Catherine Jones, University of Toronto

Research

Activities Of Daily Living Function Adults Balance And Mobility Limitations Caregiver Assistance Community Exercise Programs Frailty Healthcare-Recreation Partnership Mixed Methods Evaluation

Latest funding

Increasing access to community-based task-oriented exercise programs through healthcare-recreation partnerships to improve function for people with balance and mobility limitations: A multi-site randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$761,176
Getting Older adults OUTdoors (GO-OUT): A randomized controlled trial of a community-based outdoor walking program
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$569,925
Towards Better Surgical Outcomes through Improved Decision Making about Appropriateness for Total Knee Arthoplasty in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$764,384

All 3 grants and awards

Increasing access to community-based task-oriented exercise programs through healthcare-recreation partnerships to improve function for people with balance and mobility limitations: A multi-site randomized controlled trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Salbach, Nancy; Barclay, Ruth E; Bayley, Mark T; Fung, Joyce; Jones, Catherine A; Sveistrup, Heidi; Teasell, Robert W

Keywords: Activities Of Daily Living Function; Adults; Balance And Mobility Limitations; Caregiver Assistance; Community Exercise Programs; Frailty; Healthcare-Recreation Partnership; Mixed Methods Evaluation; Randomized Controlled Trial; Task-Oriented Training

$761,176

Getting Older adults OUTdoors (GO-OUT): A randomized controlled trial of a community-based outdoor walking program

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Salbach, Nancy; Barclay, Ruth E; Chilibeck, Philip D

Keywords: Accelerometry/Gps; Community; Health-Related Quality Of Life; Knowledge Translation; Older Adult; Physical Activity; Qualitative; Randomized Controlled Trial; Walking Outdoors

$569,925

Towards Better Surgical Outcomes through Improved Decision Making about Appropriateness for Total Knee Arthoplasty in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Hawker, Gillian A; Marshall, Deborah A

Keywords: Appropriateness; Decision Support Tool; Osteoarthritis; Surgical Indications; Total Knee Arthoplasty

$764,384

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: Activities Of Daily Living Function Dear Professor Jones, 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]. Your research on activities of daily living function 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 "Increasing access to community-based task-oriented exercise programs through healthcare-recreation partnerships to improve function for people with balance and mobility limitations: A multi-site randomized controlled trial" (2019), 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]