Kelly O'Brien
@kellyobrien25.bsky.social
Physical Therapist and Researcher, Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Episodic Disability and Rehabilitation
University of Toronto
https://www.physicaltherapy.utoronto.ca/kelly-obrien
University of Toronto
https://www.physicaltherapy.utoronto.ca/kelly-obrien
@sunsopeningband.bsky.social @uoftmedicine.bsky.social @longcovidphysio.bsky.social @apresj20.bsky.social @longcovidsupport.bsky.social @longcovidkids.bsky.social @breathewellphysio.bsky.social
New Event: Join us for the Fireside Chat: Deep dive into activity, movement, PESE and PEM in the context of Long COVID and Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions. Visit our website for more information and to register! tinyurl.com/33hd3r2a
@drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social
@drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
New Event: Join us for the Fireside Chat: Deep dive into activity, movement, PESE and PEM in the context of Long COVID and Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions. Visit our website for more information and to register! tinyurl.com/33hd3r2a
@drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social
@drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New Event: Join us for the Fireside Chat: Deep dive into activity, movement, PESE and PEM in the context of Long COVID and Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions. Visit our website for more information and to register! tinyurl.com/33hd3r2a
@drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social
@drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social
5 years ago, we announced a landmark $250M gift from James and Louise Temerty and the Temerty Foundation. It launched a new era for medicine at @UofT – strengthening discovery, collaboration, innovation, equity and learner well-being across #TemertyMed bit.ly/4nkri2J
In recognition of the Temerty’s transformational gift, U of T’s Faculty of Medicine was renamed in their honour.
Five years ago, a landmark $250-million gift from James and Louise Temerty and the Temerty Foundation launched a new era for medicine at the University of Toronto — empowering what is now known as…
bit.ly
September 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
5 years ago, we announced a landmark $250M gift from James and Louise Temerty and the Temerty Foundation. It launched a new era for medicine at @UofT – strengthening discovery, collaboration, innovation, equity and learner well-being across #TemertyMed bit.ly/4nkri2J
In recognition of the Temerty’s transformational gift, U of T’s Faculty of Medicine was renamed in their honour.
Five years ago, a landmark $250-million gift from James and Louise Temerty and the Temerty Foundation launched a new era for medicine at the University of Toronto — empowering what is now known as…
bit.ly
September 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
5 years ago, we announced a landmark $250M gift from James and Louise Temerty and the Temerty Foundation. It launched a new era for medicine at @UofT – strengthening discovery, collaboration, innovation, equity and learner well-being across #TemertyMed bit.ly/4nkri2J
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
Before COVID-19 had a name, #TemertyMed's high containment lab mobilized to study it. Backed by the Temertys' gift, the lab helped Canada isolate the virus, test treatments, and safely reuse PPE, working around the clock to support the national response. bit.ly/4pFseA2
September 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Before COVID-19 had a name, #TemertyMed's high containment lab mobilized to study it. Backed by the Temertys' gift, the lab helped Canada isolate the virus, test treatments, and safely reuse PPE, working around the clock to support the national response. bit.ly/4pFseA2
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
CAHR is proud to support this exciting KTE event on HIV, Aging, and Rehabilitation.
📅Save the date:
CIHHRC, @cahr-acrv.bsky.social, and HIV in Motion are hosting a Café Scientifique on November 27th at 12pm EST.
This free, virtual event will feature research and practice updates on HIV, Aging, and Rehabilitation.
Registration is now open! forms.office.com/r/sRmnWpSLGx
CIHHRC, @cahr-acrv.bsky.social, and HIV in Motion are hosting a Café Scientifique on November 27th at 12pm EST.
This free, virtual event will feature research and practice updates on HIV, Aging, and Rehabilitation.
Registration is now open! forms.office.com/r/sRmnWpSLGx
September 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
CAHR is proud to support this exciting KTE event on HIV, Aging, and Rehabilitation.
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
📅Save the date:
CIHHRC, @cahr-acrv.bsky.social, and HIV in Motion are hosting a Café Scientifique on November 27th at 12pm EST.
This free, virtual event will feature research and practice updates on HIV, Aging, and Rehabilitation.
Registration is now open! forms.office.com/r/sRmnWpSLGx
CIHHRC, @cahr-acrv.bsky.social, and HIV in Motion are hosting a Café Scientifique on November 27th at 12pm EST.
