The Wheeled Mobility for Older Adults Team (WheeMOAT)was awarded a $1.5 million CIHR Developing Team Grant for a six-year mobility research project that involves scientists from a number of UBC faculties and other institutions.
The project, led by William Miller from the Dept. of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, addresses mobility issues for an aging population – specifically, users of powered wheelchairs. UBC participants include Alan Mackworth, Ian Mitchell and James Little from the Dept. of Computer Science; Gary Birch and Meeko Oishi from the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Laura Hurd Clark, Dept. of Human Kinetics and Bonita Sawatzky from Orthopaedics.
The multidisciplinary team will investigate how older adults are currently using powered wheelchairs, how they can be used better, and how the chairs themselves can be improved.
For more information, visit http://www.cihr.ca/e/40523.html.
