December 10, 2020 A research study out of the Wolf Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory and led by Physical Therapy professor Trevor Birmingham has found that with the right exercise, working through the initial pain of osteoarthritis can be beneficial.
December 07, 2020 The FHS Anti-Racism Task Force is calling upon from within the Faculty to join the movement to dismantle whiteness, centre anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism and build intellectual empathy as a collective.
December 07, 2020 School of Health Studies professor Maxwell Smith has been appointed to the Government of Ontario’s Ministers’ COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force. The task force will oversee the delivery, storage and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Ontario.
November 26, 2020 It can take just pennies a day to motivate people to exercise more, and they will step up their efforts when teamed with a buddy to collect joint rewards, a Western University study shows.
November 04, 2020 Occupational Therapy professor Debbie Laliberte Rudman, the 2019 recipient of the Canadian Association of Occupational (CAOT) Therapists Muriel Driver Memorial Award, delivered the Muriel Driver Memorial Lecture on October 29, 2020.
October 28, 2020 Elaine Kwok completed her combined MClSc in Speech-Language Pathology and PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in June and was recently announced as a recipient of the Governor General's Academic Gold Medal. Congratulations, Elaine.
October 28, 2020 Congratulations to Kinesiology professor Michelle Mottola on being named a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. She is one of just three researchers from across the country to receive the honour this year.
October 09, 2020 Health and Rehabilitation Sciences PhD candidate Hoda Seens is conducting a study on mental health amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Preliminary results show that anxiety is up 56 per cent during the pandemic. She recently spoke with CTV News about the study.
October 09, 2020 Nursing student Emma Van Dyk can read text with the help of an eSight device she recently received as part of a scholarship with the CNIB Foundation.
September 28, 2020 The Western community is mourning the death of Sydney Legasy, 21, a third-year health sciences student, who died in London, Ont. on Tuesday, Sept. 22.
September 24, 2020 Kinesiology graduate students Madison Hiemstra and Kirsten Dillon are leading a study into best strategies for getting people who work from home to move more often.
September 24, 2020 Researchers from across the Faculty of Health Sciences are partnering with external organizations to find answers to real-world questions.
September 24, 2020 Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing professor Marilyn Ford-Gilboe is among this year's inductees into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
September 16, 2020 Western's Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing was well represented when the Canadian Academy of Nursing introduced its inaugural group of Fellows.
July 29, 2020 Angela Schneider, Director of Western's International Centre for Olympic Studies, spoke to CBC's Cost of Living to discuss the financial impact that the delay of the Olympic Games is having on the athletes who are chasing the Olympic dream.
July 29, 2020 Thanks to a generous $2.5-million donation from William and Lynne Gray to St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation, Western University and St. Joseph’s have partnered to establish the William and Lynne Gray Research Chair in Mobility & Activity within Western’s Faculty of Health Sciences.
July 20, 2020 Former University of Birmingham (U.K.) School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences professor Alison Rushton began her new role as director of Western’s School of Physical Therapy June 1.
July 17, 2020 Communication Sciences and Disorders professor Lisa Archibald has developed a unique, international online resource designed to promote common terminology, generate discussion and build awareness about Developmental Language Disorder.
July 07, 2020 Health Sciences MClSc/PhD students Taylor Bardell and Matthew Urichuk have designed a mask that helps community members community with people who rely on lip-reading.
July 02, 2020 In the final episode of a four-part video series featuring outstanding Western University researchers, Anatomy and Cell Biology professor Arthur Brown, discusses neuroplasticity and takes an optimist's approach to central nervous system therapeutics.
July 02, 2020 Nursing professor Cheryl Forchuk has been awarded the 2020 Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research, in recognition of her work in the area of recovery and community integration for people living with mental illness.
June 25, 2020 As a result of COVID-19, more people in North America are taking to cycling as a means of transportation. Kinesiology professor Harry Prapavessis and PhD candidate Wuyou Sui examine what this might look like in a post-pandemic world.
June 22, 2020 Through funding from the Western Research Catalyst Grant, Health Studies professor Tara Mantler will explore the impacts of COVID-19 physical distancing on women experiencing intimate partner violence.