This free, virtual event will feature research and practice updates on HIV, Aging, and Rehabilitation.
Registration is now open! forms.office.com/r/sRmnWpSLGx
September 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
📅Save the date:
CIHHRC, @cahr-acrv.bsky.social, and HIV in Motion are hosting a Café Scientifique on November 27th at 12pm EST.
This free, virtual event will feature research and practice updates on HIV, Aging, and Rehabilitation.
Registration is now open! forms.office.com/r/sRmnWpSLGx
CIHHRC, @cahr-acrv.bsky.social, and HIV in Motion are hosting a Café Scientifique on November 27th at 12pm EST.
This free, virtual event will feature research and practice updates on HIV, Aging, and Rehabilitation.
Registration is now open! forms.office.com/r/sRmnWpSLGx
📅Save the date:
CIHHRC, @cahr-acrv.bsky.social, and HIV in Motion are hosting a Café Scientifique on November 27th at 12pm EST.
This free, virtual event will feature research and practice updates on HIV, Aging, and Rehabilitation.
Registration is now open! forms.office.com/r/sRmnWpSLGx
CIHHRC, @cahr-acrv.bsky.social, and HIV in Motion are hosting a Café Scientifique on November 27th at 12pm EST.
This free, virtual event will feature research and practice updates on HIV, Aging, and Rehabilitation.
Registration is now open! forms.office.com/r/sRmnWpSLGx
September 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
✨ Fireside Chat Ep 24 ✨
📅 Wed 17 Sept | 18:00 BST | YouTube Live
'Muscle & Movement: Rethinking Long Covid & ME/CFS'
Dr Rob Wust and @binitakane.bsky.social on why PEM is nothing like deconditioning and what research reveals about muscle changes in these conditons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i4i...
📅 Wed 17 Sept | 18:00 BST | YouTube Live
'Muscle & Movement: Rethinking Long Covid & ME/CFS'
Dr Rob Wust and @binitakane.bsky.social on why PEM is nothing like deconditioning and what research reveals about muscle changes in these conditons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i4i...
Fireside Chat Series | Episode 24 | #Mitochondria & #Muscle: Rethinking Long COVID and #ME/CFS
YouTube video by The Long Covid Clinic: What You CAN Do
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
✨ Fireside Chat Ep 24 ✨
📅 Wed 17 Sept | 18:00 BST | YouTube Live
'Muscle & Movement: Rethinking Long Covid & ME/CFS'
Dr Rob Wust and @binitakane.bsky.social on why PEM is nothing like deconditioning and what research reveals about muscle changes in these conditons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i4i...
📅 Wed 17 Sept | 18:00 BST | YouTube Live
'Muscle & Movement: Rethinking Long Covid & ME/CFS'
Dr Rob Wust and @binitakane.bsky.social on why PEM is nothing like deconditioning and what research reveals about muscle changes in these conditons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i4i...
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
New publication: Establishing a framework of measurement for use in Long COVID research and practice: protocol for a scoping review involving evidence review and consultation
@longcovidweb.bsky.social
Read it below:
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...
@longcovidweb.bsky.social
Read it below:
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...
Establishing a framework of measurement for use in Long COVID research and practice: protocol for a scoping review involving evidence review and consultation
Introduction Our aim is to develop a Framework of Measurement for people living with Long COVID and their caregivers for use in Long COVID research and clinical practice. Specifically, we will charact...
bmjopen.bmj.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New publication: Establishing a framework of measurement for use in Long COVID research and practice: protocol for a scoping review involving evidence review and consultation
@longcovidweb.bsky.social
Read it below:
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...
@longcovidweb.bsky.social
Read it below:
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
Congratulations to Dr. Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco for the publication of the paper "Qualitative insights from an online community-based exercise intervention for persons living with HIV"
Read it here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/reh...
Read it here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/reh...
Frontiers | Qualitative insights from an online community-based exercise intervention for persons living with HIV
IntroductionOnline community-based exercise (CBE) is a rehabilitation strategy that can promote health outcomes among people living with HIV. We aimed to des...
www.frontiersin.org
August 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco for the publication of the paper "Qualitative insights from an online community-based exercise intervention for persons living with HIV"
Read it here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/reh...
