Dr. Marie Earl, PhD

Education:
BScPT (UWO), MSc, PhD (Waterloo)

Dr. Earl is not accepting new research students at this time.

Research Interests: Much of Dr. Earl's work deals with factors that affect the balance on sensory integration (vesibular, hearing, proprioception, and vision systems) and effective recruitment of muscles to control balance during routine standing and walking tasks. This provides the basis for deveoping appropriate assessments, and for learning how properly prescribed exercise can prevent the impairment and activity limitations that affect the health and indepencence of seniors who live in the community, in hospital, and in continuing care settings.  

Care and Construction: Assessing Differences in Nursing Home Models of Care on Resident Quality of Life
Dr. Marie Earl is part of a multi-disciplinary team looking at different models of care in nursing homes and the impact on resident quality of life. Visit the Care and Construction website.
Review the complete Care and Construction overview document [PDF - 888 kB]