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RESEARCH IN PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
Resident Research Projects
Resident Research Projects
Dr. Mattea Lee - Exploring the Relationship Between Pain Interference, Sleep and Reported Physical Activity in Pediatric Cancer Survivors (Supervisor: Dr. Fiona Schulte - Psychosocial Oncology) - ongoing
Dr. Kara Sidhu - Cryoneurolysis for the management of pain in knee osteoarthritis (Supervisor: Dr. George Deng) - ongoing
Dr. Chloe Lee - Beyond Competence: Developing a Robust Model for Understanding Readiness to Practice (Supervisor: Dr. Lara Cooke - Neurology & RIHSE) - ongoing
Dr. Nadia Popov - Educational and therapeutic impacts of using 3D printed spines in an art-based recreation therapy
intervention for individuals with new spinal cord injuries (Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Charbonneau) - ongoing
Dr. Lisa Murphy - Neuromusculoskeletal complaints in obstetrical patients: a multidisciplinary needs assessment project (Supervisor: Dr. Jordan Raugust) - Completed 2025
Dr. Hunter Loewen - Littlefoot for Little Feet: A One-Year Study of Feasability, Usability & Impact of an Overground Robot-Assisted Walking Program for Children with Neuromotor Impairments (Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Condliffe) - Completed 2025
Dr. Maddie Teitz - The use of point-of-care ultrasound in sideline medicine in the Canadian Football League (Supervisor: Dr. Chantel Debert) - Completed 2025
Dr. Scott Moorman - A description and outcome evaluation of sacrococcygeal joint radiofrequency neurotomy for treatment of chronic coccydynia - a dorsal approach (Supervisor: Dr. Robert Burnham) - Completed 2024
Dr. Lauren Capozzi - The Feasibility and Implementation of an Oncology Rehabilitation Triage Clinic (Supervisor: Dr. George Francis) - Completed 2023
Dr. Shyane Wiegers - A Comparison of the Effectiveness and Procedural Characteristics of Cervical Facet Joint Radiofrequency Neurotomy Using a Multitined (Trident) Cannula versus Conventional Monopolar Cannula (Dr. Robert Burnham) - Completed 2023
Dr. Michael Poscente - Design and Validation of a wearable tool for prosthetic gait analysis in unilateral transtibial amputees (Supervisor: Dr. Ken Lam) - Completed 2023
Dr. Sarah Frehlich - Practice Patterns of physicians administering botulinum toxin to patients on therapy for multiple indications (Supervisor: Dr. Gentson Leung) - Completed 2022
Dr. Nancy Scholz - Objective assessment of spasticity in youth with cerebral palsy (Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Condliffe) - Completed 2021
Dr. Ricky Kwok - ICU associated weakness and bedside ultrasound assessment (Supervisor: Dr. Chris Grant) - Completed 2021
Dr. Rehana Murani - Ultrasound-guided Diagnostic Injections vs. X-ray severity as a Predictor of Pain Response to Corticosteroid injections in 1st Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis (Supervisor: Dr. Jordan Raugust) - Completed 2020
Quality Improvement Projects
Quality Improvement Projects
Dr. Scott Moorman - Implementing a Prehab Pathway for High Grade Glioma Patients (Supervisor: Dr. Arjun Ghuman) - ongoing
Dr. Chloe Lee - A Review of the Reporting & Learning System (RLS) and reported falls on inpatient neurorehabilitation (Supervisor: Dr. Arjun Ghuman) - Completed 2025
Dr. Nadia Popov - Increasing Access to Amputee Rehab Services in Calgary: a review of current practices at SHC and early implementation of a pathway (Supervisor: Dr. Arjun Ghuman) - Completed 2025
Drs. Hunter Loewen & Maddie Teitz (Supervisor: Dr. Arjun Ghuman) - Patient safety incidents on inpatient neurorehabilitation: utilizing CPSI's Incident Analysis Framework - Completed 2024
Dr. Shyane Wiegers - Timely After Visit Summary Delivery to Complex Pediatric Rehabilitation Patients (Supervisor: Dr. Arjun Ghuman) - Completed 2023
Dr. Lisa Murphy - Adherence to current guidelines for duration of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (VTEp) in spinal cord injury inpatients on inpatient neurorehabilitation (Supervisor: Dr. Stephanie Plamondon)- Completed 2022
For undergraduate & medical students interested in research opportunities that may include:
Summer student projects
Longitudinal medical student research projects
Graduate degree opportunities (M.Sc, Ph.D)
Please view the Physiatry Clinician-Scientists above and their linked laboratory/research pages to see if there are opportunities available. However these are highly dependent on researcher capacity and funding. If you require their contact information, please reach out to our program administrator Daphne: daphne.bates@ahs.ca.
Related opportunities may be found by looking into the Translational Neurosciences & RIHSE Medical Education pages.
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