Two faculty members from the Dept. of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (OSOT) have received the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy (CAOT) Fellowship Award for their outstanding contributions and service. Assoc. Prof. William Miller and Assoc. Prof. Lyn Jongbloed were honoured at an official ceremony at the CAOT Annual Conference in Halifax.
Miller’s research program focuses on the interaction and measurement of mobility disability and participation in daily life, in which he recently received a $1.5 million Canadian Institution of Health Research grant to develop and test a collaboratively controlled, powered wheelchair. Jongbloed’s research focuses on understanding the interrelationships between disability and the social, economic and political environment. Of the current 40 CAOT Fellows in Canada, five are now in OSOT at UBC.
For more information, visit http://www.med.ubc.ca/about_us/Awards_and_Honours.htm#CAOT
