innovative ideas and leading talent of our faculty members.

Supporting adults with aphasia. This past year our department spear-headed the creation of Alberta’s first adult camp for people and families affected by aphasia. Alberta Aphasia Camp was held in the fall of 2014, but a great deal of the planning and preparation occurred during the 2013-14 academic year. This camp was the brainchild of Esther Kim and Rhonda Kajner, with considerable help from Andrea Ruelling, who joined our department as lab co-ordinator / clinical educator in speech science and adult neurogenics, and many student volunteers. Read more about the camp on page 10.

Serving the community. The Corbett Hall Speech-Language Clinic pro-vides services to clients of all ages. Assessment and intervention is led by student clinicians supervised by registered speech-language pathol-ogists. This team approach to clinical service enhances student learning and the client experience. During 2013 alone, Corbett Clinic provided placement opportunities for 103 students and more than 100 clients.

Early impact. Corbett Hall Early Education Program (CHEEP) is an early education program designed to facilitate the development of children with significant developmental delays, in an educational setting. Parents work with an interdisciplinary team of specialists to enhance a child’s development in communication, cognition, motor skills, self-help skills, social and play skills. Sixteen MScSLP students completed fall place-ments at CHEEP, in addition to two long-term clinical placements.


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GLANCEAT A


6 Students completed international placements (Kuwait, Australia, New Zealand)

252 Placements in Alberta and the rest of Canada

135 Placements serving adults

103 Placements at Corbett Clinic

188 Placements

serving children

32 Placements

serving children and adults

355 Fieldwork

placements




3.7 minimum GPA




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27 Peer-reviewed

journal articles

Clinical placements

Books and book chapters

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Ken Thiessen had the gift of gab. He’d chat anybody up—and down and sideways, and sometimes all night long. To his grandkids, he was the world’s greatest storyteller, a larger-than-life hero.

And then came the stroke. Suddenly, Grandpa Ken couldn’t tell those stories; the words had gone.

That stroke in December 2012 left Thiessen paralyzed on his right side, unable to do basic tasks. It took six months of training with a speech-lan-guage pathologist at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital before he could string together a sentence. He’s still weak on his right side, but gets around just fine. Story time, however, is just a memory.

“It takes me some time to get the words out,” says Thiessen, with some effort. He’s one of 100,000 Canadians living with aphasia, a communica-tion disorder often caused by stroke or brain injuries that makes it diffi-cult to speak verbally or understand written words.

A former NAIT instructor, Thiessen, 57, hardly visits with old friends, mostly because talking takes too long. He can see their attention drift; retreating inward is just easier.

“It just takes a lot of patience and time, which is tough when our society is so fast-paced,” says wife Connie, formerly the quiet one in the house-hold. “Some people don’t give him the time of day.”

Alberta Aphasia Camp: A celebration of sharing and learning uab.ca/AphasiaCamp

Bryan Alary

Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine holds inaugural outdoor leisure camp for families affected by aphasia.

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Alberta Aphasia Camp: finding ways to connect

In September 2014, the Faculty of Rehabilitation Med-icine launched a new outdoor camp for adults with aphasia and their care partners. The Alberta Aphasia Camp hosted 30 campers at YoWoChAs Outdoor Educa-tion Centre a t Lake Wabamun, providing an opportunity for people like the Thiessens to connect with others who know all too well how isolating aphasia can be, and to learn and grow through new friendships.

“A lot of my clients mention they lose a huge compo-nent of their support network. It’s easier to not be with people,” explains Esther Kim, co-organizer of the camp and an assistant professor in the Department of Com-munication Sciences and Disorders.

Modelled after the groundbreaking Aphasia Camp Northwest run by Portland State University, the three-day camp featured a range of activities, from adapted yoga to rope courses to canoeing to participating in a drum circle. More than two dozen speech-language pathology students helped organize and facilitate the camp, either as volunteers or as part of a master’s project.

March of Dimes Canada supports a similar camp in Ontario and was a partner in funding and organizing

Alberta Aphasia Camp. “They were actually going to do an aphasia camp in Alberta when they found out we had this in the works,” Kim says. “Both Aphasia Camp Northwest and March of Dimes Canada were very giving with support and knowledge for planning. It’s been a very rewarding partnership.”

At the closing session, campers were asked to sort cards of activities they used to do, activities they cur-rently do and activities they wish they could pursue. Then, they were challenged to take up some of those activities, such as getting a library card or planning a camping activity.

“One of our goals was to get people to participate more in the community, to be able to see that, yes, they have a communication disorder, but that doesn’t have to limit their participation in their life,” says Andrea Ruelling, co-organizer and a clinical educator in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

For Thiessen the camp gave him the inspiration to challenge himself and take up one of his former joys, no matter how long it takes.

“I thought of my grandchildren. I want to interact with them and tell stories.”

Thirty people attended the first ever Alberta Aphasia Camp to build connect with others affected by this isolating communication disorder and enjoy a fun, relaxing weekend.

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Occupational Therapy occupationaltherapy.ualberta.ca

A legacy of excellence. The University of Alberta has educated some of the best and brightest talent in occupational therapy over the past 54 years, establishing our department as a top OT school in Canada and among the world’s best in teaching, research and service to community. Through discovery and knowledge generation, our faculty and students are addressing some of the most pressing health challenges facing Albertans and Canadians.

A permanent home in Calgary. Two years ago, our department established a pilot satellite program in Calgary with an initial cohort of 12 students. In April 2014, the Government of Alberta committed per-manent funding for our Calgary site, ensuring we can continue to train the next generation of occupational therapists to serve the needs of our entire province, and beyond.

A global perspective. Whether it’s in the classroom, lab or through hands-on clinical experience, our students receive some of the very best training in the world. They also have an opportunity to see the world through six weeks of clinical placements at partner universities in Colombia, Indonesia and Kuwait. This experience not only enhances our students’ training and worldview, it allows them to make a global impact.

A place for talented people. With an impressive assemblage of award-winning professors and internationally renowned researchers, our department attracts some of the best talent in occupational ther-apy. We were fortunate and pleased to welcome Drs. Mary Forhan, Sandra Hodgetts, Shannon Phelan and Mary Roduta Roberts, who all joined the department in the last year. Collectively, they enhance our department’s knowledge and expertise in areas such as mental health, measurement theory, obesity, autism, inclusion and social justice for children with disabilities and their families.

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GLANCEAT A


168 Placement sites

22 Students completed international placements (Indonesia, Colombia, Kuwait, Hong Kong, Scotland, United States, Cambodia and Thailand)

39 Placements in the rest of Canada

521 Placements in

AB, SK, NT

560 Fieldwork

placements




3.5 minimum GPA




175 Publications and

presentations

7 Books chapters and monographs

34 Peer-reviewed

journal articles

Clinical placements

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GPS technology provides peace of mind for families coping with dementia

Partnership with Alberta Health Services uses GPS devices to mitigate risk of wandering or getting lost.Bryan Alary

It was a phone call that changed everything. Two years ago, while Allison Warman was driving from Edmonton to her house in Calgary, she became confused and disoriented to the point that she couldn’t remember the way home.

She pulled over at the halfway point, in Red Deer, and called her husband Tim, who dropped everything to pick her up. It was the first warning sign something was wrong cognitively, a diagnosis that was later confirmed as dementia.

