Rachel Bar, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

Arts-Informed Dissemination Dance Knowledge Translation Movement Disorders Neurological Dissorders Parkison'S Disease Research Dissemination

Latest papers

Impact of Sharing Dance Older Adults on Physical and Psychosocial Outcomes.
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2024
Lateral occipitotemporal cortex (LOTC) activity is greatest while viewing dance compared to visualization and movement: learning and expertise effects.
Experimental brain research · 2016

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Scaling up and evaluating Sharing Dance Older Adults with people living with dementia in historically excluded communities
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$750,000
Dance and Parkinson's Disease: A Research Dissemination Project
CIHR · 2015 · Principal investigator
$9,750

All 2 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Impact of Sharing Dance Older Adults on Physical and Psychosocial Outcomes.

Sodums DJ, Kim S, Gallucci CE, Natadiria M, Bar R, Gardner S, Tafler M

Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2024

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980823000570 PMID: 37795604

02

Lateral occipitotemporal cortex (LOTC) activity is greatest while viewing dance compared to visualization and movement: learning and expertise effects.

Di Nota PM, Levkov G, Bar R, DeSouza JFX

Experimental brain research2016

DOI: 10.1007/s00221-016-4607-7 PMID: 26960739

Scaling up and evaluating Sharing Dance Older Adults with people living with dementia in historically excluded communities

Nominated PICIHR2023Op. Grant: Evaluation of Dementia Programs-Stream 1 -Historically Excluded Pops

Principal investigators: Bar, Rachel; Kontos, Pia C

Keywords: Arts-Based Implementation Science; Dance; Dementia; Stigma

$750,000

Dance and Parkinson's Disease: A Research Dissemination Project

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Lapum, Jennifer; Bar, Rachel

Keywords: Arts-Informed Dissemination; Dance; Knowledge Translation; Movement Disorders; Neurological Dissorders; Parkison'S Disease; Research Dissemination

$9,750

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Arts-Informed Dissemination Dear Professor Bar, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Impact of Sharing Dance Older Adults on Physical and Psychosocial Outcomes." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Scaling up and evaluating Sharing Dance Older Adults with people living with dementia in historically excluded communities" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]