Contact
Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - Rehabilitation Medicine
- jms5@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-4992
- Address
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2-70 Corbett (E.A.) Hall
8205 - 114 St NWEdmonton ABT6G 2G4
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Dysphagia Digital Mobile Health Head and Neck Cancer
About
Credentials
PhD - Rehabilitation Science - University of Alberta
MSc - Speech and Hearing Sciences - University of Arizona
BSc - Speech Pathology and Audiology - University of Arizona
Background Information
Since 1999, Dr. Rieger’s research has focused on understanding functional outcomes, including speech, swallowing, chewing and quality of life in patients with defects of the head and neck secondary to cancer and trauma. From 2004 – 2011, she was funded by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research as a Population Health Clinician Researcher. During that time, she held a joint appointment between the University of Alberta and the Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine (iRSM) as a clinician scientist. Funded by the Alberta Cancer Foundation, Dr. Rieger expanded her research focus to explore the use of mobile technology to improve rehabilitative services to patients with head and neck cancer. In her role as Director of Research at iRSM, she is facilitating the continued development of research teams in the areas of: advanced technologies for surgical intervention; regenerative medicine in head and neck; outcomes and analytics; and implantable hearing solutions. In 2018, Dr. Rieger created a spin-off company called True Angle to pursue her dream for commercializing technology that will help people with swallowing impairments live better lives through a remote digital solution for adherence to swallowing exercises.
Research
Current Research
Dr. Jana Rieger was one of four successful researchers to receive funding from the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s Transformative Program competition in April 2014. Dr. Rieger and her team received $2.2 M over seven years to support research related to developing technological interfaces for dysphagia rehabilitation in patients with head and neck cancer. Clinical trials to test the remote digital system - the Mobili-T - are ongoing.
Announcements
Dr. Rieger is currently supervising graduate and post-graduate students interested in swallowing rehabilitation, primarily in the area of head and neck cancer. Her current research focus is on technological interfaces for functional rehabilitation. She is interested in discussing mentorship with students who are looking to further their studies at the graduate level in this area.
Courses
CSD 526 - Voice and Resonance Disorders
A study of the causes, nature, clinical assessment, and management of voice and resonance disorders. Prerequisites: CSD 502 and 505. (Restricted to MScSLP students only.) Not open to students with credit in SPA 526.
Featured Publications
Buurman D, Speksnjider C, Kessler P, de Groot R, Rieger J
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 2020 January; 47 (9):1171-1177
Mechanically and Electrically Robust Stretchable E-Textiles by Controlling the Permeation Depth of Silver-based Conductive Inks
Qiu, Shide; La, Thanh-Giang; Zheng, Lelin; Cho, Chungyeon; Elias, Anastasia; Rieger, Jana; Chung, Hyun-Joong
Flexible and Printed Electronics . 2019 January; 4 (2)
Charaya, H, La TG, Rieger J, Chung HJ
Advanced Materials and Technologies . 2019 January;
Alberta Head and Neck Cancer Priority Setting Partnership Steering Committee. The top 10 research priorities in head and neck cancer
Lechelt L, Rieger J, Cowan K, Debenham B, Krewski B, Nayar S, Regunathan A, Seikaly H, Singh A, Laupacis A
Head & Neck. 2018 January; 40 (3):544-554
Evaluation of an automated swallow-detection algorithm using visual biofeedback in healthy adults and head and neck cancer survivors
Constantinescu G, Kuffel K, Aalto D, Hodgetts B, Rieger J
Dysphagia . 2018 January; 33 (3):345-357
Usability testing of an mHealth device for swallowing therapy in head and neck cancer survivors.
Constantinescu G, King B, Kuffel K, Hodgetts B, Rieger J
Health Informatics Journal. 2018 January; April (1)
Constantinescu, G. Loewen, I, King, B., Brodt, C., Hodgetts, W., Rieger, J
Journal of Medical Internet Research Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies. 2017 January; 4 (1):1-11
Constantinescu G, Hodgetts B, Scott D, Kuffel K, King B, Brodt C, Rieger J.
Dysphagia. 2017 January; 32
Flow and grit by design: exploring gamification in facilitating adherence to swallowing therapy.
Constantinescu G, Rieger J, Mummery K, Hodgetts B.
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology . 2017 January; 26
Silicone-based Adhesives for Long-Term Skin Application: Cleaning Protocols and Their Effect on Peel Strength
Liu L, Kuffel K, Scott D, Constantinescu, G, Chung H-J, Rieger J.
Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express. 2017 January; 4
All-Solid-State Sodium Selective Electrode with a Solid Contact of Chitosan/Prussian blue Nanocomposite
Ghosh T, Chung H-J, Rieger J
Sensors . 2017 January; 17 (11):2536
Constantinescu G, Jeong J-W, Li X, Scott DK, Jang KI, Chung H-J, Rogers JA, Rieger J
Medical Engineering and Physics. 2016 January; 38 (8):807-812
Carol A. Boliek, Jennifer A. Harris, Daniel C. Sadowski, Teresa Paslawski, Liu Shi Gan, Jana M. Rieger
International Journal of Neruorehabilitation. 2015 January;