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Phone: (905) 525-9140 ext: 22666
Fax: (905) 524-0069
Office: Rm.403H, IAHS
Email: lawm@mcmaster.ca
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Mary Law, PH.D., OT Reg (Ont), FCAOT is a Professor and Associate Dean (Health Sciences) Rehabilitation Science and associate member of the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University. She holds the John and Margaret Lillie Chair in Childhood Disability Research. Mary, an occupational therapist by training, is Co-Founder of CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, a multidisciplinary research centre at McMaster University. CanChild completes policy research for the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services and works very closely with the Hamilton Family Network.
Mary's research centres on the development and validation of client-centred outcome measures, evaluation of occupational therapy interventions with children, the effect of environmental factors on the participation of children with disabilities in day to day activities, and transfer of research knowledge into practice. In her educational activities, Mary is involved in teaching the theoretical basis of occupational therapy practice and evidence-based occupational therapy practice in the occupational therapy program, as well as supervising graduate students. Mary is the lead author of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, a client-centred outcome measure for occupational therapy, and has written books on Client-centred Occupational Therapy,Evidence-based Rehabilitation and Measurement of Occupational Performance. Mary has been Chair of the USA NIH Rehabilitation Research Committee and co-editor of Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics. Honours received nationally and internationally include the Muriel Driver Lectureship, the top award in Canadian Occupational Therapy; the Whittaker Award for pediatric rehabilitation research; Queen's University Legacy of Achievement Alumni Award and election to the American Occupational Therapy Foundation Academy of Research and Fellow, Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.
Fun Fact
Spends time in summer white water canoeing
Taking Graduate Students
For 2009/10, Mary will be taking one PhD student.
Lab/Research Institute
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
Courses Taught
MSc OT, McMaster University
2008
Co-coordinator, Term 2 OT PREP (628)
Co-coordinator, RS725, Knowledge Exchange and Translation
2007
Co-coordinator, RS725, Knowledge Exchange and Translation
2006
Coordinator, Term 1 Inquiry (617)
Recent Research
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. $526,500, 2008-09. CanChild, Centre for Childhood Disability Research. Missiuna, C., Rosenbaum, P., Law, M., Russell, D., Gorter, J., Kertoy, M., Wright, V., Hanna, S., Bartlett, D., Cairney, J., Dematteo, C., Gaines, R., Klassen, A., Palisano, B., Petrenchik, T., Pollock, N., Stewart, D., Walter, S.
HRSDC: $51,640.75, Feb, 2008 – Nov, 2008, Understanding transitional tensions for youth with disabilities in Canada : Identifying research gaps. D. Stewart, M. Law, N. Young, H. Healy, M. Forhan, J. Burke-Gaffney, & M. Freeman.
Pollock Foundation: $12,500, 2008-09. Evaluation and Sustainability of the Youth KIT. D. Stewart (PI), L. Shimmell, C. Missiuna, M. Law, J. Burke-Gaffney, M. Freeman, N. Leslie, C. Fisher.
US Department of Education, National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research #H133G070140: $ 587,616, Oct1, 2007 – Sept 30, 2010, Development of Measures of Participation and Environment for Children with Disabilities. W. Coster, M. Law, G. Bedell (Co-PIs).
Canadian Institutes of Health Research : $199,396, July 2007 – June 2009, Defining the effect and mediators of two knowledge translation strategies designed to alter knowledge, intent and clinical utilization of rehabilitation outcome measures. J. Macdermid (PI), M. L aw, P. Solomon, P. Stratford.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research : $300,836, July 2007 – June 2011, Determinants of Quality of Life and Participation in Leisure Activities in Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy. A. Majnemer (PI), L. Lach, M. Law, N. Schmitz, M. Shevell.
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care: $426,000, April 2007 – March 2008, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research., C. Missiuna, M. Law, P. Rosenbaum, S. Hanna, D. Russell, T. Petrenchik, D. Bartlett, D. Stewart, M. Kertoy, S. Walter, R. Palisano.