At just 53 years old, Allison—an active, vibrant mother of three and accomplished costume designer whose creations have been worn by figure skating champions Kurt Browning and Kristi Yamaguchi, and the Alberta Ballet—is increasingly housebound, unable to work, drive or even read anything longer than a headline.

“It’s been devastating to watch this happen to such an energetic and talented and creative person—she’s always been an active person, doing things for people she loves—to have all that taken away from you is brutal,” Tim says.

Not everything has been taken. Walking remains one of Allison’s true passions, keeping her body and mind refreshed. But the risk of wan-dering or getting lost is a real concern for people with dementia.

Locator Device ProjectFortunately for Allison, Tim and the couple’s teenaged children, she can continue going on her daily outings without fear, thanks to SafeTracks GPS technology in a phone-like device she wears around her neck. The device, and others like it worn in a shoe or as a watch, provide real-time location information viewable on Google Maps and can send text messages or emails to family if Allison veers outside a designated safe zone.

The device was given to Allison when she joined the Locator Device Project, a 12-month trial to evaluate GPS technology in preventing people with cognitive impairments from getting lost or wandering. The project is a partnership between the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine and Alberta Health Services, with 40 participants from Calgary and Grande Prairie.

“The technology provides peace of mind for families,” says Lili Liu, lead researcher, professor and chair of the Department of Occupational

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Therapy. “Even if there is an accident or an incident, knowing that their loved one has a GPS device helps family members feel more at peace.”

More than 40,000 Albertans have dementia of some form, and about three out of every five seniors with dementia living in the community experience wander-ing. The number of Alberta seniors with dementia is expected to exceed 100,000 by 2038.

“We have a responsibility to provide Albertans who are at risk with supports that will enable them to enjoy their independence without coming to harm,” says Don Juzwishin, director of health technology assessment and innovation for AHS. “And we believe the locator project, which uses sophisticated GPS technology, will also support family caregivers and emergency responders to assist dementia clients who have wandered or become lost.”

Liu’s team, which includes several graduate students based in the Department of Occupational Therapy’s satellite site in Calgary, has visited the homes of fam-

ilies participating in the project, answering questions and offering support. The data they’re collecting are still being analyzed, but could be used to inform tech-nology options for home-care clients and families.

To her knowledge, this is the first study of its kind in Canada, says Liu, and one she wants to eventually expand to a national level.

For the Warman family, participating in the study and using the technology has afforded Allison a precious sense of dignity.

“The best thing that has happened to her is being able to go out on her own and still be safe,” says Tim, who believes the technology could benefit other individuals and families coping with dementia. “It contributes to her emotional well-being, just knowing that she is safe. It’s empowering. It’s just a wonderful thing.”

Partners in the Locator Device Project include the Grande Prairie RCMP, Emergency Medical Services, and AHS Seniors Health.

The best thing that’s happened to her is being able to go out on her own and still be safe.

Tim Warman, husband

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True Patriot Love supports rehabilitation research for all Canadians

Soldiers, veterans and civilians all benefit from Rehab Med research breakthroughsBryan Alary

In 2010, a grassroots charity called True Patriot Love Foundation took a major stride toward its goal of im-proving the lives of Canada’s soldiers, veterans and families when it partnered with the University of Alberta to advance military rehabilitation research.

Not only did that initial $200,000 donation allow the Fac-ulty of Rehabilitation Medicine to launch a new Canadian Military and Veterans’ Rehabilitation Research Program, it started a legacy where today True Patriot Love is one of Canada’s biggest supporters of military rehabilitation research.

“Six years ago, when we started True Patriot Love, if you told us we would be funding a chair at the University of Alberta and supporting another 35 research universities, we wouldn’t have believed it,” said Michael Burns, co-founder and vice-chair of True Patriot Love.

Funding the military chair at the U of A was True Patriot Love’s first introduction into the world of research, now one of the organization’s main pillars with the immediate health needs of families, physical health and rehabilita-tion, and mental health and well-being.

The initial funding allowed the faculty to recruit Ibolja Cernak, Canadian Military and Veterans’ Chair in Clinical Rehabilitation, and support the work of Jacqueline Hebert, Associate Chair in Clinical Rehabilitation—both internationally renowned leaders in their fields.

“When we look at what UAlberta is doing, they are mak-ing a significant impact on the health and well-being of both our soldiers and their families,” Burns said.

Cernak became the first research chair in Canada dedi-cated specifically to the rehabilitation of injured soldiers and veterans and in 2013 her work took her to Afghan-istan to study resiliency in Canadian troops, before, during and after deployment.

Cernak is also leading efforts to create the Centre for Traumatic Brain Injury and Military Research at the U of A, which will feature one of Canada’s only shock tubes—a nine-metre-long device capable of simulat-ing the effects of explosions soldiers could experience during combat or training exercises, including blasts from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

In the fall of 2014, True Patriot Love committed another $100,000 to support Hebert’s pioneering work in targeted sensory reinnervation surgery—a technique and sensory feedback system that aims to give an amputee a degree of sensation in their prosthetic limb.

The patients that have had the surgery can move a prosthetic limb more naturally. Some subjects in the lab not only feel touch from the bionic limb but can feel its movement as well. Each surgery requires months and

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often years of follow-up evaluation and rehabilitation but the reactions of each patient when they first gain sensation are nothing short of inspiring and enlight-ening, she said.

“Their experiences really teach us a lot about how the brain and body recover after limb amputation,” Hebert said.

In 2012, Hebert’s work won the Major Sir Frederick Banting Award for Military Health Research, one of the country’s most prestigious military research awards, sponsored by True Patriot Love. Burns be-lieves Hebert’s work will only continue to gain impor-tance and draw attention from other parts of Canada and the globe.

“You only have to spend time with her and see what she’s doing and understand how her work is going to

change the lives of men and women who have un-fortunately lost a limb in combat. Dr. Hebert’s work speaks for itself.”

Hebert, who also holds an appointment with the Fac-ulty of Medicine & Dentistry, runs the Adult Amputee Program at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, and collaborates with researchers and students across campus through her Bionic Limbs for Improved Natural Control (BLINC) lab, said limitations in the human-machine interface are one of the challenges facing advanced prosthetic systems research. New funding will help overcome these challenges through the development and testing of new technology, she said.

“The support from True Patriot Love is going to help develop clinically focused research that will translate discoveries in the lab and the newest technology to immediate patient care.”

True Patriot Love’s support of military rehabilitation research was instrumental to the creation of the Canadian Military and Veterans’ Rehabilitation Research Program at the U of A, and advancing the health and quality of life of military personnel, veterans and their families.

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For more than 20 years, the story of the starfish has served as the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine’s unofficial motto. It’s about making a difference one step at a time, whether that’s teaching students, treating patients, advancing research, or the work of our alumni, donors and friends. This was a record year for our faculty, both in terms of total funds raised and total donors. And just like in the starfish story, every contribution makes a difference.

While walking down the beach, a man saw someone in the distance lean down and pick something up before throwing it in the ocean.

As he came closer, he saw thousands of starfish the tide had thrown onto the beach. Unable to return to the ocean during low tide, the star-fish were dying. The man observed a young boy picking up the starfish, one by one and throwing them back into the ocean.

