Quincy J Almeida
Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Biography
Dr. Quincy Almeida is the Director of the Movement Disorders Research & Rehabilitation Centre (MDRC) at Wilfrid Laurier University. With 100+ published articles. He is an expert in motor control, balance and gait assessment and exercise rehabilitation for Parkinson’s disease. His research has been funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. He has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Franklin Henry Young Scientist Award for motor control in Canada, and the Early Career Distinguished Scholar Award from the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport & Physical Activity.