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

Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Angela Colantonio is the Director of the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is a Professor in the Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy; a senior scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN; an Adjunct Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences; and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the American College of Epidemiology. She received her PhD in epidemiology and public health from Yale University, an MHSc in Community Health from the University of Toronto, and a BSc in Occupational Therapy, also from the University of Toronto.
Dr. Colantonio holds a Canada Research Chair in Traumatic Brain Injury in Underserved Populations. She currently leads an internationally recognized program of research on acquired brain injury (www.abiresearch.utoronto.ca) with diverse foci on women, sex and gender, work-related traumatic brain injury, and brain injuries in underserved populations, such as women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), individuals who intersect with the criminal justice system, and people who are vulnerably housed/homeless. She is a world expert on sex and gender considerations with respect to brain injury research.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• BI-ISIG CHAUTAUQUA: Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury: What every rehabilitation provider should know.

  Wednesday, November 9, 2022
  10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

• Feasibility and acceptability of an outdoor walking-group intervention for adults with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury

  Wednesday, November 9, 2022
  3:55 PM – 4:11 PM

• Sex-specific human, agent, and environment-related interactions in traumatic brain injury: Utility of the Haddon matrix.

  Wednesday, November 9, 2022
  3:35 PM – 3:51 PM

• Traumatic Brain Injury: Sex and Gender Implications

  Thursday, November 10, 2022
  10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

• Serving Underserved Populations After Brain Injury

  Thursday, November 10, 2022
  1:30 PM – 2:45 PM

• Data-driven analysis for detecting transitions in health status in traumatic brain injury: Implications for prevention.

  Thursday, November 10, 2022
  3:15 PM – 3:31 PM

• State of the Knowledge: Brain Injury Among Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

  Friday, November 11, 2022
  1:00 PM – 2:15 PM