Community Engagement and Collaborative Activities

  1. May 13, 2019

    Translation and Implementation of Balance & Falls Research Workshop

    Place of Many Trees
    Liu Institute (6476 NW Marine Drive)
    Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1
    Canada

    The OBDAF Cluster is excited to be hosting a Translation and Implementation of Balance & Falls Research Workshop on May 13th! Join us and hear from our 4 keynote speakers: 9-10AM: Dr. Janice Eng (UBC, Faculty of Medicine)

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  2. May 10, 2019

    Tapestry Lab Tour

    Osbourne Centre
    6018 Thunderbird Ave.
    Vancouver BC V6T 2A1
    Canada

    We were very lucky to have some of the wonderful residents of Wesbrook Tapestry Retirement Community visit Dr. Carpenter & Inglis’ labs. They learned about current research projects and even tested out some of the equipment used to assess balance.

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  3. February 24, 2019

    Get Up to Get Down - University Neighbourhoods Association

    3335 Webber Ln.
    Vancouver BC V6S 0H3
    Canada

    Cluster Trainee Eveline Pasman respresented the OBDAF Cluster at a University Neighbourhoods Association event. She demonstrated one of the measurement devices used by the cluster to objectively assess balance in our research participants. Eveline carried out short balance tests using the equipment on particpants at the event.

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  4. February 22, 2019

    Faculty Faceoff at Science World

    Science World, 1455 Quebec Street
    Vancouver BC V6A 3Z7
    Canada

    Cluster members Calvin Kuo, Romain Tisserand and Lyndia Wu hosted a booth at Science World:

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  5. January 31, 2019

    Fear of Falling - Information Session & Discussion

    3338 Wesbrook Mall
    Vancouver BC V6S 0A6
    Canada

    Dr. Carpenter's research program aims to understand the physical and psychological factors that contribute to balance problems and falls in older adults as well as those with Parkinson’s disease and dizziness disorders.

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First Nations land acknowledegement

The UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.


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