Janice Eng

Janice Eng is a University Killam Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Neurological Rehabilitation at the University of British Columbia. She currently co-directs the Centre for Aging SMART at Vancouver Coastal Health which is dedicated to finding solutions to improve mobility, activity, rehabilitation and health care technology. She developed the GRASP Program that improved arm and hand function and the FAME Program that improved fitness and mobility after stroke. Both of these programs were evaluated by large multi-site randomized controlled trials. These programs now operate in Vancouver Coastal Health and are used in over 3000 sites across 50 countries. She also developed the freely accessible Spinal Cord Injury Research Evidence website (scireproject.com) that involves over 70 faculty and has over one-quarter million annual users, primarily clinicians seeking information to improve their care of their patients.

Recent Publications

Tang A, Eng JJ, Tsang TS, Krassioukov AV. Cognition and motor impairment correlates with exercise test performance after stroke. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2013 Apr;45(4):622-7. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31827a0169. (PubMed abstract)

Rand D, Eng JJ. Disparity between functional recovery and daily use of the upper and lower extremities during subacute stroke rehabilitation. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2012 Jan;26(1):76-84. doi: 10.1177/1545968311408918. Epub 2011 Jun 21. (PubMed abstract)

Simpson LA, Miller WC, Eng JJ. Effect of stroke on fall rate, location and predictors: a prospective comparison of older adults with and without stroke. PLoS One. 2011 Apr 29;6(4):e19431. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019431. (PubMed abstract)

Rand D, Eng JJ, Liu-Ambrose T, Tawashy AE. Feasibility of a 6-month exercise and recreation program to improve executive functioning and memory in individuals with chronic stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2010 Oct;24(8):722-9. doi: 10.1177/1545968310368684. Epub 2010 May 11. (PubMed abstract)

Harris JE, Eng JJ, Miller WC, Dawson AS. A self-administered Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program (GRASP) improves arm function during inpatient stroke rehabilitation: a multi-site randomized controlled trial. Stroke. 2009 Jun;40(6):2123-8. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.544585. Epub 2009 Apr 9. (PubMed abstract)