Read it here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/reh...
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
Congratulations to Dr. Chavon Niles, 2025-2026 Catalyst Grant recipient for the project ‘Untold Stories of Long COVID: A Photovoice and Narrative Study Among Black and Racialized Communities in Ontario’.
@drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social
@drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social
Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID
rehabcovidnetwork.med.utoronto.ca
August 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Chavon Niles, 2025-2026 Catalyst Grant recipient for the project ‘Untold Stories of Long COVID: A Photovoice and Narrative Study Among Black and Racialized Communities in Ontario’.
@drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social
@drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
Congratulations to Dr. Euson Yeung, 2025-2026 Catalyst Grant recipient for the project 'Defining Entry-Level Competencies for Safe Rehabilitation of Individuals with Post-Exertional Malaise: A Delphi Study’. @drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Euson Yeung, 2025-2026 Catalyst Grant recipient for the project 'Defining Entry-Level Competencies for Safe Rehabilitation of Individuals with Post-Exertional Malaise: A Delphi Study’. @drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
Published today 📣
Community Engagement in #LongCOVID Research: Process, Evaluation and Recommendations From the Long COVID and Episodic Disability Study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Community Engagement in #LongCOVID Research: Process, Evaluation and Recommendations From the Long COVID and Episodic Disability Study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Community Engagement in Long Covid Research: Process, Evaluation and Recommendations From the Long COVID and Episodic Disability Study
Introduction
Long Covid and other infection-associated chronic condition communities have been integral in advocating for patient engagement in all stages of research, from design and conduct, and i.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Published today 📣
Community Engagement in #LongCOVID Research: Process, Evaluation and Recommendations From the Long COVID and Episodic Disability Study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Community Engagement in #LongCOVID Research: Process, Evaluation and Recommendations From the Long COVID and Episodic Disability Study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
Congratulations to Dr. Tai-Te Su on the publication "Goals in motion: exploring goal setting among adults living with
HIV who participated in an online community-based exercise intervention".
Read it here: t.co/yRT0EVfxsa
HIV who participated in an online community-based exercise intervention".
Read it here: t.co/yRT0EVfxsa
https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2025.1644139
t.co
July 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Tai-Te Su on the publication "Goals in motion: exploring goal setting among adults living with
HIV who participated in an online community-based exercise intervention".
Read it here: t.co/yRT0EVfxsa
HIV who participated in an online community-based exercise intervention".
Read it here: t.co/yRT0EVfxsa
https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2025.1644139
t.co
July 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
The Symposium "Innovating futures with digital technology: Rehabilitation and healthy ageing with complex chronic conditions" will be held October 3rd, 2025 at the University of Manchester (in-person). Registration & further info can be found here: rehabcovidnetwork.med.utoronto.ca/event/2025-d...
July 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Symposium "Innovating futures with digital technology: Rehabilitation and healthy ageing with complex chronic conditions" will be held October 3rd, 2025 at the University of Manchester (in-person). Registration & further info can be found here: rehabcovidnetwork.med.utoronto.ca/event/2025-d...
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
We're hosting a Patient-Led Research Fund (PLRF) webinar on July 9, 1–4:30PM ET!
Hear results from 10 PLRF-funded biomedical studies (on microclots, T cell exhaustion, trials, & more), all selected by a panel of patient-researchers.
🗓️ Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#LongCOVID
Hear results from 10 PLRF-funded biomedical studies (on microclots, T cell exhaustion, trials, & more), all selected by a panel of patient-researchers.
🗓️ Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#LongCOVID
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We're hosting a Patient-Led Research Fund (PLRF) webinar on July 9, 1–4:30PM ET!
Hear results from 10 PLRF-funded biomedical studies (on microclots, T cell exhaustion, trials, & more), all selected by a panel of patient-researchers.
🗓️ Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#LongCOVID
Hear results from 10 PLRF-funded biomedical studies (on microclots, T cell exhaustion, trials, & more), all selected by a panel of patient-researchers.
🗓️ Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#LongCOVID
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
New PLRC-funded work out from Rob Wust & team!
Skeletal muscles in #LongCovid and ME *differ* from skeletal muscles induced by bedrest.
LC and ME is not deconditioning! 1/
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Skeletal muscles in #LongCovid and ME *differ* from skeletal muscles induced by bedrest.
