Past Research Graduates
| Name | Degree | Years | Research Project | Where are they now? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elham Esfandiari | PhD | September 2015 – May 2022 | Mobile Health (mHealth) approach to promote self-management after lower limb amputation | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of British Columbia | |
| Sommeyah Mohammadi | Post-Doctoral | Feburary 2018 – May 2021 | Hip Instructional Prehabilitation Program for Enhanced Recovery (HIPPER) | Kingston University, London | |
| Delphine Labbé | Post-Doctoral | March 2016 – April 2019 | Enhancing community participation in Canadians with physical disabilities: Development, implementation and evaluation of a partnered strategy (CDPP) | Assistant Professor at University of Illinois Chicago | |
| Emma Smith | PhD | September 2013 – April 2019 | Powered wheelchair skills training for older adults with cognitive impairment: Using shared control to facilitate independence. | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Maynooth University, Ireland. | |
| Dolapo Owonuwa | MSc | September 2016 – December 2018 | Exploring diverse stakeholders’ perspectives on how technological factors influence motorized mobility scooter usability and safety, and how these can be enhanced. | ||
| Bita Imam | PhD | September 2011 – May 2017 | Investigate the use of a home-based Nintendo Wii rehabilitation program for individuals with a lower limb amputation. | Medical school | |
| Debbie Field | PhD | January 2010 – June 2016 | Developing a toolkit of outcome measures for clinicians and researchers that capture the impact that power mobility provision has on children’s participation. | Clinical Instructor UBC OT | |
| Ed Giesbrecht | PhD | September 2010 – May 2016 | Effectiveness of providing wheelchair skills training to older adults, and the resulting impact on community participation | Associate Professor University of Manitoba OT | |
| Krista Best | PhD | September 2009 – November 2014 | Manual wheelchair users: understanding participation and skill development | Assistant Professor Universite Laval | |
| Brodie Sakakibara | PhD | September 2008 – August 2013 | Towards on understanding of self-efficacy with using a manual wheelchair | Assistant Professor UBC OT | |
| Claudine Auger | Post-Doctoral | March 2010 – December 2012 | Feasibility and Utility of a Systematic Follow-up of Older Wheelchair Users with an Interactive Voice Response System | Professor Universite du Montreal | |
| Shahriar Parvaneh | Post-Doctoral | January 2011 – December 2011 | Evidence-based Evaluation of Program Interventions to Achieve Positive Community Integration Outcome for Adults with Acquired Brain Injury | Assistant Professor Queen’s University | |
| Paula Rushton | PhD | September 2006 – December 2010 | Development and Validation of the Wheelchair Confidence Scale | Associate Professor Universite du Montreal | |
| Mike Bodner | PhD | January 2004 – December 2009 | Health Behaviour Change in Physical Therapy | Associate Professor Trinity Western University | |
| Ben Mortenson | PhD | January 2006 – July 2009 | Wheelchair Mobility, Participation and Quality of Life in Long-term Care Residents | Assistant Professor UBC OT | |
| Jocelyn Harris | PhD | September 2004 – March 2009 | An Upper Limb Homework Program after Stroke | Associate Professor McMaster University | |
| Jeanne Yiu | MSc | January 2006 – December 2009 | Natural History of Confidence, Fear of Falling and Mobility after Stroke | Occupational Therapist | |
| Jennifer Garden | MSc | January 2006 – July 2009 | Measurement Properties of the WhOM | Occupational Therapist, Instructor & Fieldwork Manager at Capilano University | |
| Christina Ekegren | MSc | January 2006 – January 2008 | Measurement Properties of a Visual Screening Test for Knee Valgus | Senior Research Fellow Monash University | |
