Meet Kate

Kathryn completed her undergraduate training in Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo, graduate degrees in Rehabilitation and Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto, and postdoctoral fellowship at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute- University Health Network. She has received personnel and research support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and Knowledge Translation Canada.

Academic Appointments

  • Professor, College of Community & Global Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Research Appointments

  • Member, Ongomizwiin Research, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
  • Scientist, George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation
  • Research Affiliate, Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba

Grants & Awards

  • Healthy Cities Implementation Team Grant, CIHR: The AAIMS project (2023-2029)
  • CIHR Project Grant: Documenting the Essential Conditions for Implementing Urban Trails in Canada (2023-2028)
  • CHI Manitoba SPOR SUPPORT Unit Phase II CIHR (2021-2028)
  • CIHR Project Grant: The CONNECT Program (2023-2027)
  • Canada Research Chair in Integrated Knowledge Translation in Rehabilitation Sciences (2021-2026)
  • AGE-WELL Core Research Program Operating Grant (2020-2024)
  • CIHR Operating Grant for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) (2022-2023)
  • Rady Innovation
  • Ken Hughes Young Investigator Award for Medical Research (2019)
  • Future 40 Award Nominee, CBC Manitoba (2017 & 2018)
  • Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award (2017)