WorldViz, is offering a hands-on VR workshop in Santa Barbara July 17-21, with special offer for our OBDAF members and trainees (visit balancefalls.ubc.ca/news for details).
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Origins of Balance Deficits and Falls
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Origins of Balance Deficits and Falls
@BalanceandFalls
Our Cluster includes internationally recognized experts in balance/mobility, sharing passion in research to understand the origins of balance deficits and falls
Vancouver, British Columbia Katılım Nisan 2018
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Origins of Balance Deficits and Falls retweetledi
Today is the last day to submit to the #satellite meeting "#Computations and #neural code underlying the #control of #posture" at #NCMVic23! Submissions open until 23:59 CST tonight (Feb 28)
ncm-society.org/satellite-meet…
Organized by @UBCKin Jean-Sébastien Blouin & Mark Carpenter
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Last day to submit your abstract for the NCM Satellite Meeting on "Computations and neural code underlying the control of posture" in Victoria, BC on April 17th!
Submit your abstracts through the following link: ncm-society.org/satellite-meet…
before 23:59 Central Daylight Time today!
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Origins of Balance Deficits and Falls retweetledi
Did you know #NCMVic23 has a satellite meeting? Still accepting submissions for oral & poster presentations! Deadline is Feb 28.
ncm-society.org/satellite-meet…
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OBDAF is organizing a NCM Satellite meeting on “Computations and neural code underlying the control of posture” on April 17th 2023, in Victoria, BC (see ncm-society.org/satellite-meet… for details). Abstracts from researchers and trainees are highly encouraged before February 28th.
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This week’s thread of job opportunities relating to gait and posture #ISPGRJobs on our radar👇 Please RT
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Kyle Missen shared some recent work from his PhD thesis at #ISPGR2022. Kyle is looking at torque feedback during standing in a closed-loop system, and shared some fantastic results at the World Congress.
Thanks for sharing your work Kyle! #OBDAFTrainees
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PhD student Paige Copeland gave an outstanding poster presentation on vestibular-evoked balance responses at #ISPGR2022! Paige is a trainee from Dr. Brain Dalton's lab at UBCO.
Thanks for sharing your work Paige!🧠🦵#OBDAFTrainees
Paige Copeland@paigecopeland_
Had a blast at my first @ISPGR meeting presenting my project looking at the flexibility of vestibular-evoked balance responses 🧠😵💫 Great to be back talking science face-to-face! Such an inspiring week. 💡 @BrianHDalton @HaHalisa90 @MathewDebenham @UBC_HES @UBCFHSD #ISPGR2022
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Cluster trainee Jeff Kelly was the winner of the #ISPGR 3-minute thesis competition in July! 🏆 Congrats Jeff for a great presentation! #OBDAFTrainees
Jeff Kelly@jeffkellly7
Very honoured to be chosen as the winner of this year’s 3MT competition at #ISPGR2022 last week. It was a great conference and can’t wait for Brisbane in 2023! @ISPGR
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Congrats to OBDAF Cluster Trainee Liam Fougler for a great poster presentation on the use of inertial measurement units in static balance control research at the #ISPGR2022 World Congress!
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Congrats to past cluster trainee Emma Nielsen and cluster researchers Drs. Taylor Cleworth and Mark Carpenter on their recent publication!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1epcx15DX1ZP…
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Congrats to cluster researchers Drs. Martin Zaback, Allan Adkin, Romeo Chua, Timothy Inglis, and Mark Carpenter on their recent publication!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1eZq915hTtrJ…
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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For #FallPreventionISPGR, @DeborahJehu & @UBC_CogMobLab characterized sex differences in subsequent falls + fall risk in 462 older adults.
In males, better mobility was not as protective of falls compared with females.
LINK▶️pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34186535/
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November is Fall Prevention Month! The Origins of Balance Deficits and Falls Research Cluster is participating in this important month by spreading awareness and information about falls and fall prevention.
fallpreventionmonth.ca
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Congrats to cluster researchers Drs. Patrick Forbes, Timothy Inglis, Romeo Chua, and Jean-Sébastien Blouin on their recent publication:
"Learning to stand with unexpected sensorimotor delays"!
elifesciences.org/articles/65085
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We would like to thank everyone who came out to our 2nd #OBDAF annual conference and to our amazing speakers. Check out more here: balancefalls.ubc.ca/events/may-15-…
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We have just uploaded our FINAL program for the OBDAF Annual Conference that is happening next week! Check out the newly updated program here: balancefalls.ubc.ca/events/may-15-….
#Cantwait #annualconference #balance #OBDAF #UBCkinresearch
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📣📣📣Calling all Cluster trainees for an awesome opportunity next week 😉!!! There will be a cluster meeting on December 5th (from 12:30-2pm) with Dr. Lorenz Assländer from the University of Konstanz at UBC! Click here for more info about the event: balancefalls.ubc.ca/events/nov-15-…
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Has it been over a week already? Thank you to IMPACT Parkinson's for inviting Michelle Doo and Linlin Gao from OBDAF Cluster member Dr. Martin McKeown's lab, to come speak at the Fall Prevention Workshop!
#fallprevention #fallpreventionmonth #balance #workshop #presentation
IMPACT Parkinson’s@ImpactParkinson
Gratitude to our speakers from @fraserhealth and special guests from UBC @PPRI__ for an excellent workshop filled with important information, practical tips and resources for falls prevention.
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