1. Dean of Rehabilitation Medicine reappointed

    The University of Alberta Board of Governors has reappointed Martin Ferguson-Pell as dean of the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. His second five-year term begins July 1, 2013, following his one-year term as acting provost.

  2. Q&A with University of Alberta researcher, Jaynie Yang

    Jaynie Yang has a passion for the complex systems at play in brain and body work that enables humans to walk. A professor and researcher at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - the only free-standing faculty of rehabilitation in Canada and a research leader in musculoskeletal health, spinal cord injuries and common spinal disorders – she is focused on teaching some people with spinal cord injury how to walk again.

  3. Rehab Med faculty and staff remember Moyna Parker as a mentor and role model

    Former physical therapy instructor Moyna Parker passed away on February 7, 2012, at the age of 84 after a lengthy illness, and she is being remembered fondly by her former colleagues and students. “Moyna was one of my teachers at University of Alberta. I had the privilege of working with her starting in 1975 as I taught two of her courses when she was on a study leave,” recalls Joan Loomis, Clinical Professor Emeritus

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