Angela Colantonio, PhD, OT Reg (Ont.), FACRM

Professor
Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

Dr. Colantonio is Professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, with cross-appointments, in the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Dr. Colantonio is also Senior Scientist at the Kite-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN and is a adjunct faculty member in the Wilfrid Laurier University Lyle S. Hallman School of Social Work.

Dr. Colantonio has made many seminal contributions to our understanding of the interplay between sex, gender and health outcomes and she has had over 25 years of continuous international, federal and other grant funding. This is a testament to Dr. Colantonio’s scholarship, and speaks volumes about Dr. Colantonio's many research achievements.

Dr. Colantonio's research program pioneered rehabilitation research on the interplay between sex, gender, work, equity and health outcomes relevant to the rehabilitation of persons living with traumatic brain injury. This includes addressing gaps in knowledge and practice relevant to underserved populations such as women survivors of violence and traumatic brain injury. Her experience with large scale research projects on gender and TBI is one of the largest in the world, including two federally funded projects on gender and traumatic brain injury including, since 2013: the study on Gender, Work and Traumatic Brain Injury: Addressing the Gap in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Research, Policy and Practice, and A Gender Transformative Approach to Improve Outcomes and Equity among Persons with Traumatic Bain Injury, 2017 to 2020 (funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research). In addition, Dr. Colantonio was principal investigator of a Health System Research Fund Program Award by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care on Integrating Brain Injury, Mental Health, and Addiction with many partners. Her work has been critical to advance the field of neurorehabilitation.

Presentation(s):

• Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group Summit Girls & Women with ABI Task Force (11201)

  Thursday, October 22, 2020
  1:15 PM – 1:45 PM EST

• SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: 4th Annual Women in Rehabilitation Science Symposium with LIVE VIDEO DISCUSSION (live discussion to begin at 9:00 AM ET) (771978)

  Saturday, October 24, 2020
  8:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

• PLENARY IV: COULTER AWARD LECTURE: Addressing Inequities: Empowering People Experiencing Disabilities - Opening Remarks & ACRM Award Presentation by Dr. Pamela Roberts (798335)

  Saturday, October 24, 2020
  11:30 AM – 12:20 PM EST

• PLENARY IV: PANEL Q&A (COULTER AWARD LECTURE: Addressing Inequities: Empowering People Experiencing Disabilities) (798335)

  Saturday, October 24, 2020
  12:20 PM – 12:40 PM EST