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SUSAN GUENTHER, PhD Student
Contact: guenth@mcmaster.ca
Supervisors: Dr. Peter Rosenbaum
Profile:
As an occupational therapist, Susan practiced in Toronto in School Health Support Services, pediatric wheelchair prescription and seating, and as a Living and Life Skills Educator with youth with disabilities as they transitioned into adulthood. As a clinician Susan continued research on her Masters topic exploring the lived experiences of disabled students and how they navigated their own accommodations at university. In 2007, she relocated to McMaster University , working as a research project coordinator with Prof. Debra Stewart on transitions research and began her doctoral studies in the rehabilitation science program in 2008.
Research interests: Disability Studies and Rehabilitation Science discipline's views on disability and normalcy; attitudes and perspectives on disability and rehabilitation; disability partnerships in teaching and research.
Clinical interests: School Health Support, wheelchair prescription and seating, best practices in transition services for youth and adults with disabilities into adulthood.
Awards:
CHIR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) - Doctoral Award (2010 - 2013)
Dr. E. Bruce Hendrick Scholarship Program - Gill E. Graham Scholarship Award (2009/2010)
Recent Publication:
Guenther, S., & B. Trentham. Reflections on using a narrative approach to explore how university students with physical disabilities navigate their learning environment. In M. Molineux (Ed.),
Occupational narratives: Narrative research in human occupation and health (Title TBC). [in press]. (first author) | |
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OREN CHEIFETZ, PhD Student
Contact: cheifetz@hhsc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Linda Woodhouse
Research interests: Main research involves working with people diagnosed with cancer at any stage of the disease. Research includes exercise and cancer, barriers to exercise for people with cancer, and related fields.
Clinical interests: Oren works on an acute care Hematology/Oncology ward. Oren is also the Chair of the Oncology Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.
Awards: Innovation Award for CanWell, a community-based exercise and education program for people with cancer presented by Cancer Care Ontario and the Canadian Cancer Society – Ontario .
Recent Publication:
Cheifetz O , Haley L, Breast Cancer Action. Management of secondary lymphedema related to breast cancer. Canadian Family Physician . Vol. 56, No. 12, December 2010, pp.1277 - 1284 | |
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Amanda Lorbergs, MSc, CK, PhD Student
Contact: lorberal@mcmaster.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Norma MacIntyre
Profile
Amanda Lorbergs' research interest include: the muscle-bone unit, imaging bone geometry, and measuring musculoskeletal adaptation to mechanical loading (i.e., exercise). She plans to focus her PhD program on developing MRI as an imaging tool for measuring changes in bone shape at the spine.
Scholarship : CIHR Graduate Fellow in Musculoskeletal Health Research |
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BRIANO DI REZZE, PhD Student
Contact: direzzbm@mcmaster.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Mary Law
Profile
Briano is a 4th year PhD candidate at McMaster University in Rehabilitation Science. He is an occupational therapist primarily in the area of paediatrics, having worked with children across disability groups in both pre-school and school-aged populations.
Research Interests: : His research interests are in current and emerging research methodology within rehabilitation intervention research. The focus of his doctoral research is in developing a generic measure to evaluate intervention fidelity of paediatric occupational therapists and physiotherapists. This measure will be tested within a large randomized controlled trial conducted through CanChild and aims to be applicable for other paediatric interventions in the future. |
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Tara Packham, PhD Student
Contact: packhamt@hhsc.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Joy C MacDermid
Profile
A part-time PhD student and clinician with 20+ years experience in hand therapy. Member of MacHAND research network. Active member of Hamilton Hand Interest Group, Canadian Society of Hand Therapists, and American Society of Hand Therapists. International associate editor of E-news for Somatosensory Rehabilitation. Thesis work focusing on outcome measurement in complex regional pain syndrome.
Research interests : outcome measurement, hand therapy, complex regional pain syndrome
Clinical interests : hand therapy, physical assessment, somatosensory rehabilitation, evidence-informed practice
Recent Publication:
Packham T, MacDermid JC, Henry J, Bain JR. The Hamilton Inventory for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: a cognitive debriefing study of the clinician-based component. J Hand Ther. 2012 Jan-Mar;25(1):97-111; quiz 112.
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Tonya Castle Purvis, PhD Student
Contact: castleto@mcmaster.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Patty Solomon
Profile
Tonya is an accredited music therapist (MTA), specializing in mental health and addictions. After several years working at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Tonya spearheaded the Concurrent Disorders Specialist role for the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Crisis team (COAST) in Halton. She is now the Mental Health Coordinator with the Region of Halton and sits on the Mississauga/Halton LHIN Systems Integration Group for Mental Health and Addictions, and its No Wrong Door Task Group.
