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Emma Plater
Program(s)
Human Health & Nutritional Sciences with Neuroscience* , PhD
Why I Chose Guelph…
Guelph had the research I was interested in, and also a strong sense of familiarity as I did my undergraduate degree here as well.
About the City of Guelph…
No other city I know has even close to the amount of running trails! Guelph truly is a running mecca. It is also nice that Guelph has a small-town feel with a quaint, pretty downtown despite being a city.
About Future Goals...
I hope to go into academia, ideally in a physiotherapy department of a Canadian university. I'm also very open to industry and other teaching careers - I want to keep all of my options open. At Guelph, I learned to be a researcher, a teacher, a mentor ... and perhaps forever a student! I believe all of these are essential skills going into academia.
How Will Your Research Improve Life?
I hope to apply the concepts I have researched to prosthetics and other assistive technologies to help older adults, those with amputation and/or diabetes, and other conditions with sensory loss to feel, and therefore interact with their environment, to a greater extent.