LC and ME is not deconditioning! 1/
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Skeletal muscle properties in long COVID and ME/CFS differ from those induced by bed rest
Patients with long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) suffer from a reduced exercise capacity, skeletal muscle abnormalities and post-exertional malaise (PEM), where...
www.medrxiv.org
May 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
New PLRC-funded work out from Rob Wust & team!
Skeletal muscles in #LongCovid and ME *differ* from skeletal muscles induced by bedrest.
LC and ME is not deconditioning! 1/
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Skeletal muscles in #LongCovid and ME *differ* from skeletal muscles induced by bedrest.
LC and ME is not deconditioning! 1/
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
"Children should be included in ongoing and future clinical trials for Long Covid
Age-related protections & regulations must be incorporated, including obtaining institutional review board/research ethics approval along with paediatric assent & parental
publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
Age-related protections & regulations must be incorporated, including obtaining institutional review board/research ethics approval along with paediatric assent & parental
publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
May 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
"Children should be included in ongoing and future clinical trials for Long Covid
Age-related protections & regulations must be incorporated, including obtaining institutional review board/research ethics approval along with paediatric assent & parental
publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
Age-related protections & regulations must be incorporated, including obtaining institutional review board/research ethics approval along with paediatric assent & parental
publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
Todd Davenport’s #KeyMessages from the #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Long COVID symptoms have a basis in bioenergetic impairment, which can be demonstrated using 2-day CPET
📌 Long COVID symptoms have a basis in bioenergetic impairment, which can be demonstrated using 2-day CPET
April 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Todd Davenport’s #KeyMessages from the #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Long COVID symptoms have a basis in bioenergetic impairment, which can be demonstrated using 2-day CPET
📌 Long COVID symptoms have a basis in bioenergetic impairment, which can be demonstrated using 2-day CPET
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
Todd Davenport discusses Abnormal Post-Exertional Recovery in People Living with Long COVID: Insights from Two-Day Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing at #COVIDRehab forum with @sunsopeningband.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Todd Davenport discusses Abnormal Post-Exertional Recovery in People Living with Long COVID: Insights from Two-Day Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing at #COVIDRehab forum with @sunsopeningband.bsky.social
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
Can automated language analyses identify cognitive deficits in Long COVID? Tijana Simic & Kathleen Fraser present research at the #COVIDRehab forum:
📌Long COVID affects >1 million Canadians, causing long-term symptoms not well-captured by standard cognitive testing
📌Long COVID affects >1 million Canadians, causing long-term symptoms not well-captured by standard cognitive testing
April 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Can automated language analyses identify cognitive deficits in Long COVID? Tijana Simic & Kathleen Fraser present research at the #COVIDRehab forum:
📌Long COVID affects >1 million Canadians, causing long-term symptoms not well-captured by standard cognitive testing
📌Long COVID affects >1 million Canadians, causing long-term symptoms not well-captured by standard cognitive testing
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
This was an excellent keynote by @julialmv.bsky.social from @patientled.bsky.social.💙
Thank you so much for using both research and personal experience to further the discussion on wearable technology and #LongCovid rehabilitation. #CovidForum
Thank you so much for using both research and personal experience to further the discussion on wearable technology and #LongCovid rehabilitation. #CovidForum
3 key points from #COVIDForum Keynote speaker Julia Moore Vogel: @julialmv.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This was an excellent keynote by @julialmv.bsky.social from @patientled.bsky.social.💙
Thank you so much for using both research and personal experience to further the discussion on wearable technology and #LongCovid rehabilitation. #CovidForum
Thank you so much for using both research and personal experience to further the discussion on wearable technology and #LongCovid rehabilitation. #CovidForum
Reposted by Kelly O'Brien
Alice MacLean discusses people's experiences of attempts to return to work and school with Long COVID.
Key message at #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Existing policies are not well-designed for episodic disabilities like Long COVID
Key message at #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Existing policies are not well-designed for episodic disabilities like Long COVID
April 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Alice MacLean discusses people's experiences of attempts to return to work and school with Long COVID.
Key message at #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Existing policies are not well-designed for episodic disabilities like Long COVID
Key message at #COVIDRehab forum:
📌 Existing policies are not well-designed for episodic disabilities like Long COVID