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  3. Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Professor
Co-Director, Centre for Aging SMART
VCH Clinical Title(s)
Physical Therapist
Degrees / Designations

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Healthy Aging, PhD, PT

Contact Info
cogmob.rehab.med.ubc.ca/
teresa.ambrose@ubc.ca
UBC_CogMobLab

Research Studies

Brain and Nerves

Reshaping the path of mild cognitive impairment with exercise training

Bones, Joints and Muscles

Reducing Fall Risk Post Hip Fracture in Mild Cognitive Impairment

Brain, Women's Health

Perimenopause Brain Health

SYNchronizing Exercises, Remedies in GaIt and Cognition (SYNERGIC)

Brain, Sleep

Buying Time: Improving Sleep to Promote Cognitive Function in Older Adults

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Is a Recent History of Multiple Falls an Early Indication of Cognitive Dysfunction?

Dementia

Reshaping the Path of Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI)

Neurologic Diseases, Mild Cognitive Impairment

Cognitive Brain Training in Older Adults

Men's and Women's Health

Action Seniors! Exercise to Prevent Falls

Assistive Devices, Fractures, Men's and Women's Health

Falls Prevention Clinic

Stroke

Vitality: Promoting Cognitive Function in Older Adults With Chronic Stroke (Vitality)

Mild Cognitive Impairment, Sleep

Sleep & cognition: Examining the relationship between quality of sleep and cognitive function

News and Awards

Centre for Aging SMART combines expertise in aging and rehabilitation

Mar 1, 2023

Hip fit: Preventing falls with a physio-guided program

Apr 4, 2022

$12 million initiative to help advance brain health and the science of healthy aging

Nov 24, 2021

Cognitive abilities play a key role in fall prevention among older adults

Nov 19, 2021

Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award and Rising Star Award 2021 Recipients

Sep 17, 2021

Protecting seniors’ cognitive health

Mar 8, 2021

The brain-body connection for falls prevention among seniors

Nov 9, 2020

Innovation and Translational Research Awards 2019 Recipients

Aug 13, 2019

Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award and Rising Star Award 2019 Recipients

Jul 18, 2019

Home exercise program reduces rate of falling in at-risk seniors

Jun 4, 2019

Better sleep could improve brain health among older adults

Mar 8, 2019

Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award and Rising Star Award 2018 Recipients

May 24, 2018

Missing: Treatments designed for women

Mar 1, 2018

Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award and Rising Star Award 2017 Recipients

May 28, 2017

Researcher-consumer-patient group collaboration facilitates knowledge translation

Jan 21, 2017

Innovation and Translational Research Awards 2016 Recipients

May 2, 2016

Avoiding the pitfalls of falling in old age by participating in research

Nov 6, 2015

Through exercise, mini-stroke sufferers can slow the progression of cognitive decline

Jul 27, 2015

Aerobic exercise is as good for the older adult brain as it is for the body

Jul 23, 2015

Perception that seniors’ poor sleep is ‘normal’ needs challenging

Jun 8, 2015

Balance and other simple physical function measurements can predict cognitive decline

Mar 22, 2015

Aerobic exercise builds a bigger brain

Apr 21, 2014

Publications

  • British journal of sports medicine -

    Emerging concept: 'central benefit model' of exercise in falls prevention.

    Liu-Ambrose T, Nagamatsu LS, Hsu CL, Bolandzadeh N
  • Psychology and aging -

    Increased cognitive load leads to impaired mobility decisions in seniors at risk for falls.

    Nagamatsu LS, Voss M, Neider MB, Gaspar JG, Handy TC, Kramer AF, Liu-Ambrose TY
  • Neurobiology of aging -

    Resistance training and functional plasticity of the aging brain: a 12-month randomized controlled trial.

    Liu-Ambrose T, Nagamatsu LS, Voss MW, Khan KM, Handy TC
  • Archives of internal medicine -

    Resistance training and executive functions: a 12-month randomized controlled trial.

    Liu-Ambrose T, Nagamatsu LS, Graf P, Beattie BL, Ashe MC, Handy TC
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society -

    Otago home-based strength and balance retraining improves executive functioning in older fallers: a randomized controlled trial.

    Liu-Ambrose T, Donaldson MG, Ahamed Y, Graf P, Cook WL, Close J, Lord SR, Khan KM
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