Rehabilitation Science Graduate Program
1400 Main St. W., IAHS Room 402 L8S 1C7 Hamilton, ON, Canada

Congratulations to RS faculty Dr. Briano Di Rezze on receiving an Early Career Award through Hamilton Health Sciences!

Congratulations to RS faculty Dr. Sandra Moll (PI) and co-investigators Dr. Luciana Macedo, and Susan Jakobson for their recent funding from the Ontario Ministry of Labour Occupational Health, Safety and Prevention Innovation Program for their project "Beyond Silence" - Peer led education to facilitate mental health support for Ontario's health care workers!

Congratulations to RS PhD student Sachi O'Hoski (sup. Dr. Marla Beauchamp), who won the Lisa Cicutto Best Poster Award by a student at the Ontario Lung Association Better Breathing conference last Friday!

Congratulations to RS faculty Dr. Ada Tang, co-PI with Marc Roig from McGill University and co-investigator Jennifer Crozier RS PhD student received funding from CIHR for their project Exercise intensity matters: a window of opportunity to promote neuro-recovery and cardiovascular health in stroke This study will use exercise to concurrently target brain health and cardiovascular health, two critical aspects of stroke recovery and secondary prevention!

RS faculty and SLP Assistant Dean Dr. Lyn Turkstra and the SLP Program was featured in MiNDS (the graduate program in Neuroscience), a newsletter that circulates periodically, who wrote about the SLP’s first Data Blitz!

Congratulations to faculty member Dr. Brenda Vrkljan, who is co-PI with her former post-doc Alex Crizzle (University of Saskatchewan) on their grant, Medically at risk drivers: The road to developing evidence based fitness to drive guidelines, which has been granted CIHR funding for 6 years!

Congratulations to faculty member Dr. Michelle Kho who has received $1.98 million from CIHR for her project CYCLE: An International, multi-centered randomized clinical trial of early in-bed cycling for mechanically ventilated patients!

Congratulations to faculty member, Prof. Carol DeMatteo, who was featured in a Hamilton Spectator for the article on Concussions, sports and kids the topic of discussion!

TODAY!! The School of Rehabilitation Science graduate programs is hosting its annual Open House TODAY in the 4th floor Atrium of the Institute for Applied Health Sciences. We will be featuring our students’ work, faculty profiles, and faculty will be available to talk to prospective students about their research. Light refreshments will also be served. We would love to see you there, and please feel free to share this post to anyone who would be interested in attending!... Applications for 2018 fall admission to the thesis-based Masters and Doctorate programs are due February 14, 2018. Applications to the course-based Masters program are due May 1, 2018. For more information please visit http://srs-mcmaster.ca/rehabilitation-science/.

Congratulations to faculty member Dr. Brenda Vrkljan, who's research has been featured in a number of venues, including the Hamilton Spectator for the article "McMaster commits to being an ‘age friendly university"!

Congratulations to RS student Stephanie Zubriski, who's article (part of her Master’s degree) was featured in the Hamilton Spectator!

CBC wrote a piece about recent appointments to the Order of Canada, and profiled our own Professor Emeritus Dr. Mary Law!

The School of Rehabilitation Science graduate programs is hosting its annual Open House on Wednesday January 17th from 1-4PM in the 4th floor Atrium of the Institute for Applied Health Sciences. We will be featuring our students’ work, faculty profiles, and faculty will be available to talk to prospective students about their research. Light refreshments will also be served. We would love to see you there, and please feel free to share this post to anyone who would be interested in attending! Applications for 2018 fall admission to the thesis-based Masters and Doctorate programs are due February 14, 2018. Applications to the course-based Masters program are due May 1, 2018. For more information please visit http://srs-mcmaster.ca/rehabilitation-science/.