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School of Occupational Therapy

Room 2555 - Elborn College
London, Ontario, Canada - N6G 1H1
519-661-2175

Administration and Administrative Staff

Faculty Members


Faculty Member Research Interests Supervision Level
Bossers, Ann
  • Fieldwork
  • Preceptorship
  • Competency-based evaluation
  • Professionalism
  • Mentorship
  • The use of professional portfolios
Master's
Dennis, Donna
  • Child and youth mental health
  • Disruptive behaviours
  • Children and youth at risk for conflict with the law
  • Defining independence
Master's
Hobson, Sandra
  • Older adults
  • How older adults adapt their occupational engagement in response to a variety of life circumstances
  • Falls and fear of falling
  • Caregiving
  • Alzheimer's and related dementias
Master's
Holmes, Jeff
  • Non-pharmacological management of a cluster of neurological disorders known as "Movement Disorders"
  • Impairments demonstrated by individuals with Parkinson's disease
  • Clinical utilization of the popular virtual reality gaming system Nintendo Wii
Master's and PhD
Huot, Suzanne
  • Occupational Science
  • International migration and integration
  • Francophone Minority Communities
  • Critical qualitative research methodologies
N/A
Kinsella, Anne
  • Health Professional Education & Practice
  • Epistemologies of Practice: Reflective Practice, Critical Reflection, Reflexivity
  • Ethical Tensions in the Health Professions
  • Humanities in Health Professional Education
  • Philosophical Foundations of Social Research
  • Human Occupation: Women's Occupation, Occupational Identity, Creative Occupation, Occupational Justice, End-of-Life Occupation
Master's and PhD
Klinger, Lisa
  • Occupational adaptation to chronic pain and acquired brain injury
  • Accessibility of schools and universities to persons with disabilities from the perspective of physical accessibility of spaces and accessibility of academic material
  • Development of professionalism
Master's
Magalhaes, Lilian
  • Vulnerable and invisible populations, with specific foci on diversity, immigration, occupational justice and culture
  • How world views and belief systems are intertwined to shape the way we see ourselves and others
  • Study and development of antioppressive strategies to overcome social and health inequities
Master's and PhD
Mandich, Angie
  • Exploring meaning in occupation and activity
  • Investigating motor learning and motor skill acquisition in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
  • Development and testing of cognitive intervention
  • Cognitive orientation to occupational performance for children with DCD
  • Client-centred care
  • Spirituality
  • Understanding occupational engagement and participation in children
Master's and PhD
Miller, Linda
  • Vice-Provost (School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies)

Polgar, Jan
  • Aspects of mobility; including product design, use and functional outcome
  • Assistive technology
  • The consumer's ability to use technology
  • Safe transportation for seniors
Master's and PhD
Rudman, Debbie
  • Shaping of occupation in later life, and interconnections between occupation, identity, participation, and well-being
  • Contemporary structuring and negotiation of retirement and later life work
  • Critical social theory and occupational science
  • Negotiation of chronic disability and other transitions (e.g. migration) in later life
  • Critical gerontology
  • Disparities in occupational possibilities
Master's and PhD
Shaw, Lynn
  • Enabling consumer participation and occupational transitions to support community and full participation of persons in society
  • Ergonomic issues in the workplace
  • Advancing the inclusion of persons with disabilities in meaningful community occupations
  • Occupational justice
  • Healthy living through activity, participation, engagement and inclusivity
  • Safe Transportation of Seniors
  • Evaluating hearing accessibility, cogntive and behavioural demands, and social, cultural, and politcal influences in the workplace
  • Work Disparities and Work transitions
Master's and PhD
Spaulding, Sandi
  • Rehabilitation of neurological movement disorders
  • Clinical kinesiology
  • Motor control in individuals with movement difficulties
Master's and PhD
Trent, Karen (on leave)


Tucker, Trish
  • Health promotion
  • Child and youth health
  • Measurement and promotion of physical activity among preschool-aged children
  • Environmental influences on physical activity in childcare settings
  • Physical activity policy and regulations in childcare settings
  • Neighbourhood environmental influences on physical activity among children and youth
  • Childhood obesity
Master's and PhD

Kids' Skills/Occupational Competence Research Laboratory


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