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care: $35,000, January 2007 – December 2008, Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care – A Scoping Review of Occupational Therapy Intervention for Adults and Older Adults. M. Law & M.A. McColl.
REPAR, Quebec : $40,000, June 2007 – May 2008, Determinants of participation in leisure activities for adolescents with cerebral palsy. A. Majnemer (PI), D.
Keiko Thomas, M. Shevell, L. Lach, M. Law, N. Schmitz, A. Colver, K. Montpetit, F. Martineau, M. Gardiner, L. Koclas.
Canadian Institute of Health Research : $99,995, July 2007 – June 2008, TEAM WORK: Targeted Evaluation and Management of Work, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation & Knowledge-translation. J. MacDermid, D. Beaton (Co-PIs), M. Law, S. Baptiste, D. N. Buckley, R. Williams, L. Woodhouse, J. Hayden, S. Hogg-Johnson, L. Mclean, L. Shaw, S. Switzer-McIntyre.
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC): $21,360, Jan 2007 – April 2007, Requirements and Unmet Needs for Aids, Devices and Supports for People with Agility/Mobility Impairments. J. Richardson (PI), L. Letts, R. Wilton, D. Stewart, M. Law. |
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Books
Law, M. & McColl, M. (in press). Interventions, Effects, and Outcomes in Occupational Therapy: Adults and Older Adults. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.
Law, M. & MacDermid, J., editors (2008). Evidence-based rehabilitation: A guide to practice, 2 nd edition. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.
Book Chapters
Law, M. & Stewart, D. (in press). Getting out there: Transitions to adulthood. In K. Dodd, N. Taylor & C. Imms, editors. Treatment for Children with Cerebral Palsy. London, EN: MacKeith Press.
Frank, G., Baum, C. & Law, M. (in press). Occupational therapy in conversation with critical medical anthropology: Chronic conditions, health and well-being in global contexts. In L. Manderson & C. Smith-Morris, eds. Chronic Conditions, Fluid States: Globalization and the Anthropology of Illness. Rutgers University Press.
Law, M. & MacDermid, J. (2008). Introduction to evidence-based practice. In M. Law, J. MacDermid, editors. Evidence-based rehabilitation: A guide to practice (2nd edition). Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.
Law, M. & MacDermid, J. (2008). Evaluating the evidence. In M. Law, J. MacDermid, editors. Evidence-based rehabilitation: A guide to practice (2nd edition). Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.
Bradley, L. & Law, M. (2008). Systematically reviewing the evidence. In M. Law, J. MacDermid, editors. Evidence-based rehabilitation: A guide to practice (2nd edition). Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.
Law, M. & MacDermid, J. (2008). Building evidence in practice. In M. Law, J. MacDermid, editors. Evidence-based rehabilitation: A guide to practice (2nd edition). Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.
Law, M. & MacDermid, J. (2008). Research dissemination and transfer of knowledge. In M. Law, J. MacDermid, editors. Evidence-based rehabilitation: A guide to practice (2nd edition). Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.
Law, M. &Dunbar, S. (2007). Person-environment-occupation model. In S. Dunbar (Ed), Occupational therapy models for intervention with children and families. Thorofare, NJ: SlackInc.
Journal Articles
King, G., Petrenchik, T., Law, M. & Hurley, P. (In press). The Enjoyment of Formal and Informal Recreation and Leisure Activities: A Comparison of School-aged Children With and Without Physical Disabilities. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education.
Colquhoun, H., Letts, L., Law, M., MacDermid, J. & Edwards, M. (In press). Routine administration of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: Effect on functional outcome. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal.
Schwellnus, H., Boschen, K., Law, M. & Young, N. (in press). The clinical utility of a tool for optimizing written productivity. British Journal of Occupational Therapy.
