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Samantha Micsinszki

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Biography

Samantha Micsinszki is a registered nurse with a PhD from the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto. Her doctoral work examined factors associated with sleep quality in parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She is interested in meaningful partnerships and engagement in research. Samantha is currently completing a postdoctoral fellowship in the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University where she will be focusing on the inclusion of equity seeking populations in patient-oriented research and will be involved in a realist evaluation at McMaster University’s Co-Design with Vulnerable Populations Hub. Samantha is supervised by CanChild scientist, Dr. Michelle Phoenix.

Area of Focus

Co-design; knowledge translation; patient engagement; inclusion in patient-oriented research; children’s rehabilitation.