COVID-19 Rehabilitation & Recovery Educational Webinar Series

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The next webinar in the series will take place on Monday, June 16, 2025. Speaker will be announced soon!

 

REGIStration coming soon

  


Past Webinars

Monday, March 17, 2025 

Cardiovascular risk post-COVID-19 | PEM and exercise tolerance

Featured guest speakers:

Hooman Allayee, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Population & Public Health Sciences and Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California

Todd E. Davenport, PT, DPT, PhD, MPH
Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy
Professor & Chair, Department of Physical Therapy
School of Health Sciences
University of the Pacific

Watch the webinar playback: Cardiovascular risk post-COVID-19 | PEM and exercise tolerance


 

December 16, 2024

CAN-PCC Canadian Guidelines for Post COVID-19 Condition

Featured guest Speaker:

Dr. Robby Nieuwlaat
CAN-PCC Co-Lead
Associate Professor, Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
McMaster University

Watch the webinar playback: CAN-PCC Canadian Guidelines for Post COVID-19 Condition


September 16, 2024

Early rehabilitation strategies in critically ill patients with COVID-19: A systematic review

Featured guest Speaker:

Dr. Julie Reid, PT PhD
School of Rehabilitation Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
McMaster University

Watch the webinar playback: Early rehabilitation strategies in critically ill patients with COVID-19: A systematic review


June 3, 2024

The Long COVID Education and Awareness Hub

Featured guest Speaker:

Dr. Jaylyn Leighton
Postdoctoral Trainee, St. John’s Rehab Research Program
Sunnybrook Research Institute

Watch the webinar playback: The Long COVID Education and Awareness Hub


March 4, 2024

Persistent dysphagia after COVID-19: What are the predictors?

Featured guest speaker:

Dr. Catriona Steele PhD, S-LP(C), CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow
Senior Scientist and Director, Swallowing Rehabilitation Research Laboratory, KITE Research Institute - Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - University Health Network
Professor, Speech-Language Pathology, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Canada Research Chair in Swallowing and Food Oral Processing (Tier 1)

Watch the webinar playback: Persistent dysphagia after COVID-19: What are the predictors?


December 4, 2023

Mental Health Aspects of Long COVID 

Featured guest speaker:

Dr. Alan Wai
Staff Psychiatrist, Medical Psychiatry Division, UHN Centre for Mental Health
Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Watch the webinar playback: Mental Health Aspects of Long COVID


September 11, 2023

Brain Fog and Long COVID

Featured guest speaker:

Dr. Carmela Tartaglia
Krembil Clinician Investigator, Krembil Brain Institute at Toronto Western Hospital (UHN)
Associate Professor, Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto

Watch the webinar playback: Brain Fog and Long COVID


June 5, 2023

Episodic Disability and Long COVID

Featured guest speakers:

Dr. Kelly O'Brien
Co-Director, Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID
Canada Research Chair in Episodic Disability and Rehabilitation

Nisa Malli 
Patient-Led Research Collaborative
Advisory Committee, Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID

Presentation slides (PDF)
List of references and resources (PDF)

Watch the webinar playback: Episodic Disability and Long COVID


March 6, 2023

Use of Biometrics in the Treatment of Individuals with Long COVID

Featured Guest Speaker:

Adam Brown PT
Owner, Cornerstone Physiotherapy; research staff, University Health Network

Watch the webinar playback: Use of Biometrics in the Treatment of Individuals with Long COVID


December 5, 2022

Everyday cognitive complaints of adults with long COVID: Survey results and clinical considerations

Featured Guest Speakers: 

Dr. Lyn Turkstra, Assistant Dean and Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University

Dr. Jackie Bosch, Assistant Dean and Professor of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University 

Watch the webinar playback: Everyday cognitive complaints of adults with long COVID: Survey results and clinical considerations


September 12, 2022

Chronic fatigue and post-exertional malaise in people living with long COVID: Current evidence and clinical recommendations

Featured Guest Speakers: 

Dr. Rosie TwomeyPostdoctoral Fellow, University of Calgary Faculty of Kinesiology

Jessica DeMars, Respiratory Physiotherapist and Owner-Operator of Breathe Well Physio

Watch the webinar playback: Chronic fatigue and post-exertional malaise in people living with long COVID: Current evidence and clinical recommendations


June 6th, 2022

Rehabilitation and Recovery after COVID-19: Case Discussions and Insights from the CANCOV Cohort

Launching the new five-part educational series, this webinar featured the Canadian COVID-19 Prospective Cohort Study (CANCOV), one of the first Canadian studies to provide a comprehensive evaluation of early to 1-year outcomes in 2000 patients with COVID-19 infection and their family caregivers. We were joined by distinguished guest speakers Dr. Angela Cheung and Dr. Margaret Herridge, Co-Lead Investigators of the CANCOV Study.

This session included a presentation by our invited speakers, then an interactive case discussion.

Watch the webinar playback: Rehabilitation and Recovery after COVID-19: Case Discussions and Insights from the CANCOV Cohort