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Dr. Rosalie Wang Appointed to a Full-Time Tenure Posi-

tion

As of January 1, 2015, Dr. Rosalie Wang has been ap-

pointed to the Department in a full time tenure stream po-

sition.

Rosalie completed her BScOT at the University of

British Columbia and her PhD at U of T in the Graduate

Department of Rehabilitation Science. Before taking up her

doctoral studies Rosalie practiced occupational therapy

with older adults in Vancouver and London England. Ros-

alie’s doctoral dissertation “Enabling Power Wheelchair

Mobility with Long-Term Care Home Residents with Cog-

nitive Impairments” led to a post-doctoral fellowship to de-

velop and evaluate an artificially intelligent haptic stroke

rehabilitation robot for the upper limb, and to pilot test per-

sonal robots to support aging-in-place.

Rosalie was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the

Department (contractually limited term appointment) on

July 1 2014, and concurrently as an Affiliate Scientist at

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Hospital Net-

work. She is an associate member of the School of Gradu-

ate Studies and of the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute.

Since her appointment to OS&OT in July 2014, Rosalie has

expanded her research on the stroke rehab haptic robot

into gaming environments, developing therapist interfaces,

and telerehab using the haptic robot. She has recently been

awarded a grant to develop a framework for research, im-

plementation and policy for aging, disability and technol-

ogy with Jerome Bickenbach and the March of Dimes

Canada, and she has also begun a participatory project

with older women who have chronic hemiplegia to design

adaptive clothing and accessories.

A warmwelcome, Rosalie, to your new role in the De-

partment!

Appointment of Dr. Emily Nalder as the March of Dimes

Paul J.J. Martin Early Career Researcher

Dr. Susan Rappolt is thrilled to announce that Dr. Emily

Nalder has been appointed to the March of Dimes Paul J.J.

Martin Early Career Professorship and will be joining the

Department on January 1, 2015. Emily was selected from

a field of outstanding applicants as the ideal candidate for

this Early Career Professorship award. Her program of re-

search on community integration for adults and older

adults with acquired brain injuries will make a significant

contribution to the work of the Department.

Emily completed her doctorate at the University of

Queensland in 2012 on “Experiences of individuals with

traumatic brain injury and their family caregivers”, and her

postdoctoral studies are focused on strategies for and eval-

uations of successful community-based interventions and

service delivery models for adults and older adults with

cognitive impairments due to traumatic brain injuries,

stroke and aging.

We are delighted to welcome Emily to the Depart-

ment, and we know that you will look forward to meeting

her and also welcoming her as a new faculty member at

the University of Toronto.

New Fieldwork Instructor: Jameela Lencucha

Former graduate student of the Department, Jameela

Lencucha, has been contracted part-time as the Fieldwork

3 and Fieldwork 4 Instructor. We are delighted to have

Jameela with us and know that she will be a huge asset to

the Fieldwork Team! Jameela has worked since 2007 at

UHN at various sites and with various client populations.

Presently, she is working at TWH in Neurology/Neuro-

surgery and has been the Fieldwork Coordinator there

since 2011. Jameela has been an enthusiastic supporter of

fieldwork education in her role of site FWCoordinator and

preceptor to dozens of students. In addition, in 2013,

Jameela assisted with the development of the new Intro-

ductory Fieldwork Experience for our students. It is evident

that Jameela brings excellent skills and experience to the

OS&OT Fieldwork Instructor role and we are so pleased

that she is taking on this important teaching role within the

department.

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