After watching the seemingly futile effort, the observer said: “There must be thousands of starfish on this beach. It would be impossible for you to save all of them. There are simply too many. You can't possibly save enough to make a difference.”

The young boy smiled as he picked up another starfish and tossed it back into the ocean.

“It made a difference to that one,” he replied.

— Story adapted from The Starfish Thrower by Loren Eiseley

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Research 75%

ISTAR 13%Student Support

(Scholarships/Bursaries) 7%

Chair in Military & Veterans Rehab 3.5%

Donations over $500, 2013-14 academic year

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Rehabilitation Science rehabilitation.ualberta.ca/rehabsci

Rehabilitation Science aims to assist people whose disability, whether acute or chronic, interferes with their ability to live the life they choose. It is an inherently multidisciplinary field, attracting students from basic and social sciences, engineering, medicine, rehabilitation and a wide range of clinical professional backgrounds.

Our thesis-based MSc and PhD students advance knowledge in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, audiology and related fields. Rehabilitation Science also offers a specialization in aging through the study of communication, musculoskeletal, neurolog-ical and psychosocial disorders. Rehabilitation Science graduates go on to become leaders in teaching and research, health-care management, business and the provincial and federal civil service.

Rehabilitation Science continues to grow in popularity, with hundreds of inquiries about the program coming in every year from around the globe. As of July 1, 2014, we have 38 students enrolled in our PhD program and 23 students enrolled in our MSc program.



13 female + 10 male 14 Canadian + 9 International

38 PhD RS students admitted


$711,466 Current graduate student research funding

(MSc and PhD)

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Alberta College of Occupational Therapists

Joanne Park

Joanne Park’s PhD research project is titled: The Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing as an Interventional Tool for Improving Return-to-Work Rates for Injured Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders. There are no formal assessments in work rehabilitation that address the behavioural and psycho-social components of musculoskeletal disorders. Through her research, supervised by Doug Gross and Shaniff Esmail, she hopes to introduce new approaches to work rehabilitation.

Physiotherapy Alberta College and Association

Yu Lok (Arnold) Wong

Arnold Wong is interested in investi-gating the pathologies and treatments of low-back pain. His doctoral research, supervised by Greg Kawchuk, explores spinal manipulative therapy responders and non-responders and their different physical characteristics. Through his studies, he hopes to unveil the mech-anisms of spinal manipulative therapy which he believes will help clinicians make better treatment decisions based on the results of their patients’ physical examinations.

Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists

Melissa Skoczylas

While working as an SLP with school-aged children, Melissa Skoczylas developed a strong interest in the de-velopment of children’s literacy skills. In 2011, she returned to U of A to pursue this interest as a PhD student with Phyllis Schneider. Her research currently focuses on the relationship between oral language skills and reading comprehension among children with language impairment.

The PhD Centenary Awards at the Faculty of Rehabil-itation Medicine recognize three PhD students each year from Rehabilitation Science who have demon-strated a commitment to pursuing a clinician-scientist or academic role, and advancing the rehabilitation pro-fessions in areas of knowledge exchange and transfer, quality of life, clinical practice, patient outcomes and patient safety.

38 PhD RS students admitted


The awards were established by the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists, Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and Physiotherapy Alberta College and Association in 2009. Since then, $5,000 has been awarded annually to one PhD Rehabilitation Science student/candidate from each of the three departments.

Congratulations to this year’s winners!

2014 PhD Centenary Award Winners shine in clinical research and rehabilitation

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The PhD Centenary Awards at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine recognize three PhD students each year from Rehabilitation Science.

Continuing Professional Educationrehabilitation.ualberta.ca/professional-development

Professional development for rehab and health-care professionalsThe Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine is a pioneer among Canada’s post-secondary institutions for its innovative programming and commit-ment to lifelong learning for health-care professionals.

Not only were we the first university to offer completely online credit programs, we lead post-secondary institutions by offering the widest variety of professional development opportunities for Canadian health-care professionals.

Our Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programs range from one-hour webinars to full-day workshops to distance-based certificate programs that attract clinicians from across Canada, the U.S. and beyond.

Our program registrants come from a broad range of backgrounds, including physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists, but also physicians, nurses, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers, recreation therapists, chiropractors, graduate students and more.

Responding to demandOur CPE programs had 142 course registrations (July 2013 to August 2014), setting another record for the second straight year.

International impactIn July 2014, 34 health sciences students from Al-Jouf University in Saudi Arabia took part in the Health Sciences Visiting International Program. These students, enrolled in medicine, pharmacy, nursing and science, experienced a blend of lectures, hands-on workships and clin-ical observation over five days. The visit proved such a success, another cohort of students is expected in July 2015.

We continue to work with our partner, Universidad Del Rosario in Bogo-ta, Colombia, to deliver the Pain Certificate in Spanish for clinicians and students across South America.

Our faculty developed a new online course, Physiotherapy Practice In Canada, that was scheduled to launch in fall 2014. This course fulfills national credential requirements by providing internationally educated physiotherapists a broad overview of the practice of physiotherapy within the context of the Canadian health-care system.


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Letters of certificationIn spring 2014, the university approved the use of letters to designate completion in our certificate programs in Pain Management (PgCPain) and Stroke Rehabilitation (PgCStroke).

Workshops and webcastsIn addition to graduate certificate programs, we offered numerous workshops and webinars in high priority areas related to rehabilitation. In February 2014, we launched a series of new on-demand webcasts avail-able for purchase on the FRM website. The easily accessible webcast format enables health professionals from across Canada to learn from top educators in each respective field when and where they want via smart-phone, tablet or computer.

Our newest full-day workshop, Sports Medicine 101, gave physicians, physical therapists and other health professionals an opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills from top experts at the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic.

142 Clinicians enrolled in

our CPE courses (July 2013 to August 2014)

40 Physical therapists completed

online Diagnostic Imaging in Physical Therapy

12 Clinicians graduated from

the Stroke Rehab Certificate

1ST EVER COHORT in Stroke Rehab Certificate

22 Clinicians graduated from our certificate programs (Spring 2014)

10 Clinicians graduated from the Pain Certificate

Professional development

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The ink was barely dry on his physical therapy degree when Gerald Gosselin decided he needed a way to put his skills to use and see the world at the same time. So he did the most obvious thing, and joined a circus.

Gosselin, ‘99 MScPT, had been working in a sports medicine clinic pondering his future when he saw a job posting for a physiotherapist with the grand spectacle of travelling circuses, Cirque du Soleil. He’d never seen a show and knew nothing about the circus arts, but applied anyway. Two weeks later, he was backstage in Montreal, marvelling at the extravaganza and find-ing himself face-to-face with artists in full makeup, giant wigs and feathered bird costumes who wanted to know why their knee clicked a certain way.

“I couldn’t take anybody seriously,” Gosselin remem-bers. “I had a big smile on my face, not just for the

Life is a circus Physical Therapy alumnus takes his skills on the road for 14-year globe-hopping adventure as a physiotherapist for Cirque du Soleil.Bryan Alary

amazement of actually being there, thinking, is this really happening? Is this reality? It was really surreal.”

