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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?

The Canadian Stroke Congress is Canada’s go-to meeting in stroke research and innovation, bringing together national and international leaders in the field. This year’s conference agenda included a lecture on AI Across the Stroke Care Continuum, a Women and Stroke symposium, the Hnatyshyn & Nieboer Lectureships, Canadian Stroke Trials Update, Poster and Oral Presentations, the inaugural Dale Corbett Translational Lectureship and more.

Congratulations to Jill for her recent CanStroke Research Award

Congratulations to our research manager Dr. Jill Williamson, on recently being awarded the CanStroke Recovery Trials ‘Excellence in Clinical Trials Research’ Award! Thank you for all of your amazing work and support Jill!

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!

Congratulations to Nicole!

Congratulations to Nicole Ketter who recently completed her Masters in Rehabilitation Science, focusing on the management and prevention of cardiometabolic multimorbidity in Canada! Amazing work Nicole, we can’t wait to see what you do next!