Research Team
Assistant Professor
Department of Occupational Therapy
Cary Brown, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Occupational Therapy
Research interests: Dr. Brown is interested in knowledge translation, critical review of intervention research, the concept of scholarship as it applies to students in higher education, and building communities of practice to support therapists who work in isolated area. She has experience in national survey design, critical review and health literacy development for caregivers of vulnerable populations.
Stuart Cleary, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders
Research interests: Dr. Cleary's primary clinical and research interests relate to swallowing function in degenerative diseases affecting older adults. Stuart participates in The University of Alberta Hospital's amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) clinic. The ALS clinic is a multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to the care of patients with ALS and other motor neuron disorders at the University of Alberta Hospital (the Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre).
Stuart's secondary research interests are of swallowing disorders in dementia, specifically the role of cognitive and behavioral changes that occur in dementia and the influence of the dining environment on problem mealtime behaviors. He is developing a line of research that includes testing training programs and treatment techniques to improve eating and swallowing among vulnerable older adults - particularly those in long term care facilities.
Teresa Paslawski, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Research interests: Dr. Paslawski's first line of research focuses on speech, language and cognition in adults with neurological disorders and the factors that contribute to resilience and plasticity. Her second research area is in clinical education and interprofessional collaboration, examining approaches to improve how students are educated to be effective clinicians.
Allyson Jones, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
Research interests: Dr. Jones' research interests are patient health outcomes and health-related quality of life in chronic musculoskeletal conditions common in elderly patient populations. Using multiple methods, including patient surveys, clinical evaluation, performance measures, and administrative databases, Dr. Jones looks at functional, health-related quality of life (HRQL), and health services outcomes to determine how we can maximize successful outcomes with total joint arthroplasty, spinal stenosis and hip fracture. Her current core projects are in the following areas: 1) Patient-related outcomes, determinants of total hip and knee arthroplasties; 2) prognostic factors and outcomes of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis;and 3) factors affecting functional recovery and health related quality of life of hip fracture.
Lili Liu, PhD
Chair & Professor
Department of Occupational Therapy
Research interests: Dr. Liu engages in inter-professional education and research. As a research affiliate with the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital and a Research Associate Capital Care, Dr. Liu collaoborates with community partners facilitate and support research that is practical and relevant to clinicians, clients and other stakeholders. At the University of Alberta, Dr. Liu is an Academic Co-lead, with Dr. Eleni Stroulia, for the Smart Condo™, a living lab for inter-professional learning and research.