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Research is an investment in promise, potential and hope. At Toronto Rehab, we are advancing both rehabilitation knowledge and practice through research.
Our goal is to help people who have suffered life-altering illness and injury regain the skills they need to return to their communities―and to get on with their lives. A fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto, Toronto Rehab is a leader in the field of rehabilitation science. Read more.
Research News & Events
Toronto Rehab receives multi-million dollar grant to develop advanced technologies to support caregivers at home
Mar 4, 2010 -
Feb. 10, 2010 - Researchers receive funding to test novel hand hygiene monitoring technology
Feb 10, 2010 -
February 8, 2010 - Toronto Rehab scientists develop insole that's keeping older
people on their feet and out of hospitals
Feb 9, 2010 -
Congratulations winners and participants: Toronto Rehab Research Day 2009
Nov 12, 2009 - Toronto Rehab's 5th Annual Research Day was marked by action$ndash;packed one–minute presentations and intriguing illustrative posters.
New study identifies peak times for brain injuries in the construction industry
Oct 6, 2009 - August may be the cruellest month for brain injuries in Ontario's construction industry, but a new study shows October is not far behind.
Toronto Rehab's VP Research inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 - Dr. Geoff Fernie, Vice President, Research, at Toronto Rehab has been elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), one of the highest honours for members of the Canadian health sciences community.
Toronto Rehab scientist awarded Canada Research Chair for brain injury research
Sep 23, 2009 - . Robin Green, a scientist and clinical neuropsychologist at Toronto Rehab and head of the hospital's Cognitive Neurorehabilitation Sciences Lab, has been awarded a prestigious Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) for her groundbreaking research on brain injury.
Toronto Rehab Research Day 2009
Sep 22, 2009 - Toronto Rehab's 5th Annual Research Day, taking place on Monday, November 2, features a wealth of innovative rehabilitation research.
Treatment shows benefits for hip–fracture patients with cognitive problems
Aug 24, 2009 - New treatment approach developed by Toronto Rehab shows cognitively impaired patients can do just as well as those whose cognition is intact after breaking a hip
Researcher receives grant to develop high–tech nutritional monitoring system
Jul 24, 2009 - Toronto Rehab scientist Dr. Alex Mihailidis has been awarded a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to develop technology that ensures older people and others living at home are eating well.