June 19, 2020 Occupational Therapy professor Trish Tucker and Health Studies/Law professor Jacob Shelley were members of the research committee for the 2020 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. The results show that there is room for improvement in the activity level of Canadian kids.
June 09, 2020 Western's National Centre for Audiology is helping a London-based company teach health care professionals how to properly conduct COVID-19 nasal swab tests.
June 05, 2020 Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing professor Susana Caxaj, along with colleagues from Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Toronto, shared their thoughts on how Canada is stigmatizing and jeopardizing essential migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 03, 2020 In an article written for The Conversation, Kinesiology PhD student Anisa Morava, and a colleague from UBC, compare aerobic exercise and caffeine in terms of their impact on working memory.
May 13, 2020 Research, community involvement and technology are at the heart of a $5-million gift to Western from long-time donors and Western supporters Arthur and Sonia Labatt.
May 05, 2020 A study led by Occupational Therapy professor Carrie Anne Marshall showed that individuals facing homelessness, or have been recently housed, can be overwhelmingly affected by boredom, leading to poor mental health and the potential for drug use or suicide.
May 04, 2020 A new study, led by Western Health Studies professor Shauna Burke, will examine social media use and social connectedness during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the individual impact on all aspects of health and well-being.
May 04, 2020 In the context of social and physical distancing, Faculty of Health Sciences PhD candidates Anna Rudkovska and Wuyou Sui examine how new technologies can improve and alter relationships with ourselves and those around us.
April 29, 2020 Health and Rehabilitation Sciences PhD candidate Aimee Utuza has launched the Zirikana campaign to help more than 200 single Rwandan mothers access food during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 29, 2020 In an opinion piece written for CBC News, Health Studies professor Maxwell Smith tells us why a flatter curve does not mean we’ve won the COVID-19 battle.
April 29, 2020 A program to convert emergency shelter space into long-term affordable housing showed incredible benefits for the community’s most vulnerable, prompting a call from Western researchers to push for additional permanent housing solutions in emergency shelters nationwide.
April 29, 2020 Health Studies professor Maxwell Smith lent his expertise to an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit that examined the ethics, education and social impact of COVID-19.
April 29, 2020 Health Studies professor Marnie Wedlake penned a piece for The Conversation that explores how the sudden end to university life could impact final-year students.
April 29, 2020 Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing professor Abe Oudshoorn was interviewed by CTV London about homelessness and hotels during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 07, 2020 A new $1-million catalyst fund will support university research efforts focused on resilience and recovery from disease outbreaks – both related to the current COVID-19 pandemic and those beyond.
April 02, 2020 Health Studies professor Elysée Nouvet is currently leading a rapid qualitative study as part of the COVID-19 Research Roadmap – a social science working group convened by the World Health Organization (WHO).
April 02, 2020 After the medals are awarded, spectators and athletes return home and stadium lights shut off – what remains of the infrastructure and services developed for major athletic games when they leave town? Project Echo aims to shed light on just that.
March 27, 2020 In an article written for The Conversation, Health Studies professor Maxwell Smith and Kinesiology professor Laura Misener examine the ethical issues surrounding the postponement of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
March 15, 2020 In the third episode of a four-part video series featuring outstanding Western University researchers, Medical Biophysics professor Ravi Menon examines neuroimaging of concussion.
March 12, 2020 Western, and the Faculty of Health Sciences, takes its directives related to COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) from federal, provincial and local health authorities. The information below is intended specifically for faculty/staff/students of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and is intended to supplement Western's official advisories regarding COVID-19.
March 06, 2020 Occupational Therapy professor Gail Teachman serves as a co-investigator with VOICE (Views On Interdisciplinary Childhood Ethics), a McGill University-led initiative that identifies and develops strategies for addressing ethical concerns relating to young people.
March 06, 2020 Two Western research teams, led by members of the Faculty of Health Sciences have been named key players in an accelerated national effort to understand and control the spread of COVID-19.
