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GROLL, Dianne »


Dr.
Assistant professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Nursing

Contact information:

Office: 613-548-5567 (2135)
Home: 613-544-4238
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Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Office Telephone

Research information:

influenza patient outcomes; nursing outcomes; quality of life

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English only, Understands and reads french.

LAROCHE, Chantal »


Chantal Laroche

Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Program
Full professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Rehabilitation Sciences

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (3066)
Home: 819-771-1701
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Preferred method of contact:

Office Telephone

Research information:

Effects of noise on hearing, safety and well-being. Noise and safety at work, warning sound perception (eg. fire alarms), discrimination against people with communication disorders, adaptation of workstations.

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LEMAIRE, Edward »


PhD
Associate professor
Faculty of Medicine
Institute for Rehabilitation Research and Development

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Office: 613-737-7350 (75592)
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Website

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E-mail, Office Telephone

Research information:

Technological approaches to improve mobility for people with physical disabilities and the elderly. Computer/Internet applications for physical rehabilitation, assistive devices, prosthetics/orthotics, telehealth, telemedicine, e-learning, motion analysis, and CAD/CAM.

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English and French

LIPPEL, Katherine »


Chairholder and Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Law, Civil Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3261)
E-mail:
Website http://www.droitcivil.uottawa.ca/chairohslaw

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E-mail

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Specialized in occupational health and safety law including issues related to workers' compensation, disability prevention, return to work, prevention of work accidents and occupational disease, precarious employment and occupational health and safety, women's working condition in relation to occupational health and safety, and legal issues relating to psychological harassment, mental health problems and musculo-skeletal disorders relating to work.

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English and French , Spanish; espagnol

TREMBLAY, François »


François TREMBLAY

PhD
Full professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Rehabilitation Sciences

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (8455)
Office: 613-562-6262 (1448)
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Website

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Office Telephone

Research information:

Dr. Tremblay research program examines the impact of normal aging on hand function. Over the years, he also developed an expertise in the application of non invasive brain stimulation by means of magnetic stimulation (TMS). In his work, Dr. Tremblay uses TMS for safe and non-invasive explorations of the corticospinal system in humans. Dr Tremblay also uses psychophysical and biomechanical approaches to characterize sensory and motor deficits affecting hand function with age..

Research interest : 

  • Tactile perception
  • Manual dexterity
  • Aging and cognition
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation
  • Motor cortex
  • Neurological rehabilitation (post-CVA, Parkinson)

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English and French

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