King, G., Servais, M., Kertoy, M., Specht, J., Currie, M., Rosenbaum, P., Law, M., Forchuk, C., Chalmers, H., & Willoughby, T. (in press). A measure of community members' perceptions of the impacts of research partnerships in health and social services. Evaluation and Program Planning.
Young, N. L., Barden, W.S., Mills, W.A. Burke, T.A., Law, M. & Boydell, K. (in press). Transition to adult-oriented health care: perspectives of youth and adults with complex physical disabilities. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics.
MacDermid, J.C., Walton, D. & Law, M. (2009). Critically appraisal of research evidence for its validity and usefulness. Hand Clinics, 25, 29 - 42.
Majnemer, A., Shevell, M., Law, M., Poulin, C. & Rosenbaum, P. (2008). Reliability in the ratings of quality of life between parents and their children of school age with cerebral palsy. Quality of Life Research, 17, 1163 - 1171.
Shikako-Thomas, K., Majnemer, A., Law, M. & Lach, L. (2008). Determinants of participation in leisure activities in children and youth with cerebral palsy: A systematic review. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 28(2), 155 – 170.
Majnemer, A., Shevell, M., Law, M., Birnbaum, R., Chilingaryan, G., Rosenbaum, P. & Poulin, C. (2008). Participation and Enjoyment of Leisure Activities in School Aged Children with Cerebral Palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 50(10), 751 - 758.
Dematteo, C., Cousins, M., Lin, C.A., Law, M., Colantonio, A. & Macarthur, C. (2008). Exploring post injury living environments for children and youth with acquired brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89(9), 1803-1810.
Shevell, M.I., Majnemer, A., Poulin, C. & Law, M. (2008). Stability of the Pattern of Motor Impairment in Children with Cerebral Palsy. Developmental Medicine and child Neurology, 50 (3), 216-223.
Wright, V., Rosenbaum, P.L., Goldsmith, C.H., Law, M. & Fehlings, D.L. (2008). How do changes in body functions and structures, activity and participation relate in children with cerebral palsy? Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 50, 283 – 289.
Law, M., Darrah, J., Pollock, N., Rosenbaum, P., Russell, D., Walter, S.D., Petrenchik, T., Wilson, B. & Wright, V. (2007). Focus on Function – a randomized controlled trial comparing two rehabilitation interventions for young children with cerebral palsy. BMC Pediatrics, 7: 31 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-7-31.
Law, M., Petrenchik, T., King, G. & Hurley, P. (2007). Perceived barriers to recreational, community, and school participation for children and youth with physical disabilities. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88, 1636 - 1642.
Young, N.L., Gilbert, T. K., McCormick, A., Ayling-Campos, A., Boydell, K., Law, M., Fehlings, D.L., Mukherjee, S., Wedge, J.H. & Williams, J.I. (2007).Youth and Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy: Their Use of Physician and Hospital Services. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88(7), 696 - 702.
Majnemer, A., Shevell, M., Law, M. & Rosenbaum, P. (2007). Determinants of life quality in school-age children with cerebral palsy. The Journal of Pediatrics, 151, 479 – 485.
Dobbins, M., Rosenbaum, P., Plews, N., Law, M. & Fysh, A. (2007). Information transfer: What do decision-makers want and need from researchers? Implementation Science, 2: 20.
Law, M. (2007). Occupational therapy: A journey driven by curiosity. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61, 599-602.
Engel-Yeger, B., Jarus, T. & Law. M. (2007). Impact of culture on children's community participation in Israel. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61, 433 - 440.
Heah, T., Case, T., McGuire, B. & Law, M. (2007). Successful participation: The lived experience among children with disabilities. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(1), 38 – 47.
Missiuna, C., Moll, S., King, G., King, S. & Law, M. (2007). A troubling trajectory: The impact of coordination difficulties on children's development. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 27, 81 - 101.
Edwards, M., Baptiste, S., Stratford, P. & Law,M. (2007). Recovery following hip fracture: What can we learn from the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure? American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61(3), 335 - 344.
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