Laboratories and Centres

Beyond the facilities available on campus generally, Health & Rehabilitation Sciences is home to a number of Centres and Laboratories that are designed to facilitate the research efforts of graduate students and their advisors. The following briefly summarizes the major laboratories available to students in each field of study.

Measurement and Methods Field

This field has the following resources available to students: the FHS Graduate Student Research Consulting Office, Health & Rehabilitation Measurement and Methods Lab, Health Measurement & Evidence-Based Practice Laboratory, and a recently CFI funded lab focusing development of clinical trials research methods.

Health Professional Education Field

This field of study is not equipment intensive; the faculty members associated with this field all hold research space that will be available to students. A key resource lab for students in this field is the Practice Dimensions Laboratory.

Health Promotion Field

This field includes faculty members from a variety of schools/programs in FHS. Currently, most of these faculty members have wellestablished laboratories, including the Barbara Brown Socioculture Research Centre, a laboratory for the study of mental imagery in sport and exercise, a laboratory for the study of health promotion processes, the Work Rehabilitation Laboratory, and a laboratory for the study of refinement of health care practice and policy.

Rehabilitation Sciences Field

A number of laboratories are available to support students in this field; these include: the Child Language Laboratory, the Laryngeal Endoscopy and Vocal Function Laboratory, the Voice Production Laboratory, the Physical Function & Aging Laboratory, the Clinical Exercise Physiology Assessment Laboratory, The Aging & Communication Laboratory, the Auto21 research Laboratory, the Occupation in Later Life Laboratory, the Occupational Biomechanics Laboratory, the Work Rehabilitation Laboratory, and the Occupational Performance Laboratory.

Child & Youth Health Field

This field has several well-established research laboratories available to support students. These include: the Human Motor Performance Laboratory, the Kid’s Skills/Occupational Competence Research Laboratory, and the Auto21 Research Laboratory.

Health & Aging Field

This field has several large key laboratory resources; these include: the CFI funded Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, the CFI funded Aging and Community Health Laboratory, the CFI funded National Centre for Audiology, the Occupation in Later Life Physiocology Assessment Laboratory, The Aging & Communication Laboratory, and the Physical Function & Aging Laboratory.

Occupational Science Field

The laboratories available to support students in this field include: the Client-Centered Practice Laboratory, the Auto21 Research Laboratory, the Kid’s Skills/Occupational Competence Research Laboratory, the Occupation in Later Life Laboratory, the Occupational Biomechanics Laboratory, the Work Rehabilitation Laboratory, and the Occupational Performance Laboratory.

Hearing Science Field

The primary laboratory resource available to students in this field is the CFI-funded National Centre for Audiology (NCA), which comprises several labs: the Amplification Systems Laboratory, the Child Amplification Laboratory, the Child Hearing Research Laboratory, the Hearing Science Laboratory, the Aural Rehabilitation Laboratory, and the Speech Communications Laboratory. The NCA also includes two recently CFI-funded laboratories: the Infant and Child Hearing Laboratory and the Signal Processing Laboratory. Within the NCA, several key resources to support student research are noteworthy, these include the anechoic chamber and laboratory, the electrophysiology laboratory, the software development laboratory, and the acoustic testing and measurement laboratory.

Speech & Language Science Field

The resources available to students in this field include: the Aging & Communication Laboratory, the Child Language Laboratory, the Oral Physiology Laboratory, and the Speech Physiology Laboratory. Several additional resources are available to support students in this field: the Cleft Palate Cranio-Facial Clinic, the Oro-Facial Rehabilitation Unit, and the Speech and Hearing Clinic.

Physical Therapy Field

Several well-established research laboratories are available to support students in this field. These include: the CFI-funded Wolf Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, the Physical Function & Aging Laboratory, the clinical Exercise Physiology Assessment Laboratory, the Neuromuscular Integration Research Laboratory, the Cardiopulmonary Laboratory, the Muscular Assessment Laboratory, the Pediatric Functional Motor Ability Laboratory, the Motor Control Laboratory, and the Wound Healing Laboratory.

In addition students in this field will have access to laboratories and clinical facilities at Parkwood Hospital and at the Hand and Upper Limb Clinic.