Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapists provide specialized rehabilitation services to maintain, restore, or improve the ability of children and adults to perform the occupations of daily life, which may be impaired as a result of illness, injury, congenital or acquired disabilities, or social disadvantage. Occupational therapists focus on adapting the environment or improving the person's skills, to enhance performance in the areas of self-care (eating, dressing, personal hygiene), productivity (household work, employment, school), and leisure activities, thereby improving overall health and quality of life.
Faculty Members
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Backman, Catherine | Lifestyle Determinants and Health; Rehabilitation; Arthritis / Osteo-Arthritis; occupational balance; activity disruption; social role participation; arthritis; chronic illness; health & well-being; Occupational therapy |
| Barbic, Skye | Mental Health and Society; mental health; measurement; recovery; community integration; Rasch Measurement Theory; Implementation Science; Patient Engagement; Supported Employment; Individual Placement Support; assessment; health and well-being; metrology; Occupational therapy; youth |
| Forwell, Susan | Neurological conditions and their impact on chosen occupations |
| Holsti, Liisa | premature infants; neurodevelopment; stress; pain; measurement; technology transfer; sucrose; rehabilitation; pediatrics |
| Huot, Suzanne | Migrations, Populations, Cultural Exchanges; occupational science; Migration Studies; immigration; refugees; asylum seekers; intersectionality; francophone minority communities; francophones; bilingualism; french; community-engaged research; Qualitative research; critical theory; social inclusion; social integration; Gender |
| Jarus, Tal | diversifying health and human service professions; Disabled students;; disabled practitioners;; art-based research |
| Miller, William | disabled people with respect to mobility (wheelchairs); influence of self-efficacy with respect to participation in daily activity, social activity and general quality of life especially among disabled adults and elderly; wheelchair prescription, performance and function; outcome measurement in health care, Use of power wheelchairs, fatigue, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation |
| Mortenson, Ben | Quality of Life and Aging; Social Aspects of Aging; Mobility; Rehabilitation; Accessibility; Assistive technology; Occupational therapy; Caregiving; Social participation; Spinal cord injury; Outcome measures; Robotics |
| Nimmon, Laura | Interpersonal Communication; Family and Care Givers; Palliative Care; Chronic Diseases in Elderly; Health Care Organization; Power and Organization; Adult Education and Continuing Education; Health Professions Education; Qualitative research; Interdisciplinary team communication; Patient centered care; Chronic disease care; End of life care; Collaborative pratice; Teamwork; Families and Caregivers; Adult education |
| Sakakibara, Brodie | Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy; Gerontology; rehabilitation; Physical Activity; Physical Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Stroke Rehabilitation; Chronic disease self-management and prevention; Telehealth in people with stroke and cardiovascular disease; Complex behavioural intervention development; Clinical trial methodologies; Participatory and patient-oriented research |
| Schmidt, Julia | Trauma / Injuries; Cognition; Neurological Diseases; Traumatic Brain Injury; Cognitive impairment; rehabilitation; Self-awareness; Self-identity; neuroscience |
| Zwicker, Jill | Infant / Child Development; Motor System; Rehabilitation; Prematurity; Learning Disorders in Children; developmental coordination disorder; Brain development; neuroplasticity; rehabilitation |