After a brief orientation in Québec, Gosselin jetted across the world to Auckland, New Zealand, one of two physiotherapists charged with overseeing the mus-culoskeletal health of the 50 to 70 artists on a tour of about 150 total staffers.

“It’s a huge operation,” says Gosselin. On any given day in the performers tent he’d hear a dozen or more languages, reflective of the blend of cultures, back-grounds and demographics that are part of a success-ful show.

“It’s a real cross-cultural mix of people, a microcosm of society.”

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Working with high-performance athletesDay-to-day, Gosselin maintained a travelling physio-therapy clinic, treated injured artists, scheduled their medical appointments and tests, and worked with the stage manager to determine who was in and out of the performance lineup due to injury.

The artists he worked with were “phenomenal ath-letes,” Gosselin says, many of them former Olympians and champion gymnasts from eastern Europe. Some had spent decades training in specific ways, and as a result had their own views on how to best prepare, says Kosta Zakharenko, a former World Championship silver medallist in acrobatic gymnastics who spent 10 years touring with Cirque.

“I hadn’t heard of pilates before Gerald, and at first didn’t like it because they made me do all the work. I just wanted to lie down and let them fix me,” he laughs. “That was a learning curve for everybody.”

But Gosselin’s professionalism and expertise quick-ly won over Zakharenko, and the two became good friends. Gosselin’s thoroughness helped him not only recover physically from injury, but mentally as well.

“He would spend time with me and explain exactly what injury I had, why it happened, what types of exer-cises I needed, what routines I could still do,” Zakha-renko says. “If it hurts, you’re afraid to do anything and make it worse, so the extra time was definitely helpful.”

On a Cirque tour, where artists are performing the same movement 10 shows a week plus training time, injuries are unavoidable, says Gosselin, equating the physical toll of repetition to working on an assembly line.

“When you’re doing the same movements over and over again, you end up with muscle imbalances and that can lead to chronic injuries.”

The family circusWhen Gosselin joined Cirque at the age of 25, he didn’t expect to be on the road long, maybe a year. But one year stretched to two and then three and before you know it, 14 years passed and he’d travelled to every continent on the globe except Antarctica.

In that span, Gosselin married a Cirque colleague, acupuncturist Yoko Masuda, and they had two children, Mio and Hana.

The family continued on the road for four years, with the girls getting to enjoy all the usual things kids do, such as music or ballet lessons, but did them in plac-es like Vienna or wherever their schedule allowed.

“Once you get into it, you don’t think about not having a base. Your base is where you are,” Gosselin explains.

As the kids grew older and approached school age, the family decided it was time for a change. In September 2014 they moved to Edmonton, Gosselin’s hometown, where Masuda has set up a clinic and the children are enrolled in school.

Gosselin hasn’t decided his next move. A recent 15-year reunion with his U of A classmates brought together colleagues working in a variety of roles and locations—private clinics, small towns, as administra-tors, hospital staff—only reinforcing that his options abound.

For now, Gosselin is acclimatizing to being in one place and enjoying Edmonton’s newfound energy and vibe.

One thing is certain, the family will travel again. Mov-ing all the time came with a rhythm, like a “season change,” and it’s only a matter of time before they get that ‘I need to move feeling,’ he says.

“Three months back and already I’m feeling that.”

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Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic glensatherclinic.ualberta.ca

The Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic at the University of Alberta is one of Canada’s leading multidisciplinary clinics serving the needs of active people with musculoskeletal, sport and exercise-related concerns.

Everyone from novice runners to weekend warriors to high-performance athletes can access our services and receive treatment from physicians, surgeons, physical therapists, kinesiologists, massage therapists, orthotists and nurses. Having all this expertise under one roof is not only convenient for patients, it ensures the best possible care from an initial assessment and diagnosis through to treatment and rehabilitation.

The Glen Sather is a teaching clinic for students, learners and clinicians from the faculties of Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Education & Recreation and Medicine & Dentistry. The research mandate of the clinic is to advance knowledge in ambulatory musculoskeletal, sport and exercise medicine and rehabilitation outcomes-based research.

INSTITUTES& CENTRES

The Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic is one of Canada’s top multidisciplinary clinics serving the needs of active people with musculoskeletal, sports and exercise-related concerns.

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The Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR) is one of the world’s leading centres that specializes in the treatment and research of stuttering, a communication disorder that affects an estimated 30,000 Albertans and 290,000 Canadians.

In 2013-14, ISTAR’s staff of highly skilled and specialized speech-language pathologists helped 419 children, teens and adults from around the world—life-changing treatment that not only helped people improve their speech but speak with increased confidence. Our researchers also con-tinued their work to advance our understanding of the role of genetics, brain development and motor learning in stuttering.

As a not-for-profit clinic, ISTAR’s offices in Edmonton and Calgary could not exist without the generous support of our community partners, who helped raise more than $280,000 to ensure our innovative speech therapy programs are available to everyone who needs it—regardless of their ability to pay or where in Alberta they live.

Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research istar.ualberta.ca

Distance treatment from anywhere: A partnership between ISTAR and TELUS Edmonton Community Foundation allows clients like 11-year-old Connor Franklin to receive speech and language treatment without having to travel to ISTAR’s offices in Edmonton or Calgary.

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Q: What is your area of research?My research includes both clinical and experimental components, and focuses on: • Military resilience as it relates to operational

readiness and maintaining optimal health• Mental health impairments due to military service• Traumatic brain injury acquired in military

operational environment

Q: Why is this work important?These research directions address the most pressing health problems facing Canadian Armed Forces per-sonnel and veterans. Of the total active service and veteran population, an estimated 10 to 30 per cent of the members deployed will develop stress injuries, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depressive disorder, or will suffer from concus-sion / blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI). These types of injuries have historically proven difficult to detect and treat, and their diagnoses often come with negative social stigmas.

Focused, world-class research is one of our cornerstones in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. Our research chairs are leading the way with their efforts to improve our understanding of low-back pain, spinal function, bone and joint injuries, and health issues affecting military personnel, veterans and Canadians as a whole.

Q: Tell us what you’ve been up to in the last year.We continued our long-term study that measures resilience, both mental and cognitive, in military and veteran populations at multiple time points, in different operational environments to identify those who are at risk from PTSD and other mental health impairments, or are experiencing consequences of multiple concus-sions or blast exposures. This study, which is unique in the world, already provides valuable information about the effects of military operational stressors on the soldiers’ mental health and the data will be used to develop a predictive system and a customized program for individuals at risk.

Q: What is the next big research challenge you hope to address?Mental health impairments such as PTSD often develop in parallel with blast-induced concussion. Diagnosing and treating such a complex condition is extremely challenging. Our experimental and clinical studies, using state-of-the-art research technology such as magnetic resonance imaging and whole-body microscopy, address some of the essential mechanisms underlying chronic degenerative consequences of blast exposures.

RESEARCH

Ibolja Cernak, PhDChair in Military and Veterans’ Clinical Rehabilitation

Research Chairs

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Greg Kawchuk, PhDCanada Research Chair in Spinal Function

Jacqueline Hebert, MDAssociate Research Chair in Clinical Rehabilitation

Q: What is your area of research?A: My research interest is to find the best way to mea-sure how well someone’s back is working. We have so many ways to do this for different organ systems like the heart, but when it comes to the back, we have yet to find the perfect ‘ruler.’

