The LINC Project Team - First Row (L-R) - Beth McDougall, Chanh Stevens, Joan Versnel, Grace Warner, Leslie Penner, Kerstin Roger. Second Row - Michelle Villeneuve, Susan Hutchinson, Jocelyn Brown, Lori Weeks. Third Row (L-R) - Diane MacKenzie, Sharmila Vas, George Kephart, Robin Stadnyk. Missing from photo - Tanya Packer, Marshall Godwin.
Congratulations to Tanya Packer and Joan Versnel, co-principal investigators from the School of Occupational Therapy who were awarded $813,424 over three years from the Public Health Agency of Canada for their research project “The Everyday Experience of Living with and Managing a Neurological Condition (The LINC Study).”
This research project seeks to understand the everyday lives of people with neurological conditions who strive to go to work, go to school, raise families and participate in their communities. The support and resources that make everyday life possible and meaningful for people with a neurological condition will be explored. It is anticpated that the findings of this research project will inform service and policy development for people with neurological conditions across Canada.
Co-investigators and research associcates for this project (all from Dalhousie, unless otherwise indicated) include:
- Susan Hutchinson (School of Health and Human Performance)
- Robin Stadnyk (Occupational Therapy)
- Grace Warner (Occupational Therapy)
- Diane MacKenzie (Occupational Therapy)
- Jocelyn Brown (Occupational Therapy)
- George Kephart (Community Health and Epidemiology)
- Lori Weeks (UPEI)
- Marshall Godwin (Memorial)
- Michelle Villeneuve (Queen’s University)
- Kerstin Roger (University of Manitoba)
I am a 57 year old male.
I had neurological symptoms all my life, finally diagnosed in 1988 at age 34. Tourette Syndrome.
Living happily with a family.
Three kids with TS.
If I can be of help in the study, please let me know.
Robert Pert
Shediac, NB
1-506-532-6452
I am old I have parkinsons disease
How do I participate in this study?
Hello
I had a stroke 10 years ago apparently due to work related stress. It affected the left side of mt entire body. From time to time I get neuro-muscular problems: my left leg shakes; the muscles get highly reflexive (I think that is the right term) and my left arm often acts on its own especially when I hear a noise and the arm suddenly shoots straight out from my body like a stiff stick. These patterns seem to get worse with age.
I am on doctor prescribed medication daily since the stroke. I have been thoroughly examined twice (well after the first stroke I might add) by the stoke clinic at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg. I did have a minor TIA stroke about 3 years after the original stroke. I would love to participate in your study.
Thank you