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Call for Participants: Digital Health Usability Survey

The OutcomesRUS Lab, based at the Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (RI-MUHC, McGill University), is conducting a research study to develop a measure that identifies key indicators of usability in digital health technologies.

The research team is seeking feedback from individuals who currently use or have experience with digital health tools.

You may be eligible to participate if you use:

  • Wearable health technologies (e.g., Fitbit, Oura Ring)

  • Health or activity-tracking applications (e.g., Strava or similar apps)

Your input will help improve the design and usability of future digital health technologies by ensuring they reflect real user experiences.

🔗 Survey link:

https://forms.gle/T5YfbJb8zqajGKEt8

Thank you for contributing to research that supports better digital health solutions.

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Improve Knee Joint Health Through Exercise – Study

The Mobilize Lab at the University of Waterloo is recruiting participants between the ages of 25 to 44 years old, who are currently sedentary (> 20 minutes of exercise per day) to participate in their research study.

Participants will receive 16-weeks of FREE virtual resistance training, $50 after study completion, and those who regularly exercise will be entered into bi-weekly giveaways valued at $25!

Over a 20-week period, you will be asked to complete 3 online exercise classes per week, and visit the University of Waterloo (2x) and St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton (2x) to:

  • Take MRI scans of your knee before and after a treadmill walk to measure cartilage
  • Assess body size measurements
  • Collect blood, to measure immune and inflammatory cells
  • Analyze how your leg moves, to measure forces inside the knee
  • Complete questionnaires to assess your activity and health

To learn more visit: https://uwaterloo.ca/mobilize-clinical-biomechanics-lab/projects/do-you-need-momentum-get-active

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McCaig Institute International Research Conference: Advancements in Osteoarthritis – From Discovery to Treatment

The McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health International Research Conference: Advancements in Osteoarthritis – From Discovery to Treatment, will bring together experts, trainees, clinicians, and industry partners to explore the latest advances in osteoarthritis research and care.

The conference will focus on emerging therapies for osteoarthritis, advances in chemical and biochemical approaches, innovative imaging modalities, and evolving clinical practices.

When: March 11–13, 2026
Where: Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge in Alberta’s Canadian Rockies

Call for Abstracts – Trainees
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Notification: November 30, 2025

For more information: https://mccaig.ucalgary.ca/event/international-research-conference

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Become a MORE Rater for REHAB+!

The MSK Network is currently recruiting MORE raters for  Rehab+ , a free email alerting service and searchable database that brings high-quality evidence to the attention of occupational and physical therapists. 

 Please help us identify the best evidence for you and your peers! If you are currently practicing as an occupational therapist or physical therapist in a clinical setting or as a clinical practice leader or manager directly supervising clinical care, we invite you to become a rater for the McMaster Online Rating of Evidence (MORE) system.  The MORE system collects your vote on the relevance and newsworthiness of hot-off-the-press articles within your clinical specialty. We supply online articles according to your clinical interests, and you rate the articles on 2 simple scales. This takes about 5 to 10 minutes. You can tell us how often you are willing to receive articles.  

Benefits to becoming a MORE rater:  

  • Stay current with the best evidence that has been critically appraised by methodology experts at McMaster’s HiRU. 
  • See what your peers are saying about the same article. 
  • Help build an evidence-based information service for you and your colleagues (Rehab+). 
  • Receive an annual summary of your ratings activity to include in your professional practice portfolio.  

If you would like to join us as a rater, please click on this link and provide your name and email address. You can also include the names and email addresses of any colleagues whom you feel would also be interested in joining us as a MORE rater. 

Please feel free to share this call with your networks as REHAB+ can only continue to exist if we increase our rater pool.  

PS If you haven’t already done so, we invite you to sign up for the free Rehab+ service to receive alerts of articles that pass the critical appraisal and MORE Rehab rating processes.  

If you have any questions about MORE Rehab, please let us know at morerehab@mcmasterhkr.com

We look forward to working with you! 

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Wording Approaches for the Strength of Recommendation – Survey

The McMaster GRADE Centre is seeking participants to complete a brief 5-minute survey on how to phrase health recommendations for broad audiences.

Access the brief survey here: https://www.research.net/r/RecWordingApproaches

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Prospective Exchange Student Seeking Research Supervision in Computer Vision, Biomechanics, or Rehabilitation Engineering

Hyejeong Choi is a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia, currently pursuing an exchange opportunity and seeking a host supervisor and research lab.

