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Faculty members in the School of Physical Therapy are engaged in impactful research across a number of areas related to rehabilitation and health. Click on a faculty member's name to view their full profile and learn more about their research.
Research Supervisors and Interests
Greg Alcock
Lecturer
Research Interest/Specialization
Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine; Clinical Outcome Measures; Lower Extremity Injuries
Trevor Birmingham
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Research Interest/Specialization
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation; Clinical biomechanics; Osteoarthritis
Pavlos Bobos
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Clinical Trials; Evidence Synthesis; Clinical Measurement; Research Methods; Musculoskeletal Health; Chronic Pain; Osteoarthritis; COVID-19, Post COVID
Angelo Boulougouris
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation; Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine; Educational Research
Laura Brunton
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Physical Activity, Pain, Fatigue and Sleep in Children with Cerebral Palsy; Promoting Self-management in Cerebral Palsy
Dianne Bryant
Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Clinical Epidemiology; Research Methodology; Randomized Trials; Clinical Prediction Rules; Diagnostic Test Validity; Systematic Reviews with Meta-Analysis; Musculoskeletal Research
Denise Connelly
Associate Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Personal, Professional and Organizational Resilience Within LTC Homes and Community; Building Capacity in LTC and Community Health Care for Older Adults; Promoting Functional Independence in Older Adults
Samantha Doralp
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Women’s Health; Early Motor Development; Clinical Education
Jayne Garland
Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Motor Control; Stroke Rehabilitation; Electromyography; Postural Control
Heather Gillis
Lecturer
Research Interest/Specialization
Orthopaedics; Functional Anatomy; Manual Therapy; Curriculum development
Laura Graham
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Intervention for Persistent Symptoms Post-Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI); Self-Management Promotion for mTBI
Katie Kowalski
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Clinical Reasoning in Assessment and Treatment of Musculoskeletal Conditions; Educational Research; Patient Engagement in Research and Education; Musculoskeletal Spinal Pain
Joy MacDermid
Distinguished University Professor and Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Health Outcomes and Knowledge Translation; Fellow - Canadian Academy of Health Sciences; Fellow - Royal Society of Canada
Research Interest/Specialization
Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies: Upper Extremity Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation; Clinical Measurement: Development and Evaluation of MSK, Pain, Disability and Work Outcome; Evidence Syntheses; Prognostic Profiles and Personalized Rehabilitation: Sex/Gender, Occupational, Personal or Environmental Factors; Face-To-Face, Online, Remote and Wearable Interventions for Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation; Sex and Gender in Musculoskeletal Disability; Firefighter Health; Knowledge Translation: Practice Analysis, Knowledge Interventions, Practice Guidelines, Predictors of Knowledge Uptake
Jacquelyn Marsh
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Conditions; Evaluating Alternative Care Delivery Methods to Improve the Efficiency of Current Models of Musculoskeletal Care
Erin Miller
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy Practice; Simulation; Competence Assessment; Educational Scholarship
Sue Peters
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Neural Control of Human Locomotion and Mobility; Neuroimaging and Neuroplasticity; Physiological Mechanisms of Neurorehabilitation; Personalized Mobility Rehabilitation
Emma Plater
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Orthopaedics and Sport Physiotherapy; Exercise Prescription in Physiotherapy; Technology in Physiotherapy education; Tactile Sensory Augmentation for Rehabilitation
Codie Primeau
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
2S/LGBTQQIA+ Health and Education; Arthritis; Chronic Pain; Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation; Pelvic Health; Patient and Public Engagement; Health Economic Evaluation; Clinical Biomechanics
Alison Rushton
Professor and Director
Research Interest/Specialization
Spinal Pain; Precision Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation; Sports Medicine; Evidence Syntheses; Pilot, Feasibility and Definitive Randomised Controlled Trials; Observational Studies; Mixed methods
Siobhan Schabrun
Professor and William and Lynne Gray Research Chair in Mobility and Activity
Research Interest/Specialization
Neuroplasticity in Health and Disease; Pain Neuroscience; Cortical Biomarkers for Pain; Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation and Neuroimaging; Human Pain Models; Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies: Musculoskeletal and Neuropathic Pain
Andrews Tawiah
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Developing and Evaluating Advanced Practice Models of Care; Evaluating Innovative Models of Care in Primary Care, Specialist Care and Emergency Department; Developing and Evaluating Advanced Practice Models of Care to Strengthen Rehabilitation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Evaluating Competency-Based Education in Advanced Health Care Practice
Janelle Unger
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Rehabilitation Following Spinal Cord Injury or Disease; Neuromodulation and Neuroplasticity; Balance, Gait, and Falls
Dave Walton
Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Prognosis and Longitudinal Modelling in Acute Musculoskeletal Trauma; Trauma, Pain, and Disability in Adults; Scale Design, Measurement Theory and Evaluation; Use of Emerging Technologies to Optimize Rehabilitation Training, Research, and Outcomes; Research on Scholarship and Teaching at the Pre- and Post-Professional Levels; Defining and Locating Rehabilitation Science and Practice Within the Broader Healthcare Domain
Jennifer Van Bussel
Lecturer
Research Interest/Specialization
Musculoskeletal Health Across the Lifespan; Osteoarthritis and Knowledge Translation; Clinical Outcome Measures; Advanced Practice; Mentored Clinical Practice
Jessica Wong
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Musculoskeletal Health; Aging; Disability and Rehabilitation; Population Health and Health Equity; Health Services Research
Christina (Tina) Ziebart
Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Exercise Interventions for Osteoporosis Fracture Prevention and Recovery; Falls Prevention Strategies for Home and Community Safety; Knowledge Translation Strategies to Increase Adherence to Exercise for Older Adults; Population-Based Studies of Bone Health