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Dr. Rosalie Wang Appointed to a Full-Time Tenure Posi-
tion
As of January 1, 2015, Dr. Rosalie Wang has been ap-
pointed to the Department in a full time tenure stream po-
sition.
Rosalie completed her BScOT at the University of
British Columbia and her PhD at U of T in the Graduate
Department of Rehabilitation Science. Before taking up her
doctoral studies Rosalie practiced occupational therapy
with older adults in Vancouver and London England. Ros-
alie’s doctoral dissertation “Enabling Power Wheelchair
Mobility with Long-Term Care Home Residents with Cog-
nitive Impairments” led to a post-doctoral fellowship to de-
velop and evaluate an artificially intelligent haptic stroke
rehabilitation robot for the upper limb, and to pilot test per-
sonal robots to support aging-in-place.
Rosalie was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the
Department (contractually limited term appointment) on
July 1 2014, and concurrently as an Affiliate Scientist at
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Hospital Net-
work. She is an associate member of the School of Gradu-
ate Studies and of the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute.
Since her appointment to OS&OT in July 2014, Rosalie has
expanded her research on the stroke rehab haptic robot
into gaming environments, developing therapist interfaces,
and telerehab using the haptic robot. She has recently been
awarded a grant to develop a framework for research, im-
plementation and policy for aging, disability and technol-
ogy with Jerome Bickenbach and the March of Dimes
Canada, and she has also begun a participatory project
with older women who have chronic hemiplegia to design
adaptive clothing and accessories.
A warmwelcome, Rosalie, to your new role in the De-
partment!
Appointment of Dr. Emily Nalder as the March of Dimes
Paul J.J. Martin Early Career Researcher
Dr. Susan Rappolt is thrilled to announce that Dr. Emily
Nalder has been appointed to the March of Dimes Paul J.J.
Martin Early Career Professorship and will be joining the
Department on January 1, 2015. Emily was selected from
a field of outstanding applicants as the ideal candidate for
this Early Career Professorship award. Her program of re-
search on community integration for adults and older
adults with acquired brain injuries will make a significant
contribution to the work of the Department.
Emily completed her doctorate at the University of
Queensland in 2012 on “Experiences of individuals with
traumatic brain injury and their family caregivers”, and her
postdoctoral studies are focused on strategies for and eval-
uations of successful community-based interventions and
service delivery models for adults and older adults with
cognitive impairments due to traumatic brain injuries,
stroke and aging.
We are delighted to welcome Emily to the Depart-
ment, and we know that you will look forward to meeting
her and also welcoming her as a new faculty member at
the University of Toronto.
New Fieldwork Instructor: Jameela Lencucha
Former graduate student of the Department, Jameela
Lencucha, has been contracted part-time as the Fieldwork
3 and Fieldwork 4 Instructor. We are delighted to have
Jameela with us and know that she will be a huge asset to
the Fieldwork Team! Jameela has worked since 2007 at
UHN at various sites and with various client populations.
Presently, she is working at TWH in Neurology/Neuro-
surgery and has been the Fieldwork Coordinator there
since 2011. Jameela has been an enthusiastic supporter of
fieldwork education in her role of site FWCoordinator and
preceptor to dozens of students. In addition, in 2013,
Jameela assisted with the development of the new Intro-
ductory Fieldwork Experience for our students. It is evident
that Jameela brings excellent skills and experience to the
OS&OT Fieldwork Instructor role and we are so pleased
that she is taking on this important teaching role within the
department.
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