Hyejeong’s home supervisor is Dr. Peyman Servati, PhD, PEng a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering and the director of the Flexible Electronics and Energy Lab (FEEL).

Hyejeong specializes in wearable sensor systems, computer vision, and human-computer interaction for musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Hyejeong’s current research merges piezoelectric nanofiber sensors and IMUs into a smart knee sleeve that monitors neuromuscular activity and joint kinematics in ACL-injured patients. Hyejeong has extensive experience in multimodal data fusion and Human Activity Recognition (HAR), leveraging machine learning to classify rehabilitation exercises and detect asymmetries. Additionally, she developed a motion capture-to-smartphone pipeline for markerless motion estimation, aiming to enable realistic, clinic-based data collection for remote patient monitoring.

Going forward, Hyejeong plans to integrate force plate and insole data into a telerehabilitation framework, providing real-time force feedback through biomechanical simulations. To achieve this, she is looking to gain expertise in OpenSim and Unity, and welcomes collaborations with labs focusing on computer vision, biomechanics, or rehabilitation engineering to advance accessible, patient-centered care.

If you are interested in collaborating with Hyejeong, please email rehabnet@uwo.ca to be connected.

 

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Help Shape Canada’s Bone Health Research for the Next Decade!

OsNET and the University of Waterloo are conducting a priority setting survey and looking for researchers, healthcare professionals, policy makers, other knowledge users, or persons with lived experience related to bone disease to share their voice in a two-step survey.

There are two steps in the study, both anonymous. The first step invites participants to submit what they think are important research priorities (up to five) related to bone health for Canadians in the next 10 years. Once all submissions are received, we will streamline and group them. It takes 10-15 minutes to complete the survey.

For step two, we will invite you to score submitted research priorities in groupings that are relevant to you. The criteria we will use to evaluate the research priorities relate to whether the research questions are answerable, have the potential to reduce the burden of bone disease or advance the field, and are accessible to, or are beneficial for equity-deserving groups. It takes about 10-30 minutes to complete the survey. Your submitted scores will be used to establish research priorities for bone health in Canadians over the next 10 years.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Research Assistant Hung Nguyen: hm5nguyen@uwaterloo.ca

For more information: https://osnet.ca/platforms/research-platform-2-clinical-research/osnet-priority-setting-project/?fb-edit=1

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Assistant or Associate Professor Western University School of Physical Therapy

The Western University Faculty of Health Sciences invites applications for a full-time probationary (tenure-track) position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in the School of Physical Therapy. Academic responsibilities will include teaching, research, and service in the area of practice of Upper Extremity Health and Rehabilitation.

Qualified applicants must have a PhD or equivalent in a related field and be eligible for licensure with the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario. Applicants with expertise and a track record in upper extremity clinical research are encouraged to apply.

The deadline for receipt of applications is May 22, 2025.

The effective date of the appointment is July 1, 2025, or as negotiated.

For more information: School_of_Physical_Therapy_Faculty_Position

 

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Roundtable Discussion: Bots & Fraudulent Data in Survey Research

Digital tools and automation create new challenges for researchers to navigate when conducting virtual surveys. A significant concern is the rising number of bots and fraudulent data. Due to the increase in AI, it is critical to understand how to maintain quality data.

The University of Waterloo will be hosting a round table discussion on bots and fraudulent data in survey research. Best practices for detecting and preventing bot participation, identifying and cleaning fraudulent data, and addressing the challenges posed by imposter respondents will be explored during the session.

When: Tuesday April 22nd, from 1pm-2pm EST

Learn more and register here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7eb40176-cc9d-4c8a-a3bc-87743af68de6@723a5a87-f39a-4a22-9247-3fc240c01396

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kNOw-PAIN Conference – Western University

Registration for the free kNOw-PAIN Conference is now open! The event is open to all who are interested, including researchers, clinicians, patients, and others.

The conference will focus on interdisciplinary approaches to pain research and topic highlights include neuropathic pain, psychedelics in pain, and a showcase of local pain research and clinics. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Andrew Rice and attendees will learn from leading experts in pain research.

When: 9am-4pm, March 31, 2025

Where: Great Hall, Western University

For more information and to register visit: https://www.knowpain.ca/conference