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KITE trainee earns EPIC-AT Health Research Training Platform Fellowship

This one-year fellowship is given to trainees and early career researchers studying and developing digital health solutions for older adults with complex health needs

Welcome the International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) Reviewers

The Canadian Association for Girls in Science goes Off Limits at KITE ’s Winter Lab

ICAIR: A Showcase for the Future of Rehab

KITE to host International Conference on Aging, Innovation and Rehabilitation in 2023

The Giver

Walter Schroeder sold a successful business to become a full-time philanthropist. Here’s his story and why he chose to donate $20 million to KITE and Toronto Rehab

KITE’s Dr. Alisa Grigorovich named 2022 AMS Research Fellow in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence

The fellowship is bestowed on to early and mid-career researchers to study and develop expertise on the impact of digital technology and artificial intelligence on compassionate care.

KITE trainee earns multiple awards for asthma and obstructive sleep apnea research

Shaghayegh Chavoshian will receive $20,000 in combined funding to support her research at KITE

Uncovering the Mysteries of Sleep

These two KITE scientists are devoted to finding solutions that improve sleep health for all.

The Quintessential Game Changer

How Dr. Geoff Fernie helped turn a small rehabilitation institute into a world-leading research centre.

Dr. Pia Kontos awarded CIHR Betty Havens Prize for Knowledge Mobilization in Aging

This is the third time and second year in row the KITE senior scientist has received an award from CIHR

Trio of KITE trainees bound for AGE-Well national conference after earning travel awards

The award subsidizes travel expenses to the 2022 AGE-WELL Annual Conference

Dementia research project earns KITE Trainee a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Canada Graduate Scholarship

Alexia Cumal’s research aims to improve the ability of people living with dementia to care for themselves

OPINION: Nationwide support needed to improve quality of life for Canadians living with spinal cord injuries

It takes approximately 17 years for scientific discoveries about spinal cord injury to be put into practice. This needs to change.

Dr. Mark Bayley named Coriat Family Chair in Rehabilitation Service Innovation at UHN

New chair allows TRI program medical Director and KITE senior scientist to seek solutions that improve transitions in care for youth with childhood-onset disabilities

KITE’s Dementia Isolation Toolkit played pivotal role during pandemic

Toolkit’s timely release helped long term care homes safely and effectively isolate people living with dementia

KITE trainee’s SCI fracture research awarded with respected CIHR Fellowship

Recipients receive $50,000 per year in funding for up to three years

When the researcher becomes the patient

KITE Scientist Dr. Alex Mihailidis experienced the rehab system first-hand after a devastating spinal cord injury. The ordeal altered how his team works with patients and clinicians.

CRANIA scientist wins award for best paper in SCI rehabilitation literature from the American Spinal Injury Association

Award goes to author of the best published paper in spinal cord injury rehabilitation literature

New funding will help CRANIA design next generation of assistive technologies for people living with disabilities

Game-changing new device would have the potential to restore movement for people paralyzed by spinal cord injury

UHN’s reputation as a spinal cord injury research hub continues to grow with latest accolade from Nature

CRANIA scientist Dr. Michael Fehlings was recently named the top ranked author worldwide for articles relevant to spinal cord injury