Our team of 14 clinical researchers and basic scientists have developed a program of research that will use a mixed-methods approach, including lab-based, qualitative and quantitative methodologies, spanning 5 key research projects. These projects will ultimately converge at the end of the 6-year CIHR emerging team grant (2009-2015) when we will leverage our results into a new proposal and funds to conduct a randomized controlled trial in year 7 of the team’s existence. Our plan is to assess the effectiveness of our new, collaboratively-controlled wheelchair, in combination with the Wheelchair Skills Program, using the outcome toolkit we will have validated during the tenure of this team grant.
From left to right: Top Row: Dr. Lee Kirby, Dr. Alan Mackworth, Dr. Alex Mihailidis, Dr. Ian Mitchell, Brodie Sakakibara, Dr. Louise Demers, Ed Giesbrecht. Middle Row: Pooja Viswanathan, Alexandra Korotchenko, Krista Best, Paula Rushton, Dr. Claudine Auger, Bita Imam, Dr. Meeko Oishi, Dr. Francois Routhier, Rosalie Wang, Dr. Laura Hurd Clarke, Dr. Jan Miller Polgar. Bottom Row: Cher Smith, Dr. Bonnie Sawatzky, Dr. Bill Miller, Dr. Gary Birch, Dr. Mike McAllister, Pouyan Taghipour Bibalan. Not Pictured: Dr. Jim Little, Dr. Ben Mortenson.
Video featuring Alan Mackworth and Pooja Viswanathan’s on robot soccer, and AI in assistive mobility technology. This video was prepared for the UBC Celebrate Research Gala to recognize Prof. Mackworth’s appointment as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. |