March 05, 2020 Two areas from Western's Faculty of Health Sciences can count themselves among the Top 50 programs in the World, according to the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
March 03, 2020 Recent Western-led research has shown that the use of commercial apps providing small but immediate financial incentives can help people increase their activity levels over the long term, and decrease the number of Canadians classified as physically inactive.
February 28, 2020 Faculty of Health Sciences students Samah Osman, Amalka De Silva and Dwayne Francis, recently earned the top prize at Western’s World’s Challenge Challenge, a pitch competition that invites student teams to present their solutions to world issues.
February 27, 2020 Canadian women experiencing intimate partner violence benefited from the use of a personalized digital lifeline linking them to information, supports and help, according to a new study into the use of the online tool by Western Nursing professor Marilyn Ford-Gilboe.
February 26, 2020 Can victims of abuse in sport trust sport organizations to carry out independent, qualified investigations? Kinesiology PhD candidate Taylor McKee examines this question in an article written for The Conversation.
February 25, 2020 Western bioethicist Maxwell Smith is on the frontlines of that decision-making as one of the World Health Organization’s top experts.
February 24, 2020 Be EPIC, a research program led by Health Studies professor Marie Savundrayanagam and funded by the Future Skills Centre, is helping Personal Support Workers provide enhanced care to the increasing number of Canadians living with dementia.
February 20, 2020 School of Health Studies professor Aleksandra Zecevic was named a 2020 3M National Teaching Fellow, widely seen as the top national award for teaching leadership at the postsecondary level. She is the first member of the Faculty of Health Sciences to earn this prestigious award.
February 13, 2020 Health Sciences professors Tara Mantler and Kimberley Jackson were co-investigators in a study that identified cognitive behavioural therapy as helpful for traumatized mothers-to-be. They then had that research translated to visual art and poetry.
February 11, 2020 Health Studies professor Treena Orchard enlisted the help of undergraduate students at Western to build insight into the choices that Generation Z is making when it comes to relationships and dating.
February 06, 2020 This year marks the 100th anniversary of nursing education at Western University. A new exhibit at Museum London pays tribute to this milestone. CBC London's Chris dela Torre spoke with Museum London curator Amber Lloydlangston and Victoria Smye, director of Western's Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing.
February 03, 2020 Health Studies professors Maxwell Smith and Jacob Shelley outlined what the declaration of the coronavirus outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern means for Canada.
January 31, 2020 To celebrate a century of nursing education at Western, Museum London has pulled from its extensive artifact collection, borrowed from other community archives and private lenders to trace the development of nursing education in London from its earliest days until today.
January 30, 2020 Led by two Physical Therapy professors from Western, the Canadian MSK Rehab Research Network was recently awarded nearly $2 million by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to extend and expand its operations for the next five years.
January 27, 2020 Nursing professor Abe Oudshoorn is planning to swim, cycle and run one triathlon each day for a month to raise month for local homelessness relief efforts.
January 24, 2020 With six months until the start of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Kinesiology professor Angela Schneider is ready to light a cauldron of change at Western as the newly named Director for the International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS).
January 17, 2020 Caffeine and exercise have been shown to separately improve certain aspects of cognition like attention and alertness, but the two energy boosters had never been compared head-to-head until Western's Exercise and Health Psychology Laboratory explored the idea.
January 15, 2020 In an article written for The Conversation, Kinesiology PhD candidate Taylor McKee and professor Janice Forsyth discuss recent scandals in the world of professional hockey involving harassment, abuse and discrimination, and how policies might be the solution to these culture problems.
January 14, 2020 Health and Rehabilitation Sciences graduate student Lisa Moszczynksi joins Gradcast hosts Connor Chato and Yimin Chen to discuss her research into the difficulties caregivers face - feelings of invisibility, lack of agency and inability to access support.
January 06, 2020 Led by Occupational Therapy professor Carri Hand, the year-long Oasis Senior Supportive Living Inc. program has been addressing some of the more common challenges faced by seniors living in private-sector accommodations, including adequate nutrition, isolation, loneliness, physical fitness and fear of injury and falls.
