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Dr. Chantal Camden(905) 525-9140 ext. 20181 |
Chantal is currently a first-year postdoctoral fellow at CanChild. She has a Master's degree in community health from Laval University and completed her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation at Montréal University. Her dissertation research used a participatory action research methodology to develop, implement and evaluate a new service delivery model and new types of interventions for children with disabilities in a rehabilitation centre in Sherbrooke, Québec. As a member of CanChild, Chantal will be working closely with Dr. Cheryl Missiuna, Dr. Peter Rosenbaum and colleagues on interdisciplinary research activities aiming at increasing service quality for children with disabilities. Among other projects, she will lead the development of the DCD physio module, an online workshop to increase knowledge and skills of physiotherapists working with children with developmental coordination disorders. |
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Dr. Briano Di Rezze | Briano graduated from McMaster University in 2003 with an MSc in Occupational Therapy. His work experience in occupational therapy is primarily in the area of pediatrics, having worked with children across disability groups in both pre-school and school-aged populations. In 2012 Briano completed his Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science at McMaster under the supervision of Dr. Mary Law. His doctoral thesis produced the first generic intervention fidelity measure to evaluate paediatric occupational therapy and physiotherapy for children with cerebral palsy. His research interests are in current and emerging research methodology within rehabilitation intervention research. Briano is currently a CIHR-funded Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University. He is working with Dr. Peter Szatmari to examine the impact of health service intervention on outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorders. Briano is also a co-investigator in the CanChild-led study "The Development of an Autism Classification System of Functioning: Social Communication". |
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Dr. Nora Fayed(905)-525-9140 ext. 20181 |
Nora is an occupational therapist and currently a first-year postdoctoral fellow at CanChild, working on a CIHR funded longitudinal study of quality of life in children with epilepsy led by Dr. Gabriel Ronen from the McMaster Department of Pediatrics. She is also mentored by Dr. Aileen Davis of the University Health Network in Toronto. Dr. Fayed has clinical experience in driver rehabilitation, and feeding and swallowing in children from Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation in Toronto. Her main research interests focus on measurement issues pertaining to quality of life in children with epilepsy and long-term health conditions. She is also interested in applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to patient-reported outcomes for child health services research. |
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Dr. Danielle Levac | Danielle Levac graduated from the University of Ottawa in 2001 with a BSc degree in Physiotherapy. She has worked as a physiotherapist in pediatric acute care, rehabilitation, and school health support settings. In 2007, she completed a MSc in Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University, exploring recovery patterns in children and youth with acquired brain injury (ABI). Danielle completed a PhD in the Rehabilitation Science at McMaster in 2012, under the supervision of Dr. Cheryl Missiuna. The focus of her research is on the use of commercial virtual reality technology (specifically, the Nintendo Wii & WiiFit) to promote motor learning within physiotherapy interventions for children and youth with ABI. Danielle is currently a CIHR-funded Post-Doctoral Fellow in the School of Rehabilitation Science and the Motor Control Laboratory at the University of Ottawa. Working with Dr. Heidi Sveistrup and Dr. Mindy Levin (McGill University), Danielle is undertaking research to explore the use of virtual reality-based therapy with adult and pediatric neurological populations in clinical and home settings. |
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Keiko Shikako-Thomas |
Keiko Shikako-Thomas is an occupational therapist who completed her PhD studies in Rehabilitation Science at McGill University under the supervision of Dr. Annette Majnemer. She obtained her BSc in Occupational Therapy from the University of São Paulo, Brazil where she became interested in the child, family and environmental attributes that may influence the social participation in children with developmental disabilities. Her PhD research involved the study of determinants of participation in leisure activities in adolescents with cerebral palsy. She has also been involved in studies that are evaluating the factors that influence the quality of life of the same population. Keiko is currently involved in several knowledge translation projects and her current research focus on the process of translating research-based evidence to policy making that can benefit children with disabilities and their families. She is working under the supervision of Dr. Mary Law in her postdoctoral training at CanChild. |
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Dr. Aliki Thomas | Aliki Thomas, PhD, OT (c), erg. is an occupational therapist and graduate of McGill Univeristy. She earned a doctorate in educational psychology with a major in instructional psychology and a minor in applied cognitive science. Her research is in the area of health sciences education where she uses an educational psychology perspective to examine teaching and learning in complex areas such as evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, expertise development, knowledge translation, instructional design and assessment of reasoning and problem solving in complex and ill-defined areas of practice. In addition to her interests in geriatric rehabilitation, she is involved in educational research in the health sciences. She has worked with colleagues from medicine and nursing on interprofessional education projects and in faculty development initiatives across the faculty of medicine. Current research interests: Development of clinical competencies, evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, expertise development, instructional design and assessment of learning. She is currently involved in studies on knowledge translation and best practice in occupational and physical therapy with other rehabilitation researchers. |
