Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University
Director, Sun Life Movement Disorders Research and Rehabilitation Centre
Canada’s Representative and Author, Movement Disorders Society – International Task Force on Rating Scales for Gait, Balance and Falls in Parkinson’s Disease. (since 2011)
Invited Parkinson’s representative (Lead Author on Parkinson’s Recommendations), International Consensus Committee on Exercise Prescription for Prominent Chronic Conditions (since 2012)
RESEARCH GRANTS
2010-2015 Canadian Fund for Innovation Grant “Development of the Movement Disorders Research & Rehabilitation Centre” ($2,100,000/ 5 years including matching funds). PI: Almeida. Principle Users: Stewart, D., Kalmar, J., Tiidus, P.,Bryden, P.Cinelli, M., Perry, S.
2012-2015 Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) Grant: “Evaluating cognitive aspects of locomotion and rehabilitation in Parkinson’s ($300,00/3 years)
2011-2012 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Planning Grant “International Consensus on Exercise Prescription for Prominent Chronic Conditions: Recommendations and Guidelines” ($25,000 with additional $25,000 match from Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology). PI: S. Bredin, Co-Applicants: Almeida, P. Chillibeck, N. Eves, J. Goodman, P., V. Jamnik,
Katzmarzyk, M. Pang, M. Riddell, R. Shephard, J. Stone, S. Thomas, D. Warburton.
2010-2011 Schering-Plough / Merck Pharmaceuticals Clinical Trial Grant Clinical Trial “A Phase 3, Active-Controlled, Double-Blind, Double Dummy Extension Study in Parkinson’s Subjects with moderate to Severe Parkinson’s Disease (Protocol No. P06153) ($254,000 for our site) Site Co PI: Almeida, with D. Stewart
2007-2010 Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada -NSERC ($51,000/3 years) Grant: “Mechanisms of Basal Ganglia Involvement in Sensory Processes” PI: Almeida
PUBLICATIONS:
Ehgoetz-Martens, K., Almeida, Q.J. (2012) Dissociating between sensory and perceptual deficits in Parkinson’s disease: More than simply a motor deficit. Movement Disorders.27(3):387-392.
Knobl, P., Kielstra, L., Almeida, Q.J. (2011) The relationship between motor planning and freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. 83:98-101.
Tan, T, Almeida, Q.J., *Rahimi, F. (2011) Proprioceptive deficits in Parkinson’s disease patients with freezing of gait. Neuroscience 192:746-752.
Brown, M.J.N., Almeida, Q.J. (2011) Evaluating dopaminergic system contributions to cued pattern switching during bimanual coordination. EuropeanJournal of Neuroscience 34(4):632-640.
King, L., Almeida, Q.J., Ahonen, H. (2009) Short-term Influences of Vibration Therapy on Motor Impairments in Parkinson’s Disease. Neurorehabilitation 25(4):297-306.