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Graduate Program in Health and Rehabilition Sciences

 

The Faculty of Health Sciences is currently in the process of introducing a new graduate program. Highlights of this program will include: opportunities for graduate study at the MSc and PhD levels a focus on research in health and rehabilitation research opportunities in exciting multidisciplinary areas relevant to health and rehabilitation, as well as in traditional rehabilitation discipline areas:

  • Measurement & Methods (Field Chair: Chris Lee, cjlee@uwo.ca) the study & development of measurement & assessment approaches and analytic methods

  • Health Promotion (Field Chair: Jennifer Irwin, jenirwin@uwo.ca) the study of behavioural & environmental determinants that influence the health of individuals & communities

  • Health Professional Education (Field Chair: Anne Kinsella, akinsella@uwo.ca) the study of issues related to the education and training of health care professionals

  • Child & Youth Health (Field Chair: Angie Mandich, amandich@uwo.ca) the study of factors related to healthy development from birth to early adulthood and the rehabilitation & treatment of disorders in childhood

  • Health and Aging (Field Chair: Marita Kloseck, mkloseck@uwo.ca the study of health and rehabilitation issues unique to an aging population

  • Functioning, Disability & Health (Field Chair: Phil Doyle, pdoyle@uwo.ca) the study of health and rehabilitation factors in the context of the World Health Organization's "International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health"

  • Hearing Science (Field Chair: Meg Cheesman, cheesman@nca.uwo.ca) the study of hearing, such as psychoacoustics, audio signal processing & engineering, speech perception, audiology, and electrophysiology

  • Speech & Language Science (Field Chair: Ruth Martin, remartin@uwo.ca) the study of human speech & language processes, particularly as they relate to health & disability

  • Occupational Science (Field Chair: Debbie Rudman, drudman@uwo.ca) the study of the complexities of human occupation and its role in the health & well-being of individuals, communities, and societies

  • Physical Therapy (Field Chair: Pamela Houghton, phoughto@uwo.ca) the study of mechanisms underlying physical mobility with a focus on contributing to either basic knowledge or the elements of physical therapy practice

This exciting new program is currently being reviewed and is pending approval.

 

For updates on the status of the program and/or for more information about the program, please contact Dr. Jan Polgar.