Mark Rochon Distinguished Lecture: Implementation of Evidence-Based Stroke Rehabilitation Research: Real-World Success with Complex Protocols
Speaker: Professor Janice Eng
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Biography
Janice Eng is a University Killam Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Canada Research Chair in Neurological Rehabilitation at the University of British Columbia and Director of the Rehabilitation Research Program at the GF Strong Rehab Centre. She has clinical training in physical therapy and occupational therapy. She is the co-lead of the CanStroke Recovery Clinical Trials Platform. She has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers. Two of her stroke exercise programs, GRASP for improving arm and hand function and FAME for improving fitness and mobility, are used in over 50 countries. Of local relevance, she completed her masters in biomedical engineering at the University of Toronto, and taught many years ago in the University of Toronto Physical Therapy Program.