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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES

Community Engagement 

School of Kinesiology Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Vivian Weerdesteyn

December 4, 2019
Centre for Brain Health, Rudy North Theatre (LL101)
Vancouver, BC
Canada

New cluster member Dr. Vivian Weerdesteyn from Radboud University will be presenting at the upcoming School of Kinesiology Distinguished Speaker Series on December 4th, 2019 at the University of British Columbia.

The Science of Injury Prevention From Falls in Older Adults

November 15, 2019
SFU Harbour Centre, Room 7000
515 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC
Canada

"I've Fallen, But I Didn’t Get Injured": The Science of Injury Prevention from Falls in Older Adults Speaker: Dr. Stephen Robinovitch is Professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, with dual appointments in Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, and Engineering Science. His program...

Fall Prevention Month

November 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019
210-6081 University Boulevard
Vancouver, BC
Canada

November is Fall Prevention Month! The Origins of Balance Deficits and Falls Research Cluster is particpating in this important month by spreading the awareness of fall prevention! We encourage all our members and for the general public to raise awareness for this crucial matter. For more...

SCAPPS 2019 Conference

October 17, 2019 to October 19, 2019
1128 West Hastings St
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Congrats to our OBDAF Cluster Trainees for their amazing presentation at last week’s SCAPPS Conference. Cluster Trainees Rocio Hollman and Karoline Rzyski presented their posters and Cluster Trainees Michael Kennefick, Kyle Johnson, Gregg Eschelmuller, Margot Schmidt and Emma Nielsen held...

WorkSafe BC: Ergonomics Forum

October 10, 2019
WorkSafeBC auditorium
6951 Westminster Highway
Richmond, BC
Canada

The OBDAF research cluster participated in WorkSafeBC’s fourth Annual Ergonomics Forum on October 10th. The theme this year was “Prevention through Design”, where the importance and benefits of considering worker health and safety design before a task or project was discussed. The event will...

Wearable Sensors for Balance and Movement Summer School

August 12, 2019 to August 16, 2019
6476 NW Marine Drive
The Place of Many Trees (Multipurpose room)
Vancouver, BC
Canada

The Origins of Balance Deficits and Falls (OBDAF) Research Cluster is hosting a Summer School on "Wearable Sensors for Balance & Movement" From August 12th to August 16th the OBDAF Cluster hosted our first summer school on Wearable Sensors for Balance and Movement. The event was organized by...

OBDAF Summer School Public Morning Seminars

August 12, 2019 to August 15, 2019
6476 NW Marine Drive
The Place of Many Trees (Multipurpose room)
Vancouver, BC
Canada

The ODAF's Summer School on Wearable Sensors welcomes those who are interested to particpate in the Public Morning Seminars! From August 12th-15th, there will be an exciting line of guest expert speakers discussing on topics such as usage of wearable sensors in research, mobile tracking and more...

Strategies to prevent falls and fall-related injuries: From fundamental evidence to real-world implementation

June 24, 2019
3338 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Cluster Member Dr. Vicki Komisar presented at Tapestry (Westbrook Village) on “Strategies to prevent falls and fall-related injuries: From fundamental evidence to real-world implementation”. Her speech was focused on three areas: why we should study fall-related injuries, technology designed for...

Human Factors Community of Practice, Work Safe BC

June 13, 2019
6951 Westminster Hwy
Richmond, BC
Canada

Cluster member Dr. Mark Carpenter presented to industry experts during WorkSafeBc’s Human Factors Community Practice workshop on the topic of “Using virtual reality to study the effects of high-risk environments on human balance and movement”. He described how he and other researchers are currently...

Webinar: Ask the Expert: Balance & Falls

May 21, 2019
N/A
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Postural instability and falls are very common in people with Parkinson's disease, and greatly impact quality of life. Unfortunately, current treatments for Parkinson's disease are unable to alleviate postural instability; however, while research is currently being done on this topic, the...