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Belated Welcome to Marie Cummings
Marie handles the details of financial processing, financial record keeping, and record retrieval for the Department. Marie also assists staff with diverse work projects, as required. Marie joined the...
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Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of a Student-Led Clinic within Fraser Health
Students with Hyman Gee (Right) Happy Anniversary Student Run Outpatient Clinic and clinic supervisor, Hyman Gee! Time and time again, students comment “My placement at Queen’s Park Student-Led Clinic...
View ArticleKlari Varallyai, Inaugural Recipient of the Lifetime Contribution to Clinical...
Klari Varallyai, has spent her entire professional career contributing to clinical practice.
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Restoring Breath to the Breathless
Michelle Schaeffer is currently a Post-doctoral fellow in the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology Lab. Her research is focused on the mechanisms of dyspnea and exercise intolerance in patients with...
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Jesse Charlton, MPT/PhD Student, Studying Osteoarthritis in the Real World
Jesse Charlton is currently an MPT/PhD student in the Graduate Programs in Rehabilitation Sciences. His research investigates how people with knee osteoarthritis learn walking pattern modifications,...
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The UBC Physical Therapy and Research Clinic: Update
We are working full steam ahead on the development and opening of the new student-led clinic in the Department of Physical Therapy: The UBC Physical Therapy and Research Clinic. Renovations began in...
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Meet Incoming Assistant Professor, Jackie Whittaker
Dr. Whittaker will join the Department in July 2019 expanding our musculoskeletal expertise. I undertook my clinical training as a physiotherapist at the University of Alberta, graduating in 1993....
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2019 MPT Program Info Session
REGISTER HERE Have you ever thought about a career in physical therapy? Come join us on November 13 to learn more about UBC’s Master of Physical Therapy program and how you go about pursuing a...
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Faculty and Staff Updates
Andrea Hardaker is job-sharing the Administration Manager role in the department, as well as acting the department’s project lead on the MPT Expansion. Andrea joined the department in July 2018 on a...
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The return of Alison Hoens in the position of Knowledge Broker
After two wonderful years on secondment to the BC SUPPORT Unit (https://bcsupportunit.ca/), I am excited to return to the Physical Therapy Knowledge Broker (PT KB) position to reignite existing...
View ArticleHome Exercise to Reduce Falls in Seniors
Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose is studying whether a home exercise program is a practical and cost-effective intervention that can improve outcomes in older people who have had a significant fall.
View ArticleFAME for Neurofitness at now at the Physical Therapy and Research Clinic
Fitness and Mobility Exercise (FAME) developed by Dr. Janice Eng fills a known gap in services for people with neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or stroke.
View ArticleUp and Running, UBC Physical Therapy & Research Clinic
Integration of research, student training and clinical practice co-existing in one space. Students, under the supervision of Clinical Faculty member Melissa Idle, are running community programs such as...
View ArticlePostdoctoral fellow, Sue Peters is examining balance one step at a time
Sue Peters received her PhD in the Rehabilitation Sciences program at the University of British Columbia. Her PhD training took place in the Brain Behaviour Lab. Currently, Dr. Peters is a postdoctoral...
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A Warm Welcome to the North!
By: Eric Bennett Eric is the PT Student Society (PTSS) President, a member of the Northern and Rural Cohort and a second year MPT student. The 2018-2020 NRC Cohort taking their annual photo in the...
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Lifting the Bar on Strength Training Behaviour Change
Jasmin Ma is currently a post-doctoral fellow with Dr. Linda Li in the department of Physical Therapy/Arthritis Research Canada. Her research is focused on supporting strength training behaviour...
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