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Dr. Welk obtained his Bachelors of Science degree and Medical Degree at the University of Western Ontario. He then went on to complete his urology residency at the University of British Columbia and obtained his Royal College certification in Urology. He completed additional clinical training at the University of Toronto, where he specialized in the evaluation and treatment of male and female incontinence, male urethral stricture disease, and neurogenic bladder dysfunction. During his 2-year fellowship he also completed a masters degree in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Toronto. 

In 2011 he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department’s of Surgery (Urology) and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University. He is an Adjunct Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. He has received peer-reviewed grants from the Canadian Urologic Association, Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario, PSI Foundation, Rick Hansen Foundation and Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation.

Dr. Cheryl Forchuk is the Beryl and Richard Ivey Research Chair in Aging, Mental Health, Rehabilitation and Recovery; a Distinguished University Professor at Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing (Western University); and Scientist and Assistant Director at Lawson Health Research Institute. She has published on many topics including transitional discharge, technology in mental health care, and poverty, housing and homelessness. She has been honoured with numerous awards including the Order of Ontario, an honorary life membership in the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and the Canadian Association of Advanced Practice Nursing, and a Research Pioneer Award from Psychosocial Rehabilitation Canada.

Dr. Clark Heard is a staff occupational therapist at the Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Clark is also Adjunct Research Professor at the School of Occupational Therapy at Western University. A graduate of McMaster University (Hamilton, ON) and Temple University (Philadelphia, PA), Clark has a high volume of scholarly publication and has clinically precepted more than 125 occupational therapy students. A recipient of multiple teaching awards, Clark was nationally recognized by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists in 2015.Clark Has also been recognized with the Sister's of St. Joseph Award for Excellence in Care. 

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Dr. Dalton Wolfe is a Scientist at Parkwood Institute (SJHC London) and the leader of the R2P (Research 2 Practice) team that integrates clinical and research efforts to improve care and clinical outcomes. His primary research interest is in the area of knowledge mobilization and best practice implementation with a focus on physical activity and activity-based therapies in spinal cord injury and brain injury rehabilitation. He co-leads the Ontario SCI Implementation, Evaluation and Quality Care Consortium which focuses on implementation of quality indicators towards the enhancement of care across the 5-academic health centres involved in SCI rehabilitation in the province of Ontario. As part of the Parkwood Rehabilitation Innovations in Mobility Enhancement (PRIME) initiative he is focused on enhancing clinical decision-making to improve locomotor and other movement-related outcomes with activity-based therapies such as robotic, manual and FES-assisted therapies. As with many of the R2P initiatives this involves implementation science and participatory research methods to put in place practice-based research infrastructure that enables iterative knowledge generation as well as implementation.   Dr. Wolfe Is currently accepting students at the Masters, Doctoral, and post-doctoral levels.

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Dr. Keast is a native of London Ontario, graduating from Western University with a Master's Degree in Chemistry. He taught High School for eleven years before entering medicine at Queens University graduating in 1985. He practiced family practice for 25 years before focusing his practice in Wound Care. He is a past president and a founding board member of the Canadian Association of Wound Care.

He is currently the president of the World Alliance for Wound and Lymphedema Care and Director of the Canadian Lymphedema Framework.  Dr. Keast is an internationally recognized educator and has participated on many national and international advisory panels.