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5th Annual BRI Symposium

The fifth annual Bloorview Research Institute (BRI) symposium was held at Holland Bloorview on November 16, 2010.  This exciting event showcased BRI’s talented scientists, students and the innovative research taking place at BRI.

“The presentations and poster displays at the symposium demonstrate that the impact of research conducted by scientists and trainees in the Research Institute on the health and well-being of children with disabilities and their families is both wide-ranging and significant,” says Colin Macarthur, VP Research.

Presentations throughout the day were grouped around BRI’s three themes: Evaluation of Care, Inclusion and Participation and Innovation and Development.  A parent panel also presented on the topic of: Assistive Technology at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Juxtaposition of Hype, Hope, and Reality, providing a unique perspective to those in attendance.  “I really enjoyed the parent panel in the innovation and development theme. As an engineer, you don’t always have the opportunity to hear this critical perspective and this symposium is a great opportunity to bring in that side of the story,” Brian Leung, PhD student.

Poster displays in the afternoon gave attendees the opportunity to learn about up and coming research and it provided a great opportunity for students to showcase their work. “There are so many interesting things going on in the institute but I don’t always know where to look. This is a great opportunity to see everything and the people behind it,” says Michele Pla, Intern in the Prism Lab, on exchange from Mexico.  To review this year’s poster abstracts, please visit: www.hollandbloorview.ca/research/BRI symposium/tableofposters.php

At the event, BRI’s Pursuit Award was unveiled.  The award recognizes PhD students for their outstanding achievements in childhood disability research.  For details on the award, guidelines, prizes and submission information, please visit: www.hollandbloorview.ca/research/pursuit/index.php

This year’s Mickey Milner International Professorship Lecture was presented by Dr. James Patton, from The University of Illinois at Chicago and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Dr. Patton’s research on the nervous system's natural capacity to adapt to help people recover from brain injury was covered in his presentation:  Human-Machine Interactions as a New Frontier for Restoration of Function after Brain Injury. 

For more information, please visit:
www.hollandbloorview.ca/research/BRI symposium/index.php

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