| Miho Asano | MSc | January 2003 – September 2005 | Development of a New Self-Report Questionnaire: The Ambulatory Self-Confidence Questionnaire | Assistant Professor National University of Singapore | |
| Erica Botner | MSc | January 2003 – January 2005 | Measuring Leisure among Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries | Certified Recreation Therapist, Founder and Director of Recreotherapy | |
| Cary Cuncic | Internal Medicine Resident | October 2004 – March 2006 | Community mobility of older patients following acute hospitalization | Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Curriculum, UBC | |
| Viem Nguyen | Rehab Medicine Resident | June 2003 – July 2005 | Measurement properties of the L test for gait in hospitalized elderly | Doctor specializing in pain management |
Past Research Coordinators
| Name | Where are they now? |
|---|---|
| Adam Alic | Adventuring |
| Ally Malinowski | |
| Chris Yao | Occupational Therapy Student |
| Colleen O’Melinn | Occupational Therapy Student |
| Naomi Katz | BC Government |
| Kate Ketch | Director of Research Fraser Health |
| Elmira Chan | Pre-Post Review Manager UBC REB |
| Brandon Wong | |
| Patricia Hse | |
| Noah Tregobov | UBC Medical Student |
Past MOT Graduates
| Name | Degree | Years | Research Project |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Jory Campbell & Elliot Flockhart |
MOT Major Project | April 2019 – November 2020 | |
|
Erin O’Neil & Joanne Wong |
MOT Major Project | April 2019 – November 2020 | |
|
Amber Sands & Maddy Tremblay |
MOT Major Project | April 2019 – November 2020 | |
|
Caleb Conley & Justin Warford |
MOT Major Project | January 2018 – August 2019 | |
|
Holly Reid & Tish Huijbregts |
MOT Major Project | January 2018 – August 2019 | |
| Michelle Stevens & Olga Mavritsakis | MOT Major Project | January 2017 – August 2018 | |
| Jazzmin Travares & Bryn Matheson | MOT Major Project | January 2017 – August 2018 | |
| Sarah Christie & Emma Davis | MOT Major Project | January 2017 – August 2018 | |
| Hanna Kirsten & Rachel Degan | MOT Major Project | January 2017 – August 2018 | |
|
Darren Wiebe & Justin Turner |
MOT Major Project | September 2016- August 2017 | |
| Talia Budlovsky & Rhiannon Evans | MOT Major Project | January 2016- August 2017 | |
| Jeannise Nichols & Alan Osiovich | MOT Major Project | January 2016- August 2017 | |
| Abilee Kellet & Rhaya Howich | MOT Major Project | January 2016- August 2017 | |
| Kimberley Jung & Michelle Russell | MOT Major Project | September 2015- August 2016 | Target population feedback on a wheelchair skills training video game |
| Marina Khenson & Chelsey Tyler | MOT Major Project | September 2015- August 2016 | Creation of 2nd edition of PleasureAble: A sexual device manual for people |
| Hina Mahmood & Danelle Fuller | MOT Major Project | September 2015- August 2016 | Comparison of the standard and JoyBar power wheelchair control joystick |
| Heather Whitlock & Breanna Heinrich | MOT Major Project | September 2014- August 2015 | Qualitative Evaluation of Video Gaming Programs for Improving Function in Older Adults with a Single-leg Below-knee or Above-knee Amputation |
| Kimberley Low& Joseph Wong | MOT Major Project | September 2014- August 2015 | WST-P Reliability Testing |
| Heather Corra & Stephanie Goodmanson | MOT Major Project | September 2014- August 2015 | Confidence in Performing Activities and Participation Post Stroke Exploring Clinical Usefulness of the Wheelchair Outcome Measure for Young People |
| Derek Bains & Andrea Schneider | MOT Major Project | September 2013- August 2014 | Validity of the Wheeling While Talking Test |
| Carmina Tang & Mytyl Aiga | MOT Major Project | September 2012- August 2013 | Client Perceptions of a New Home Access Device |
| Amanda Boyd & Carolyn Chew | MOT Major Project | September 2011- August 2012 | Effectiveness of a Wheelchair Skills Training Program for Caregivers of Power Mobility Users |
