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Doctoral Student Sana Smaoui Chosen to Present at UofTMed Student Showcase

Doctoral Student Sana Smaoui Chosen to Present at UofTMed Student Showcase

UofTSLP would like to congratulate Sana Smaoui on the successful presentation of her current research at this years Faculty of Medicine event! The UofTMed Student Showcase is an annual event celebrating donors to the Faculty of Medicine where students are selected to display their research through interactive exhibits. This year, SLP Alum and PhD candidate […]
<a href="http://my.alumni.utoronto.ca/JFWalker2019">J.F. Walker Lecture 2019<br>Screen Time with Kids and Telerehab with Adults: Navigating the Benefits and Challenges<br>June 14th | 8:00am – 1:00pm</a>

J.F. Walker Lecture 2019
Screen Time with Kids and Telerehab with Adults: Navigating the Benefits and Challenges
June 14th | 8:00am – 1:00pm

<strong>Does Speech Motor Intervention Alter Brain Structure and Function?</strong>

Does Speech Motor Intervention Alter Brain Structure and Function?

As Speech-Language Pathologists, researchers and even caregivers of children with speech impairments, we have often wondered: “What does speech therapy actually do? Do we somehow change how the brain works?”  Status appointed Adjunct Lecturer, Aravind Namasivayam, PhD from the Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto and a co-author on two recent cortical plasticity papers […]
<strong>SLP Research Colloquia 2018 – 2019 </strong>

SLP Research Colloquia 2018 – 2019

Events APR 10 Guest Speaker Presentation:  Aging of Speech Functions: From Behaviour to Brain Structure and Function
<strong>MHSc Information Sessions</strong>

MHSc Information Sessions

You Should Be Here! 2018-2019 Information Session Schedule: Information Sessions for prospective applicants to the MHSc program are held on a monthly basis, from September – May, with the exception of December. A member of the Admissions and Awards Committee is on hand at these sessions to present information about our program, review the admissions […]
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STUDENT CORNER

Carly Barbon, PhD Photo Credit: Antonietta Morra
Congratulations Carly Barbon, PhD!
It has been a banner month for Swallowing Rehabilitation Research Laboratory doctoral trainee Carly Barbon! Not only was she awarded the prestigious Head and Neck Cancer Alliance award in early March for her poster entitled “Changes in Swallow Safety and Efficiency after Radiation for Oropharyngeal Carcinoma”, which she presented at the Dysphagia Research Society meeting in San Diego, she has also successfully defended her thesis becoming Dr. Carly A.E. Barbon. Well done, Carly!

In The News
Tijana Simic, PhD candidate Photo Credit: Ivana Ciric Photography

Tijana Simic, was featured in the latest issue of the UofTSLPIntercom newsletter. We asked Tina what drew her to speech-language pathology, her current research interest and what advice she would give her peers who are considering the transition from "the clinical stream" to "a research stream" Here is the full story.

Are you interested in pursuing a research degree after you complete your professional degree? Learn More Here

MHSc PROGRAM INFORMATION 2019

Link to Information Session Schedule

more information…

  • About our MHSc Program
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  • Applications and Deadlines
  • Helpful Resources: Housing, Money Matters, Ulife etc.,
  • Undergraduate Courses

RESEARCH NEWS

Speech Production Lab
Dr. Yana Yunusova is currently accepting applicants for 2 PhD positions in her lab to study bulbar dysfunction in ALS and to develop novel assessments using innovative computer vision techniques.

Swallowing Lab
Dr. Rosemary Martino is now accepting applications for PhD and Post-Doctoral Fellows for the Fall of 2019

SLP ANNUAL REPORT

LABS

  • Childhood Hearing Loss
  • Child Language
  • Language Sciences
  • Oral Dynamics
  • Speech Fluency
  • Speech Production
  • Swallowing
  • Voice and Resonance
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Rehabilitation Rounds

May 2, 2019| 12:10 to 1:00 pm
Dr. Hwan Kim
Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Daegu University, South Korea Chair of Work Ability Association (Korean) Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Health and Occupational Science (Korean) Research Team Leader, Korean Coalition of Rehabilitation Therapists

“Current issues on Disability and Rehabilitation in North Korea”

LOCATION
Rehabilitation Sciences Building
500 University Avenue
Room 132

DETAILS
Dr. Hwan Kim earned his MSc in 2006 and his PhD in 2011 in Rehabilitation Science at the University of Toronto, RSI, formerly, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science and was supervised by Dr. Angela Colantonio. Dr. Kim worked as an Occupational therapist in South Korea. He also worked as an Associate Professor at Daegu University in South Korea for 7 years. His research Foci: Intervention studies on people with brain injury, Epidemiological studies for injured workers. Currently, Dr. Kim is a visiting scholar (sabbatical year) in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto.

For more information, please contact: rehab.sector@utoronto.ca

CHAIR’S MESSAGE


"As Chair, I am privileged to be working with an outstanding group of people in our Department, the Rehabilitation Sector, the Faculty of Medicine and the University as a whole."

Read the Chairs message

Newsletter Volume 16, Issue 1

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