{"id":29896,"date":"2025-11-25T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/le-crir-au-bresil-consolider-les-partenariats-internationaux-en-recherche-en-readaptation-13-au-19-novembre-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:32:27","slug":"le-crir-au-bresil-consolider-les-partenariats-internationaux-en-recherche-en-readaptation-13-au-19-novembre-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/le-crir-au-bresil-consolider-les-partenariats-internationaux-en-recherche-en-readaptation-13-au-19-novembre-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"CRIR in Brazil: Strengthening International Partnerships in Rehabilitation Research | November 13\u201319, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Joining Forces in Rehabilitation on an International Scale<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Last week,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/\">CRIR<\/a>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\">in collaboration with the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/rsn.quebec\/en\/\">Digital Health Network<\/a>,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> had the privilege of visiting the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/ufrn.br\/fr\">Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">in <strong>Brazil<\/strong> as part of a bilateral initiative aimed at strengthening and deepening research partnerships between our institutions.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This visit builds on nearly a <strong>decade of collaboration<\/strong> between UFRN and the BRILLIANT Learning Community laboratory, led by CRIR-LLMRC professor and researcher <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/member\/sara-ahmed-pht-ph-d\/\">Sara Ahmed<\/a>, who initiated this initiative. It facilitated fruitful exchanges with <strong>more than 20 research teams<\/strong> from the UFRN Department of Physical Therapy, working in diverse fields such as neuroscience, cardiorespiratory health, digital health, musculoskeletal conditions, as well as maternal, neonatal, and pelvic health.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These meetings paved the way for new opportunities for collaboration, with the goal of transforming shared expertise into <strong>concrete initiatives in research and training<\/strong>, for the benefit of scientific communities and future professionals.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29911 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/crir.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5881_Bresil-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crir.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5881_Bresil-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/crir.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5881_Bresil-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crir.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5881_Bresil-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/crir.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5881_Bresil-18x24.jpg 18w, https:\/\/crir.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5881_Bresil-27x36.jpg 27w, https:\/\/crir.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5881_Bresil-36x48.jpg 36w, https:\/\/crir.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5881_Bresil.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CRIR would like to extend our warmest thanks to our colleague <strong>Claudia Bojanowski<\/strong>, Coordinator \u2013 Partnerships and Knowledge Mobilization, for representing CRIR so well; the UFRN for its remarkable hospitality and the quality of the discussions; and Professors <strong>Karla Mendonca<\/strong>, <strong>Thayla Amorim, Silvana Alves Pereira,<\/strong> and <strong>Aline Braga Galv\u00e3o Silveira Fernandes<\/strong> for coordinating this event.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"highlight-box\">\ud83d\udc49 We invite you to watch the <strong>video of the event<\/strong> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/brilliant-cfi_rehabilitationscience-internationalcollaboration-activity-7397073233868386304-tdTe?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAaAseQB4Ck3xxIfxrYeUUmtJn9JaMjPX8w\">BRILLIANT Learning Community LinkedIn page<\/a>, which showcases the richness and significance of this international gathering.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Video credits: Jo\u00e3o Vinicius Rebou\u00e7as (footage), Lara Wandeck Bilro Cruz (editing)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">___________________________<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CRIR | November 25, 2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joining Forces in Rehabilitation on an International Scale Last week, CRIR, in collaboration with the Digital Health Network, had the privilege of visiting the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) in Brazil as part of a bilateral initiative&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/le-crir-au-bresil-consolider-les-partenariats-internationaux-en-recherche-en-readaptation-13-au-19-novembre-2025\/\" class=\"read-more btn\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">about CRIR in Brazil: Strengthening International Partnerships in Rehabilitation Research | November 13\u201319, 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":29909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medias-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29920,"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29896\/revisions\/29920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crir.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}