| Chantelle Fortin & Joshua Stone | MOT Major Project | September 2011- August 2012 | New Exoskeleton Technologies – Health Professionals and End-users Perspectives |
| Holly Enns & Brian O’Rourke | MOT Major Project | January 2010 – August 2012 | Accessibility Solutions for Outside Stair Use |
| Brian Condon & Jason Thorne | MOT Major Project | January 2010 – August 2012 | Elevation Wheelchair |
| Shelly Zonneveld & Andrea Chamberlain | MOT Major Project | January 2010 – August 2012 | |
| Kirstein Oldale & Karen Gavac | MOT Major Project | January 2010 – August 2012 | The Lived Experience of Performance-Oriented Wheelchair Dance |
| Thea Borserio & Brittany Guile | MOT Major Project | January 2010 – August 2012 | Wheelchair dance experiences of wheelchair users: Perspectives from dancers and their able-bodied dance partners |
| Chelsea Soles & Anneli Luts | MOT Major Project | September 2010 – August 2011 | |
| Melissa Lee & Katherine Schelesny | MOT Major Project | September 2010 – August 2011 | A Descriptive Investigation into Dysphagia in Adults with Down Syndrome |
| Daniel Hannaford & Sean Lloyd | MOT Major Project | September 2010 – August 2011 | Efficacy of the Wheelchair Skills Training Program on Improving Manual Wheelchair User Confidence: A pilot study |
| Viara Nikolova & Melanie Souza | MOT Major Project | September 2010 – August 2011 | Efficacy of the Wheelchair Skills Training Program for improving confidence with using a manual wheelchair in younger and older able-bodied adults: A pilot RCT |
| Wayne Felder & Matt Deroin | MOT Major Project | September 2009 – September 2010 | Mobility Technology: Views of Older Adults Using Power Mobility |
| Marsha Matheson & Sarah Atkinson | MOT Major Project | September 2009 – September 2010 | An Investigation of Fatigue in Adults with Neurological & Neuromuscular Disorders in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Population: A Pilot Study |
| Brittany Waters & Karina Koczapski | MOT Major Project | September 2009 – September 2010 | Development of a Wheelchair Participation Measure for an Adolescent Population |
| Kimberley Stockman & Carly Duggleby | MOT Major Project | September 2009 – November 2009 | Development of a Wheelchair Participation Measure for an Adolescent Population |
| Hazel Choi & Michelle Agon | MOT Major Project | September 2009 – November 2009 | Decision-Making Factors in Route-Planning for Power Wheelchairs Users |
| Jaclyn Cross & Jenny Simpson | MOT Major Project | September 2008 – November 2009 | Power mobility as an intervention for neglect post stroke: A pilot study |
| Jennifer Alford & Sarah Landry | MOT Major Project | September 2008 – November 2009 | |
| Mikki Bartel & Debra Stern | MOT Major Project | September 2007 – September 2008 | |
| Sandi Jagday & Crystal McAvena | MOT Major Project | September 2007 – September 2008 | Investigating Fatigue in Adults with Neurological & Neuromuscular Disorders in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Population: A Pilot Study |
| Kate Naphtali & Edith MacHattie | MOT Major Project | September 2008 – September 2009 | |
| Jeffrey Kwantes & Jebby Dykerna | MOT Major Project | September 2006 – September 2007 | Comparing Length of Stay of Hip Arthroplasty Patients Who Receive Individual versus Group Pre-Admission Education Sessions |
| Tanya Fakes-Kirby & Michelle Wheeler | MOT Major Project | September 2006 – September 2007 | Fatigue in Spinal Cord Injury |
| Jana Good & Natasha White | MOT Major Project | September 2006 – September 2007 | Reliability and Responsiveness of the Wheelchair Outcome Measure (WhOM) in Adults with Developmental Disabilities |
| Adalia Jetha & Stacey Tong | MOT Major Project | September 2006 – September 2007 | Interrater and Test-Retest Reliability and Criterion Validity of Dysphagia Assessment using the Modified Barium Swallow (MBS) Method |
| Melissa Bourbonniere & Laura Fawcett | MOT Major Project | September 2004 – September 2005 |