College of Medicine School of Rehabilitation Science

Faculty

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Dr. Brenna Bath BScPT, MSc, PhD, FCAMPT
Director and Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science

Dr. Bath is a Professor and current Director of the School of Rehabilitation Science. She is also an associate member of the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health and the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology. Dr. Bath has clinical experience in public and private sector interdisciplinary outpatient orthopedic settings and has been a physiotherapist since 1998. Her research interests include: prevention and management of musculoskeletal conditions; team-based primary care; investigation of health care access disparities among at risk populations; and the use of interprofessional teams and technology to overcome barriers to accessing rehabilitation services in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities.

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Dr. Valerie Caron BSc, MPT, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science

Dr. Caron is an Assistant Professor at the School of Rehabilitation Science at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. She is a physical therapist with over 10 years of clinical experience in orthopedics, pediatrics and interdisciplinary rehabilitation. Her research focuses on improving pediatric neurorehabilitation assessment and treatment for walking and balance and to evaluate innovative approaches in physiotherapy, such as canine-assisted rehabilitation interventions. Her research is patient and family led and has a focus on implementation and application of knowledge directly into practice.

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Dr. Katie Crockett MPT, PhD, BSc Kin
Assistant Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science

Dr. Crockett is an Assistant Professor at the School of Rehabilitation Science at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. She is a physical therapy clinician with over 14 years of clinical experience in a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation center, serving many rural and remote areas of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on improving access to care for various musculoskeletal conditions, through mixed-methods and data-driven approaches to understanding patient experiences. Informed by clinical experience, her research aims to address gaps in our current healthcare system and actively involve patients and healthcare providers in shaping research questions. Her research philosophy emphasizes the implementation and translation of knowledge to practice.

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Dr. Sarah Donkers BSc, MPT, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science - On sabbatical July 1st, 2024 - June 30th, 2025

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Dr. Hope Jervis-Rademeyer MPT, PhD, BA (Kin), BA (Psych)
Assistant Professor School of Rehabilitation Science

Dr. Hope Jervis-Rademeyer is an Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan and a physical therapist. She obtained a PhD in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Toronto in 2022 and a Master of Physical Therapy from the University of Saskatchewan in 2017. Her research interest is in the clinical translation of neurorestorative approaches (i.e., brain-computer interface, epidural stimulation, exoskeleton, activity-based therapy) to rehabilitate individuals with neurological conditions, with a focus on spinal cord injury (SCI). Currently, her research also develops processes (i.e., clinical practice guidelines, national SCI model of care) to facilitate implementation of these approaches. Dr. Jervis-Rademeyer is the creator and co-host of the podcast Spinal Moves: Canadian conversations about ABT. She has also produced other videos and podcasts designed to improved people’s understanding about topics related to SCI.

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Dr. Soo Kim BScPT, PhD
MPT Program Chair and Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science

Dr. Kim leads an active research program investigating muscle architecture and function in response to pathology, surgery, cancer treatments, and rehabilitation. She employs a wide array of research methodologies ranging from detailed cadaveric dissections and 3D computer modeling to medical imaging, electromyography, and patient-oriented clinical investigations. Dr. Kim also has a special interest in teaching innovations using medical imaging, virtual reality and more recently AI. She is a Faculty Fellow and serves as an Advisory Committee Member for the Jane and Ron Graham Centre for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) at the University of Saskatchewan.

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Rhonda Loeppky BA, BScPT, FCAMPT
Instructor, School of Rehabilitation Science

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Robyn Morhart BA, BScPT, MSc
Instructor, School of Rehabilitation Science

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Dr. Stacey Lovo BScPT, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science

Dr. Lovo is a fourth generation settler living on Treaty 6 and Homeland of the Métis Peoples. Stacey works in close partnership with First Nation and Métis communities to collaborate on community-directed, distinctions based research in the area of Indigenous health and wellness, as well as virtual health and hybrid models of care. She is the Director Virtual Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at the Virtual Health Hub where she oversees virtual rehabilitation research as well as clinical rehabilitation provision of services, and participates in community engaged interprofessional research initiatives. Dr. Lovo is also an associate member with the Department of Surgery and the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health.

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Dr. Stephan Milosavljevic PhD, BAppSc (Physiotherapy), MPhtY, GDMT
Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science

Originally from Australia, Dr. Milosavljevic spent thirty years working in New Zealand, where his research closely involved Indigenous peoples and occupational health. His work has delved into inequities in access to health services and he has collaborated on a multitude of projects. Currently, some of his research focuses on investigating whole body vibration occupational exposure and using walking as an intervention to manage chronic low back pain.

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Dr. Sarah Oosman BSc, BScPT, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science.

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Dr. Teresa Paslawski BA, PhD, MA
Associate Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science - on Administrative leave July 1, 2024 until June 30, 2025

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Dr. Audrey Zucker-Levin MBA, PhD, PT, GCS Emeritus
Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science

Dr. Audrey Zucker-Levin has been a University of Saskatchewan faculty member since 2017, previously on faculty at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center 1999-2017. She serves as the President of the Commission for Motion Laboratory Accreditation (CMLA), a non-profit organization established and operated to enhance the clinical care of persons with disorders of human movement by evaluating and accreditation clinical motion laboratories by a set of evaluative criteria. Dr. Zucker-Levin is a Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist - Emeritus, American Physical Therapy Association, American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists.