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Professor
McMaster University, Canada
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Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, PT, PhD, Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University (Hamilton, ON, Canada), is a physiotherapist with over 30 years of clinical and research experience with older adults, adults with cognitive and neurological impairments, and people living with neurodegenerative diseases. Rehabilitation (latin root "rehabilitare" - to provide again with means) and "active living" (healthy, optimal, productive living) - frame Vanina’s research activities, which focus on maximizing function and mobility, health and wellness, quality of living and quality of life irrespective of disease state and across the care continuum. Research and program evaluation methods include qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, scoping and systematic reviews. Vanina has 100+ peer-reviewed publications, books, book chapters, and technical reports focused on rehabilitation, older adults, dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases, mobility, function, exercise and physical activity.