Q: Why is this work important?If you can’t measure how the spine is working, how do you know when—or if—to intervene? Putting a number on spinal function gives us the chance to determine if various therapies improve back problems, and by how much.

Q: Tell us what you’ve been up to in the last year. This has been a year of collaboration with several international groups interested in the same questions. By sharing resources and pooling strengths, we have a much better chance of succeeding. Q: What is the next big research challenge you hope to address?Personalized health care to address musculoskeletal problems of the spine. Right now, we tend to treat back problems using a herd mentality—if it’s good for one person with back pain, it’s good for everyone. In reality though, not every treatment is effective for every person. Unfortunately, we don’t yet know how to match the most appropriate treatment to the patient standing in front of us. Our next big research chal-lenge is to get the right care to the right patient at the right time.

Q: What is your area of research?My work focuses on making bionic arms a reality by improving the use of advanced prosthetic devices following limb amputation. What we’re trying to do, basically, is make bionic limbs that can feel.

Q: Why is this work important?Improving upper limb function is the biggest challenge in limb loss so our work has the potential to enhance quality of life. We also hope our work will translate to improved lower-limb function, and all levels of limb loss. Our experiences with patients teach us a lot about how the brain and body recover after amputation.

Q: Tell us what you have been up to in the last year.I have been working mainly on our National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to integrate physiologically relevant joint position feedback into prosthetic limbs. We have a major article submission in progress that we are very excited about, as it’s a major breakthrough that we are very proud of.

Q: What is the next big research challenge you hope to address?2015 will be a very exciting year for us. New funding from True Patriot Love will allow us to develop better approaches to using the advanced prosthetic technol-ogy that we possess. We hope this will allow us to take a leap forward in how prosthetic devices are assessed and used for individual patients.

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Faculty-level researchOur faculty-level appointees—Kim Adams, David Bennett, Ibolja Cernak and Karim Fouad—continue to make outstanding contributions through their scholarly pursuits and research publications. Their efforts have a direct impact on the health and well-being of Albertans and pushing the boundaries of knowledge.

Kim Adams, PhD, continues to mentor children through her involvement in the First LEGO League and helping them discover how robots can address some of our most important health challenges. This is the perfect complement to her research using technology

to help children with special needs learn and play, including new projects awarded funding from CIHR/NSERC and the Glenrose Research Foundation.

Dave Bennett, PhD was successful in his application to CIHR to further his work into understanding changes that occur in neurons below a spinal cord injury to help enhance recovery of motor function. Bennett was also successful in his co-application to the United States Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

Karim Fouad, PhD, continues his efforts to study the mechanisms of recovery and neuroplasticity after

Q: What is your area of research?My primary clinical and research interests have been in common low-back pain problems and their un-derlying conditions and mitigating factors. My focus has been on factors influencing the occurrence, progression and outcomes of common, painful condi-tions of the lower back. I hope that by improving our understanding in this area we can find more rational, effective prevention and treatment approaches and well-founded health policy.

Q: Why is this work important?Low-back pain is among the most common of all mus-culoskeletal health problems and currently has the dubious distinction of being the leading cause of days living with disability, globally.

Q: Tell us what you’ve been up to in the last year.Over the past year my research has examined genetic, behavioural and environmental factors associated with degenerative changes of the lumbar spine, including the intervertebral disc, vertebra, endplate and paraspinal muscle, and their links to back symptoms. My group also completed a study of the heritability of lumbar spinal stenosis. This is the first study to estimate the magnitude of genetic influences on this common spinal condition in older adults, revealing that it is a highly genetic condition.

Q: What is the next big research challenge you hope to address?I am sitting on a mountain of data from several longi-tudinal studies that have recently come to completion and I need to dedicate time to analyses and disseminating our findings. These studies have been in the works for many years, including a 15-year follow-up of the de-velopment and risk factors of lumbar spine degenera-tion and symptoms, and a five-year follow-up study of prognostic factors for lumbar spinal stenosis outcomes of pain, disability and health-related quality of life.

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Michele Crites Battié, PhDCanada Research Chair in Common Spinal Disorders

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Q: What is your area of research?As a research-clinician with over 20 years experience in clinical trials and translational research, my re-search has focused on measuring physical function in individuals with musculoskeletal disorders (predom-inantly osteoarthritis and low-back pain), endocrine disorders and cachexia. More recently, my focus has shifted towards developing and evaluating innovative models of integrated, interprofessional, musculoskel-etal care for the province of Alberta.

Q: Why is this work important?Alberta currently spends 48 per cent of its provincial budget on health care. This rate of spending is un-sustainable. The cost of clinical care, especially for musculoskeletal health problems, continues to rise as Canada’s population ages. However, the increased costs are not entirely due to increased demand for service. There is an opportunity to improve the health-care system, using evidence-based practice and prac-tice-based evidence to improve efficiencies, cost and

patient outcomes. The work I am involved with now is fully integrated into Alberta’s health-care system which serves just under four million people.

Q: Tell us what you’ve been up to in the last year.As scientific director of the Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network, we secured $1.5 million from Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Health System (PRIHS). One of the grants, SpineAc-cess Alberta (co-investigators are Leah Phillips and Greg Kawchuk) involves a team of more than 70 people focused on providing early access to multidisciplinary team-based care with an objective of significantly improving quality outcomes. The other grant, Opti-mizing Centralized Intake to Improve Arthritis Care for Albertans (with co-investigator Deborah Marshall), will allow us to identify, implement and evaluate the optimal system for Albertans who suffer from osteoar-thritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Q: What is the next big research challenge you hope to address?Projects such as those described above can help us create the structure to answer whether a particular system provides patients with faster access, better quality of care and are more cost-effective to manage this way. Making a difference for each patient means getting them the right provider, at the right time, for the right care, as fast as we possibly can.

spinal cord injury, and was successful in a co-application to CIHR and an award from the Alberta Paraplegic Foundation.

Ibolja Cernak, PhD, Chair in Military and Veterans’ Clinical Rehabilitation, continues to focus on the care and welfare of soldiers and veterans. She is leading efforts to create the Centre for Traumatic Brain Injury and Military Research at the U of A, which when complete will be the first of its kind in Canada and help advance our understanding of blast-induced brain injuries.

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Calling it a careerFormer dean, assistant dean and several faculty and staff retire after decades of work that advanced rehabilitation teaching, learning and research.

RETIREMENTS

Al Cook, professor (dean from 1994-2007)Al Cook barely knew his big sister Elizabeth, sent away from the family home in Colorado for being born “an idiot.” That’s how people with intellectual disabilities were labelled in the 1930s, when marginalization and institutionalization were the standard in care.

By the time Elizabeth turned 12, she was incarcerated as an inmate in the State Home and Training School for Mental Defectives.

“At the time, the only way people with intellectual disabilities were handled, the only way families could deal with them was institutionalization. There were no resources or help in the community,” Cook remembers.

In 1968, Cook’s son Brian was born with what was then called mental retardation. Attitudes about disabilities had advanced since Elizabeth was born, but only to a certain point. When his wife Nancy went for a postnatal checkup, her doctor blamed her for Brian’s condition.

“There was no medical diagnosis of what went wrong,” Cook remembers.