Research interests : Interprofessional mental health & addictions education in social services; vicarious trauma & compassion fatigue in social services; attitudes and perceptions of personality disorders
Clinical interests : Mental health & addictions treatment integration; best practice in mental health & addictions education; concurrent disorders; personality disorders
Recent Publication:
Castle Purvis, T., (2010). Interprofessional Education in Mental Health: Implications for Music Therapy. Canadian Journal of Music Therapy, 16 (1), 95-116. | |
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Lisa Rivard , PhD Student
Contact: lrivard@mcmaster.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Cheryl Missiuna
Profile
Lisa is a physiotherapist who has practiced in a variety of pediatric health care settings. She has held multiple research positions, gaining considerable expertise in the area of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Lisa has co-authored several publications and presented on the topic of DCD to audiences across North America and internationally. Her Master's work focused on understanding teachers' perceptions of children with DCD. Lisa began her doctoral studies in September 2010.
Research interests : developmental coordination disorder, motor learning, motor control, cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychology, selective visual attention
Clinical interests : children with developmental coordination disorder, cognitive interventions, identification and outcome measurement tools
Awards:
McMaster Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI) Fellow Award, 2010-2011
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2010-2011
Recent Publication:
Rivard, L., Missiuna, C., Pollock, N., & David, K. (2011). Developmental coordination disorder. In S. Campbell, M. Orlin, & R. Palisano (Eds.), Physical therapy for children (4th ed.) (pp. 498-538). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. |
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Kathryn Sinden M.Sc., C.K., PhD Student
Contact: sindenk@mcmaster.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Joy C MacDermid
Profile
Kathryn is a kinesiologist who has 15 years of experience working in the field of disability management. Kathryn has held positions on both the Ontario Kinesiology Associationand the Canadian Kinesiology Allianceboard of directors. She is currently co-editorial board chair for the Canadian Journal of Kinesiology. Kathryn began her doctoral studies in September 2010.
Research interests : musculoskeletal disorder prevention and ergonomics, uncovering theoretical underpinnings informing disability management,stakeholder influence on return to work
Clinical interests : return to work, implementing effective claims management strategies, ergonomics
Awards:
CIHR Graduate Fellow in Musculoskeletal Health
CN Graduate Scholarship | |
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Danielle Levac, PhD Student
Contact: levacde@mcmaster.ca
Supervisor: Dr. Cheryl Missiuna
Profile
Danielle is a physiotherapist and 4th year PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Science. Her clinical experience is in pediatric acute care, rehabilitation, and school health support settings. Danielle’s PhD work focuses on exploring the use of motor learning strategies within usual and virtual reality interactive video game-based physiotherapy interventions for children and youth with acquired brain injuries.
Research interests : motor learning, virtual reality, interactive videogames, pediatrics, acquired brain injury
Clinical interests : exploring the use of interactive videogames to promote motor learning within pediatric physiotherapy practice
Awards:
Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program Doctoral Award 2009-2013
Recent Publication
Levac D., Missiuna C., Wishart L., DeMatteo C., Wright V. (in press). Documenting the content of physical therapy for children with acquired brain injury: Development and validation of the Motor Learning Strategy Rating Instrument. Physical Therapy. | | |
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Andrea Hebert O.T. regON CHT,MSc Student
Contact: andrea@kawabe.ca
Supervisor: Dr Joy MacDermid
Profile
Andrea graduated from the University of Toronto in 1991. She has worked in many area of O.T. and for the last 12 years has enjoyed working in hand therapy at the Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre in St. Catharines. She became a certified hand therapist in 2003. She is very interested in the varied responses people have to pain and the use of relaxation and mental imagery / hypnosis as a treatment technique to decrease pain.
Research interests : autonomic nervous system responses to pain, individual differences in imagery ability, relaxation plus motor imagery, graded motor imagery.
Clinical interests : hand therapy, upper extremity pain, complex regional pain syndrome | |
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Angie Dertinger, RPT, MSc Student
Supervisor: Dr. Monica Maly
Profile
Angie is a full time physiotherapist, working in out-patient orthopaedics. She returned to McMaster to pursue her MSc with the hopes of one day becoming a full-time professor at the post-secondary level. Angie’s love and passion for teaching has developed through her experiences as a PBT tutor and clinical instructor for McMasters PT program.
Research interests : Knee Osteoarthritis and knee power
Clinical interests : Knee Osteoarthritis and self-efficacy | |
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