Researchers
Our researchers are associated with four different universities: McGill University, Université de Montréal, Concordia University & Université du Québec à Montréal. Their research interests are closely related to the rehabilitation services offered in our establishment which strive to increase social participation of people living with disabilities.
CRIR Researchers
Sara Ahmed, PhD
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Chronic disease management, health informatics, health care delivery, health and health-related quality of life.
Dana Anaby, PhD
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Participation, quality of life in children and adolescents with physical challenges.
Aline Bogossian, PhD
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Ethical and social issues affecting young people living with chronic illnesses or developmental disorders.
Roberto de Almeida, PhD
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Investigating lexical semantics, aphasic syndrome, and language/semantic memory dysfunctions’ impact on activities.
Mickael Deroche, PhD
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Hearing loss and auditory prostheses, particularly cochlear implants.
Geoff Dover, PhD
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Chronic pain; relationship between muscle pain and function in order to identify the mechanisms of human pain.
Maryse Fortin, PhD
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Paraspinal muscles, spinal degeneration, chronic low back pain and neck pain.
Aaron P. Johnson, PhD
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Explore visual perception’s interplay with macular degeneration, cognitive issues (concussion), and sensory loss (hearing impairment), focusing on eye movement effects.
Lucyna Lach, PhD
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Psychological adjustment and quality of life of children with epilepsy; children with chronic health conditions and disabilities, and their families.
Raphael Lencucha, PhD
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Political, economic and social contextes of health policymaking and implementation.
Frédérique Poncet, PhD
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Cognitive and neurovisual impairments; sensory-motor disabilities; strokes, traumatic brain injury; culinary intervention; dance therapy.
Richard Preuss, PhD
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Movement patterns in the trunk and spine in patients with low-back pain.
Shawn Robbins, PhD
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Assessing health with biomechanics, clinical methods; post-surgery recovery; knee osteoarthritis treatments.
Chantal Robillard, PhD
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Assessing sensory impairment’s impact on social participation, active life in young adults; using ethnography, qualitative methods, gender analysis.
Denise Keiko Shikako-Thomas, PhD
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Knowledge tranfer; childhood disabilities; participation;policy making.
Nancy St-Onge, PhD
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Motor control; electromyography; kinetics; kinematics.
Michael Sullivan, PhD
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Studying pain psychology and disabilities in musculoskeletal lesions; psychological factors’ role in chronic disabilities development.
Timothy Wideman, PhD
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Predicting rehab outcomes after musculoskeletal injuries using psychological factors, physical activities, pain sensitivity.
Walter Wittich, PhD
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Sensory impairments; low-vision clientele.
Joseph Paul Nemargut, PhD
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Vision rehabilitation, mobility devices for the visually-impaired, navigation devices for the visually-impaired, tactile maps