Mac RS Grad Program

Congratulations to Chris Farley on a successful PhD Comprehensive Examination​ Title: Measurement Properties of the Sit-to-stand Test in People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A COSMIN Systematic Review

Congratulations to Meaghan Reitzel on a successful PhD Thesis Defense!​ ​ Title: Reimagining policy and models of service delivery to enhance access and engagement in publicly funded pediatric rehabilitation services

Congratulations to Selina Malouka on a successful PhD Thesis Defense!​ Title: Psychometric Properties of The Life-Space Assessment Among Canadian Community-Dwelling Adults

Congratulations to Vahideh Jafarzadeh Harzand on a successful MSc Thesis Defense!​ Title: The Impact of Educational Style on Physiological and Psychosocial Markers ​in People with Knee OA: A Mixed-Methods Pilot RCT

Congratulations to Neeraja Nannapaneni on a successful MSc Thesis Defense!​ Title: Virtual Rehabilitation Services for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Congratulations to Anittha Mappanasingam on a successful MSc Thesis Defense! Title: Exploring the relationship between frailty, physical activity, and swallowing

Congratulations to Maha Wakim on a successful PhD Comprehensive Examination Title: The Current Scope and Limitations of Research on the Application of Virtual Interventions in Return-to-Work Planning

Congratulations to Lisandra Almeida de Oliveira on a successful PhD Thesis Defense! Title: Understanding and evaluating the role of graded activity in the management of chronic non-specific low back pain

Congratulations to Stephanie Saunders on a successful PhD Thesis Defense!​ Title: Fall risk assessment and prediction in community-dwelling older adults

Congratulations to Kari Renahan on a successful PhD Comprehensive Examination Title: Navigating Practice and Policy: Challenges and Opportunities in School-Based Occupational Therapy

Congratulations to Mahdieh Sohanian on a successful MSc Thesis Defense! Title: The Impact and Experiences of Remote Work on Chronic Low Back Pain Among Office Workers

Congratulations to Tarin Moni on a successful MSc Thesis Defense! Title: Empowering self-management for people with lived experience: Exploring the quality of online self-management educational resources for knee osteoarthritis and the reliability of quality assessment tools.

Congratulations to Eden Daniel on a successful PhD Comprehensive Examination Title: Addressing and Assessing Pain in Vulnerable Aging Populations

Congratulations to Fiona Campbell on a successful PhD Thesis Defense! Title: An Augmentative and Alternative Vocabulary for Non-Speaking Patients to participate in their Goals of Care/End-of-Life discussions in Intensive Care

Congratulations to Sophia Werden Abrams on a successful PhD Comprehensive Examination Title: Responsiveness of a Machine-Learning Algorithm in Scoring the CAPE-V Using Non-Optimized Voice Samples

Congratulations to professor and former RS Assistant Dean @joymacdermid for this immense honour!

Our first #FundingFriday of 2025! Announcing MIRA Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships (USRF)—six awards (one per Faculty) of $2,000 to go toward summer fellowship salaries for undergraduate students working with MIRA researchers. Learn more here: mira.mcmaster.ca/collaborate/fu…

Congratulations to Hassan Alrabbaie on a successful PhD Comprehensive Examination Title: Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) for Jordanian patients with COPD

Congratulations to Sheila Addanki on a successful PhD Thesis Defense! Title: Exploring the Scope and Evaluation Approaches for Mental Health Apps Implemented in Workplace Settings

Congratulations to Qiukui Hao on a successful PhD Comprehensive Exam! Title: Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) With Balance Training for Fall Reduction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): A Randomized Controlled Trial