Brian’s arrival not only affected life at home but Cook’s career decisions as a young biomedical engineer inter-ested in the neurosciences.

“I realized there were technologies that could be used to help people with disabilities. That’s what got me into rehab in the first place, and assistive technologies,” he said.

While at California State University in Sacramento, Cook began collaborating with a speech-language patholo-gist, using technology to help people with disabilities communicate. Those collaborations later expanded to include a psychologist and Cook went on to serve as co-director of the Assistive Device Center in Sacramento.

In the early 1980s, the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital hired Cook as a consultant to evaluate possible services in assistive technology—efforts that led to the creation of the I Can Centre in 1983. Those interactions later influenced him to apply for the dean’s position in Rehab Med.

As dean, Cook led the faculty through the difficult and politically sensitive transition from offering undergrad-uate degrees to graduate programs. His tenure also coincided with an increase in funding that allowed the faculty to expand its recruitment and research focus.

Cook also served in a variety of senior leadership roles on campus, including chair of the Health Sciences Council, but through it all continued to focus on his research and using robots to help children with disabili-ties learn and engage in play.

Since retiring and relocating to California, Cook has used his newfound time to focus on writing a new book about how views of intellectual disability changed during Elizabeth’s and Brian’s lifetimes, from the eugen-ics movement to Nazism to a 1940s speech delivered to the American Psychiatric Association that called for the killing of all disabled children under five.

“Looking at differences in Brian’s life and Elizabeth’s life is reassuring that we can make progress,” says Cook, but adds we have a long, long way to go.

And although he’s now removed from campus, the U of A remains close to his heart.

“I love the U of A. That was probably the most rewarding 20 years of my life. It’s an amazing institution and I’m very proud of the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. It’s a remarkable place where really good things happen.”

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Brian and Al Cook share a moment in May 2008.

Yagesh Bhambhani, OT professorYagesh Bhambhani has been with Rehab Med since 1986 and has been a full-time professor since 1997. His research focused primarily on the acute and chronic physiological responses to different modes of exercise in healthy subjects and individuals with chronic disabil-ities. He will miss interacting with faculty from all three departments and the challenging questions posed by his students in the classroom. In retirement, he looks forward to travelling internationally, playing lots of ten-nis and keeping physically fit.

Johanna Darrah, PT professorJohanna Darrah first began as a graduate student at the U of A in 1987 and has been a faculty member since 1997. Her research revolved around three broad topics: typical infant gross motor development; rehabilitation issues for children with motor disabilities and their families; and the transition to adulthood for children and youth with motor disabilities. Above all else, she will miss the people at Corbett Hall when she leaves but looks forward to “living more mindfully” in retirement.

Carol Ebert, administrationCarol Ebert got her start at the U of A in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry in 1975, but we remember her most for her administrative contributions to Rehab Med. Though she will miss all the staff at Corbett Hall, espe-cially her colleagues in the dean’s office, she’s looking forward to being on island time—literally! Ebert and her husband moved to Vancouver Island the day after she finished work.

Joyce Magill-Evans, OT professorJoyce Magill-Evans was a full-time academic staff member for 25 years, during which time her work focused on children and their families. She also mentored undergraduate and graduate students as they prepared to make a difference in the lives of their clients. Magill-Evans jokes she’ll miss marking and meetings, but really, she will truly miss working with an amazing interdisciplinary group of colleagues. In the next phase of her life, she looks forward to focusing on the needs of her family while determining how best to use her skills and passions.

Masako Miyazaki, OT associate professorMasako Miyazaki has been at the U of A since 1977. During her time at Rehab Med, her work focused on the research and development of wireless wearable physio-logical monitors. The things she’ll miss most about the faculty are the bright minds and great humour of people she got to work with. Though Miyazaki has retired, she’s not sure if she’ll ever “retire”— this part of her life is just a change in speed and focus.

Phyllis Schneider, CSD professorPhyllis Schneider has been with been at the U of A for 25 years where her work focused on children’s storytelling abilities. Though she will miss the faculty, students and staff, she looks forward to having the time to embark on new adventures, including travel and volunteering.

Katherine Shuttle, administrationKatherine Shuttle has worked in the administration field for various faculties at the U of A since 1984 and has been with the Department of Occupational Therapy since 2001. She will miss working in a beautiful building surrounded by people with beautiful spirits the most. Shuttle loves the energy that surrounds the U of A, and Corbett Hall in particular.

Anita Yates, assistant dean Anita Yates’s career with Rehab Med spanned 42 years in a variety of administrative roles. Her most recent work as assistant dean focused on balancing the budget, exploring new initiatives, and day-to-day operations. She will miss the great people here and the beautiful Corbett Hall building, but will enjoy her free time running, cycling, swimming and doing yoga. She’s also excited to spend more time with family, travelling (especially to warmer climates in the winter) and cooking.

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Rehabilitation Research Centre rehabilitation.ualberta.ca/rrc

The Rehabilitation Research Centre (RRC) specializes in supporting and undertaking health-related research both on and off campus, covering a wide range of topics. In addition to student and faculty researchers at the U of A, our external clients represent industries such as health care, rehabilitation, biomedical engineering, government, pharmaceuti-cal science, construction and transportation.

RRC is comprised of experts including quantitative and qualitative research associates, project-specific research affiliates and represen-tatives from the faculty, and together they ensure that the best method-ological and analytical strategies are carried out on any given project.

The RRC prepared a new workforce planning report for Alberta that identifies a need for an internationally educated physical therapists training program to address an emerging skills shortage that’s facing the province.

Jana Rieger, a speech-language pathologist in the Department of Com-munication Sciences and Disorders, was awarded $1.9 million from the Alberta Cancer Foundation to help improve the quality of life of head and neck cancer survivors. The five-year project was selected out of a pool of 12 applicant teams.

After life-saving treatment, patients require reconstructive surgery to re-store their appearance and essential functions such as the ability to speak, chew and swallow food. Swallowing impairments often lead to nutritional deficiencies or tube-feeding dependencies and rehab for these patients can include countless hours and trips to clinics for assessments.

Rieger will be testing a technology that can be used remotely and com-fortably in a patient’s home and utilizes an adhesive sensor applied under the jaw to send patient data to health-care professionals, anywhere in the province. This will allow patients to be more independent during and after treatment, while still receiving the care they need.

“It’s an important conversation about whether we’ve done enough for the survivors of head and neck defects and the medical community has really embraced the new mission of doing more,” says Rieger, research director at the Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine (iRSM). “Of course the first focus will always be a cure. But now we all understand that’s just the start. After their treatment, after they survive, we must do our best to give patients back as much of their lives as possible.”

(With files from the Alberta Cancer Foundation)

Smoothing the road to recovery for cancer survivors

Speech-language pathologist Jana Rieger is exploring how technology can improve the quality of life of head and neck cancer survivors with swallowing impairments.

