Physical Therapy
Master of Physical Therapy
Department of Physical Therapy
The Department of Physical Therapy is well known for its high standards and excellent faculty. Both our academic faculty and our external faculty are recipients of prestigious teaching awards, providing an excellent learning environment. Our Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) Program has been accredited by Physiotherapy Education Accreditation Canada.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Boyd, Lara | Plasticity / Neuronal Regeneration; Stroke; Learning and Memory; Physiology; Motor learning; Motor System; Learning; Neurophysiology |
| Camp, Patricia | Rehabilitation; Environment and Respiratory Diseases; Native Health; Rehabilitation Care and Services; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Mobility; Health Care Technologies; Telemedicine; pulmonary rehabilitation; health services delivery; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Indigneous health; Mixed methods; Knowledge translation; Physical Activity; E-health |
| Campbell, Kristin | Breast Cancer; Rehabilitation; Physiology; Quality of Life and Aging; Exercise Physiology; physical function; oncology; Biomarkers |
| Eng, Janice | Neurorehabilitation, spinal cord, brain |
| Guenette, Jordan | Respiratory diseases; Other biological sciences; Clinical exercise physiology; Cardiorespiratory physiology; Mechanisms and management of breathlessness and exercise intolerance; Chronic respiratory diseases |
| Hunt, Michael Anthony | Arthritis / Osteo-Arthritis; Joints (Articulations); Musculoskeletal Deformation; Neuromuscular Diseases; Orthoses and Prostheses; Rehabilitation; biomechanics; rehabilitation; musculoskeletal; Physical Activity; exercise |
| Li, Linda | Arthritis / Osteo-Arthritis; Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation Care and Services; Health Care Technologies; Patient help-seeking experiences; Shared decision-making; Patient self-management; E-health; Rehabilitation and lifestyle interventions in arthritis management; Health services research; Patient Engagement; Knowledge translation; Implementation Science; digital media |
| Liu-Ambrose, Teresa | Age and Risk Factors; Mobility; Cognitive Neuropsychology of Aging; Lifestyle Determinants and Health; Rehabilitation; Healthy Aging; Fall prevention; Cognitive Aging; Sleep; Physical Activity |
| Pollock, Courtney | motor control of walking balance and balance reactions; impact of neurological changes associated with aging, disease and injury on motor control |
| Scott, Alexander | Musculoskeletal Lesions and Repair; musculoskeletal; sports medicine; physiotherapy; physical therapy; orthopaedics |
| Virji-Babul, Naznin | Concussion/mild traumatic brain injury, Developmental disabilities (Down’s syndrome), Developmental neuroscience (mirror neurons, perception-action coupling) |
| Whittaker, Jacqueline | Health care; Kinesiology; Sports/exercise; sports medicine; youth; physical therapy; Knee injuries; Sport injury prevention; Knee osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis prevention; rehabilitation; Physical Activity; Exercise therapy; Ultrasound Imaging; Wearable activity tracker; Exercise counselling; Low back pain |