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TRAIL featured on CASTANET news
As Kelowna’s homepage for news, CASTANET reaches many individuals within the Okanagan. Read their story “UBCO trial linking stroke patients with rehabilitation via the internet” to learn more about our TRAIL study and patient partner Jennifer Monaghan!
strOKe Lab attends ‘Her Heart Matters Lawn Bowling Social’ 2025!
An evening of friendly competition and heartfelt purpose at the Lawn Bowling Social Fundraiser in support of The Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance. Hosted at the beautiful Kelowna Lawn Bowling Club in City Park, this casual summer night out included lawn bowling, a silent auction, raffle prizes, and a BBQ, with all proceeds supporting life-saving research, education, and awareness through the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance!
Congratulations to Dianne!
Congratulations to Dianne Kim, who recently completed her Bachelor of Science degree with a psychology major and biology minor! Thank you for all of your amazing work! Best of luck during your graduate studies at the University of Alberta!
Congratulations to Dr. Elise Wiley for her recently received awards!
Congratulations to Dr. Elise Wiley, who received two prestigious postdoctoral fellowship awards from Michael Smith Health Research BC and StrokeCOG!
Congratulations to Kenny for winning the SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Kenny Noguchi on recently winning the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship Award! This highly prestigious award provides fellows with $140,000 over two years.
Congratulations to Michelle for getting a manuscript accepted into the Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development
Michelle’s manuscript, ‘Experiences of health professional students delivering a community-outreach teleheAlth program for COVID education and Health promotion to older adults’ has been accepted into the Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development! Congratulations Michelle!
strOKe Lab at Brain Awareness Week 2025!
Brain Awareness Week 2025, hosted by the NIMBL Lab at UBC Okanagan, was a great success! This event was a no-cost, community-engaged research event where UBC Okanagan researchers focused on anything ‘brain-related’ and opened their doors in an effort to bridge the gap between the ongoing academic research and the patient population or interested community members.
strOKe Lab attends Canadian Stroke Congress 2024 in Calgary, AB
Pictured: Dr. Brodie Sakakibara participating in a debate about The use of AI/Virtual Technology for Stroke Rehabilitation – Is the use of telerehabilitation in healthcare a helpful panacea or open pandora’s box?
Welcome Elise, Jacob & Kenny!
Welcome to our three new lab team members, Elise, Jacob, and Kenny! Elise and Kenny both join the lab as Post-Doctoral fellows and Jacob joins the lab as a PhD student! We are excited to work alongside you!
Welcome to our new Research Assistants!
Welcome to our two new Research Assistants, Dianne and Sarah! We are so excited to have them join the team!