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Alberta Children’s HospitalAlexandra Marine and General HospitalAutism Association of Western AustraliaBC Family Hearing Resource SocietyCalgary Board of EducationCentennial Centre for Mental Health & Brain InjuryCentral Okanagan School DistrictCentre for Child Development (Langley)Chinook Regional HospitalCommunity Health - CentralCommunity Accessible RehabilitationCommunity Health - CalgaryCommunity Health ServicesCommunity Health Services-Public HealthCommunity Rehabilitation ServicesConseil scolaire Centre-NordCorbett Hall Early Education Program (CHEEP)Cowichan Valley School DistrictDr. Vernon Fanning CentreDeer Lodge CentreDurham District School BoardEdmonton Catholic SchoolsEdmonton Public SchoolsElk Island Public SchoolsFawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute (Kuwait)

Foothills Medical CentreGlenrose Rehabilitation HospitalGrande Prairie Public SchoolsGreater Saskatoon Catholic SchoolsGreater Victoria School DistrictGrey Nuns Community Hospital & Health CentreHealth Care Corporation of St. John’sHealth Sciences CentreHillmorton High School (New Zealand)Interior Health Authority - Community Health ServicesInstitute for Stuttering Treatment and ResearchKamloops/Thompson School DistrictKelowna General HospitalKinsmen Children’s CentreKootenay Boundary Regional HospitalLangley School DistrictLeduc Community Hospital & Health CentreMedicine Hat Regional HospitalMisericordia Community Health CentreNorthumberland Hills HospitalNorthwest School DivisionOkanagan Skaha School DistrictParkland School DivisionPeter Lougheed CentrePrairie Spirit School Division

Providence Child Development SocietyQueen Elizabeth II HospitalRed Deer Regional Hospital CentreRenfrew Educational ServicesRichmond Road DiagnosticRiverview Health CentreRockyview General HospitalRoyal Alexandra HospitalRoyal Inland HospitalRoyal University HospitalRoyal Victoria HospitalRural Centres - CalgarySt. James Assiniboia School DivisionSHARE Speech & Language TherapySaskatoon City HospitalSaskatoon Public SchoolsSeven Oaks School DivisionSheldon Chumir CentreSpeech Language Pathology Services in Seniors HealthSouth Health CampusSunrise Health AuthorityTwo Hills Health CentreUniversity Of Alberta HospitalWinnipeg Regional Health Authority

Communication Sciences and Disorders (formerly known as Speech Pathology and Audiology)

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Abbotsford Regional HospitalActive Body Centre, New Zealand Active Physio Works - Dynamic Active Physio Works - Kensington Active Physio Works - St. Albert Alberta Children’s Hospital Alberta Hospital Edmonton Alberta Physical Therapy Clinic Allied Health Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured Beaumont Physiotherapy & Sports Injury ClinicBonnyville Health CentreBowden Physiotherapy & GymBrooks Health CentreCalgary Sports TherapyCamrose Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic Canmore General HospitalCapitalCare, DickensfieldCapitalCare, GrandviewCapitalCare, NorwoodCapitalCare, Strathcona Care Centre Capital Health Centre P.C, NBCBI - Burnewood Physical Therapy CBI - Calgary CentralCBI - Calgary Foothills Industrial CBI - Calgary North EastCBI - Calgary South CBI - Edmonton NW CBI - Edmonton SE CBI - ErindaleCBI - Hospital Side-Red Deer CBI - Medicine HatCBI - Red DeerCBI - ReMedCentennial Centre for Mental Health & Brain Injury Child Development CentreChinook Regional HospitalClearwater PhysiotherapyCold Lake Healthcare CentreCommunity Accessible Rehabilitation Central Community Accessible Rehabilitation North Community Accessible Rehabilitation SouthCommunity Health, CamroseCommunity Health Centres - CalgaryCommunity Health Centres - Red DeerCommunity Neurorehab ServicesCommunity Rehabilitation Interdisciplinary Services, Edmonton Cooper Physiotherapy ClinicCoronation PhysiotherapyCross Cancer InstituteCSA PhysiotherapyCura Physical TherapiesDaysland Community Health CentreDidsbury District Health ServicesDiverse Sports Physical Therapy

Dr. Vernon Fanning CentreDrayton Valley Hospital and Care CentreEdgeworth CentreEdmonton Musculoskeletal CentreEdmonton Public SchoolsEmpower Physical RehabilitationExcel Physical TherapyFawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute, KuwaitFt. Saskatchewan Community HospitalGF Strong Rehabilitation CentreGlenrose Rehabilitation HospitalGrande Cache Community Health ComplexQueen Elizabeth II Hospital, Grande PrairieGrey Nuns Community HospitalHealthPointe Rehabilitation & Sport TherapyHigh River Health ServicesHinton Healthcare CentreHome Care Seniors Centre - Calgary RegionHome Living Program, EdmontonInnisfail Health CentreInuvik Regional Hospital, NWTJasper Physiotherapy and Health CentreKinsmen Sports Centre Physical Therapy ClinicLacombe Hospital Care CentreLacombe Physiotherapy ClinicLamont Health Care CentreLifemark - Academy PlaceLifemark - Athabasca CentreLifemark - ChestermereLifemark - Genesis PlaceLifemark - Heritage HillLifemark - InstituteLifemark - KingswayLifemark - Lake BeaumarisLifemark - Max Bell ArenaLifemark - Mayor MagrathLifemark - MillwoodsLifemark - Mira Health Centre Lifemark - Quarry ParkLifemark - Southland Leisure Centre Lifemark - SpringboroughLifemark - SpringHill Sport Physiotherapy Lifemark - Stony PlainLifemark - Sunpark PlazaLifemark - Sunridge WayLifemark - Talisman CentreLifemark - Village Square Mall Lifemark - Willow BrookMayerthorpe Healthcare Centre Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Misericordia Community Health Centre Momentum Health Physiotherapy Northern Lights Regional Health Centre Nose Creek Sport Physical Therapy Oilfields General HospitalOrion HealthPanther Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Centres

Partners in RehabPeace River Community Health CentrePeak Physical TherapyPeter Lougheed CentrePincher Creek Health CentrePindara Physiotherapy Sports Medicine, Australia Pivotal Physiotherapy, Edmonton Pivotal Physiotherapy, Ft. SaskatchewanPonoka Hospital and Care CentrePrairieview PhysiotherapyProvost Health CentrePT Health - Advantage AspenPT Health - Advantage Corporate SportPT Health - Advantage Royal OakPT Health - Market MallPT Health - Maximum Potential PhysiotherapyRed Deer Regional Hospital CentreRehabilitation & Rheumatology Hospital, Sri Lanka Rocky Mountain Rehab & Sports Medicine Clinic Rockyview General HospitalRoyal Alexandra HospitalRoyal Columbian HospitalSeton Jasper Healthcare CentreShaunavon Hospital & Care Centre Sheldon Chumir CentreSherwood CareSilverado Sport Physiotherapy Slave Lake Healthcare CentreSt. Boniface HospitalSt. Mary’s HospitalStan Cassidy Centre for RehabilitationStanton Territorial HospitalSturgeon Community HospitalSummerside Children’s Sport and PhysiotherapySundre Hospital and Care CentreSupportive Living, CalgarySupportive Living, EdmontonSurakarta Health Polytechnic, IndonesiaTamarack Physical TherapyTwo Hills Health CentreUniversity of Alberta - Corbett ClinicUniversity of Alberta - Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic University of Alberta HospitalVermilion Health CentreVulcan Community Health centreWascana Rehabilitation CentreWest End PhysiotherapyWestlock Healthcare CentreWestview Health CentreWetaskiwin Hospital and Care CentreWhitecourt Healthcare CentreWCB Alberta - Millard Health Rehabilitation Centre

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Alberta Children’s Hospital Alberta Hospital Edmonton Acquired Brain Injury EdmontonMental Health and Addictions CalgaryMental Health and Addictions EdmontonAlberta Health Services Psychiatric Consulting Services Anusarnsunthorn School, Thailand Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, AustraliaArthritis Society Alberta & NWTAssertive Community Treatment TeamAutism Services Mental Health CentreBanff - Mineral Springs HospitalBattlefords Union Hospital FoundationBeverly Centre Lake MidnaporeBethany CalgaryBethany CollegeSideBoyle Street Community ServicesBuffalo Trail Public SchoolsBurnaby HospitalCamp WinstonCampbell River HospitalExtendicare Eaux ClairesExtendicare HillcrestExtendicare LeducF.A.C.T. ServicesFanning Continuing CareFather Lacombe Continuing CareFawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute, KuwaitFoothills Medical CentreFunction 1st PediatricsGeorge Spady CentreGF Strong Rehabilitation CentreGlenrose Rehabilitation HospitalGood Samaritan Southgate Care CentreGood Samaritan - Dr. Gerald Zetter Care CentreCapitalCare GrandviewCamrose Home CareCape Breton Regional HospitalCariboo Memorial Hospital CASA HouseCBI Health GroupCanadian Armed ForcesCanadian Mental Health AssociationCapitalCare DickensfieldCapitalCare LynnwoodCapitalCare NorwoodCapitalCare Strathcona CampusCarewest Sarcee Continuing CareCentennial Centre for Mental Health & Brain InjuryChild and Adolescent Addiction and Mental HealthChilliwack Home Health Chilliwack General HospitalChinook Regional HospitalChinook School DivisionCitadel Care CentreCommunity Accessible Rehabilitation

Community Integrated Health ServicesCommunity Rehabilitation ServicesCommunity Services - SaskatoonCommunity Services Southern AlbertaCross Cancer Institute Daysland Health CentreDianne & Irving Kipnes Centre for VeteransEdmonton Public Schools Greater Niagara General HospitalGreater St. Albert Catholic SchoolsGrey Nuns Community HospitalHigh River General HospitalHighland Hospice, ScotlandHIV Community Link CalgaryHIV EdmontonHlutverkasetur, Iceland Home Care CalgaryHome Care Drayton ValleyHome Care OldsHomeLiving Edmonton Huoy Pong School, ThailandInverurie Hospital, ScotlandKelowna General HospitalKelsey Trail Health RegionKhmer Child Foundation, CambodiaKinsmen Children’s CentreLadysmith Community Health CentreLeduc Community Health CentreLifeMark Health - CalgaryLifeMark Health - EdmontonLurana Shelter SocietyMary Pack Arthritis CentreMedicine Hat Regional Hospital Millwoods Care CentreMisericordia Community Hospital Moose Jaw HospitalMount St. Joseph Hospital Mustard Seed CalgaryNanaimo Regional General HospitalNapa State Hospital, CaliforniaNew Heights School & Learning ServicesNipawin HospitalNorthern Alberta Regional Health ServicesNorthern Lights Regional Health CentreNorthwest School Division Olds Hospital and Care Centre Orion HealthOT 4 KidsThe Ottawa HospitalParkridge Centre Special Care HomePasqua HospitalPeace River Community Health CentrePeter Lougheed CentrePonoka Hospital and Care CentrePopulation Health - Alberta Health ServicesPrairie Spirit School DivisionPrairie Valley School DivisionProvidence Children’s Centre Providence Renewal CentreQueen Elizabeth II HospitalRanch Ehrlo SocietyRed Deer Regional Hospital Centre

Regina General HospitalRegional Psychiatric CentreRehab and Retreat Renfrew Educational Services Ridge Meadows HospitalRockyview General Hospital Rosetown & District Primary Health CentreRoyal Alexandra HospitalRoyal Columbian HospitalRoyal Jubilee HospitalRoyal University HospitalRural Community TherapiesSensational KidsSeven Oaks General HospitalSheldon M. Chumir Health CentreShellbrook Health CentreSherbrooke Community Centre Sherbrook Health Centre Simply OTSaskatchewan Community Health ServicesSaskatchewan Mental Health ServicesSaskatchewan Regional Home Care Saskatoon City HospitalSchizophrenia Society of AlbertaSeniors Association of Greater EdmontonSky Pediatric Therapy, CaliforniaSouth Calgary Health CampusSt. Joseph’s Hospital of EstevanSt. Mary’s Hospital St. Michael’s HospitalSt. Paul’s Hospital St. Joseph’s Health CentreSt. Therese - St. Paul Healthcare CentreSturgeon Community HospitalSturgeon School Division Supportive Living EdmontonSurakarta Health Polytechnic, Indonesia Surrey Mental HealthTatagwa View Health CentreTheraplayTofield Health CentreToronto Rehab Touchmark at WedgewoodUniversidad del Rosario, Colombia University of Alberta HospitalVancouver General HospitalVancouver Island Home and Community CareVegreville Care CentreVermilion HospitalVernon HospitalVictoria HospitalWascana Centre Westlock Continuing Care CentreWestlock Healthcare CentreWestView Health CentreWetaskiwin Hospital and Care Centre Wing Kei Care CentreWorkers’ Compensation Board - Alberta Yorkton District Health Centre

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315% The Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research (ISTAR) saw a 315% increase in distance speech and language treatment since the purchase of new polycom equipment two years ago. The purchase was made possible thanks to a $20,000 grant from the TELUS Edmonton Community Foundation.

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Alumni enjoyed a chance to catch up and reconnect during Alumni Weekend. We eagerly look forward to seeing many more familiar faces during this during

Alumni Weekend 2015, Sept. 24-27.

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Clinicians enrolled in our Continuing Professional Education courses between July 2013 and August 2014. Our complement of learning opportunities continues to

meet the needs of a range of health professionals.

HOME SWEET HOMEIn April 2014, the Government of Alberta provided permanent funding for our satellite occupational therapy and physical therapy sites in Calgary and Camrose.

2013-2014AT A GLANCE

2,089Likes on the Faculty of Rehab Med’s Facebook page. Our

likes increased 47% year-over-year this past academic year. Visit us at www.facebook.com/UofARehabMedicine

14Students completed the inaugural year of the

Alberta Internationally Educated Physiotherapists Bridging Program. This program gives students the educational

and clinical experiences they need to practise in Canada.

TECH INNOVATIONLester Lim of the Rehab Med Technology Group received the

University of Alberta Information Technology Leadership Award, which recognizes an individual each year for their leadership or

innovation in the adoption of technology, fostering a supportive team environment and possessing a strong record of mentoring.

OLYMPIC DEBUTAlumnusTyson Plesuk, MScPT ‘07, served the medical lead and head physiotherapist of the Canadian Skeleton team at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

34Students from medicine, pharmacy, nursing and science at Al-Jouf University in Al-Jawf, Saudi Arabia, spent six weeks learning about issues such as managing pain, stroke rehabilitation and spinal cord injury. The visit was part of the Health Sciences Visiting International Program, a pilot offered by University of Alberta International in partnership with Rehab Med and the School of Public Health.

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