Faculty and Staff Directory
General Inquiries
Department of Occupational Therapy
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Alberta
8205 - 114 Street
2-64 Corbett Hall
Edmonton, AB
CANADA T6G 2R3
Phone: 780.492.0399
Fax: 780.492.4628
Specific Inquiries
Chair & Professor
Shaniff Esmail, PhD
780.492.0397
shaniff.esmail@ualberta.ca
Associate Chair & Associate Teaching Professor
Cori Schmitz, MEd, OT Reg (AB)
780.492.2067
cori.schmitz@ualberta.ca
Professors
David McConnell, PhD
780.492.7475
david.mcconnell@ualberta.ca
John Misiaszek, PhD
780.492.6042
john.misiaszek@ualberta.ca
Suzette Brémault-Phillips, PhD
780.492.9503
suzette.bremault-phillips@ualberta.ca
Associate Professors
Mary Roduta Roberts, PhD, BScOT
780.492.5991
mroberts@ualberta.ca
Shu-Ping Chen, PhD
780.492.3905
shuping2@ualberta.ca
Sandy Hodgetts, PhD
780.492.8416
sandra.hodgetts@ualberta.ca
Ada Leung, PhD
780.492.2342
ada.leung@ualberta.ca
Antonio Miguel Cruz, DSc.
780.492.6104
miguelcr@ualberta.ca
Assistant Professors
Tim Barlott, PhD, MScRS, Grad Cert (CBRE), BScOT
780.492.1138
t.barlott@ualberta.ca
Adriana Rios, PhD
780.492.5150
aros@ualberta.ca
Assistant Teaching Professor (Edmonton)
Gayla Grinde, MScOT
780.492.7248
ggrinde@ualberta.ca
Christal Ramanauskas
780.492.6461
christalr@ualberta.ca
Associate Teaching Professor (Calgary)
Susan Mulholland, MScRehab, BScOT
Calgary Coordinator
403.827.9033
susan.mulholland@ualberta.ca
Professor Emeriti
Yagesh Bhambhani, PhD
yagesh.bhambhani@ualberta.ca
Sharon Brintnell, MSc, OT(C), FCAOT
sharon.britnell@ualberta.ca
Cary Brown, PhD, MA, BMR(OT)
cary1@ualberta,ca
Vivien Hollis, PhD, MSc, TdipCOT
vivien.hollis@ualberta.ca
Joyce Magill-Evans, PhD
joyce.magill-evans@ualberta.ca
Elizabeth Taylor, PhD, OT(C), FCAOT
liz.taylor@ualberta.ca
Assistant Clinical Lecturers (Edmonton)
Cherie Henderson, BScOT, MScRS
cahender@ualberta.ca
Sharan DeWaal, MScOT, BSc
smahil@ualberta.ca
Clinical Education
Jutta Hinrichs, MEd, BScOT, FCAOT
Assistant Clinical Lecturer & Clinical Education Coordinator - Calgary & Southern Alberta
403.263.1579
jutta.hinrichs@ualberta.ca
Michele Derdall, MAOT
Saskatchewan Clinical Education Coordinator
306.867.7323
derdall@ualberta.ca
Occupational Therapy Assistants
Candice Finnigan
780.492.6035
otassist@ualberta.ca
Ashling Teslak (Calgary)
ateslak@ualberta.ca
Kaitlyn Freckleton (Calgary)
frecklet@ualberta.ca
Administrative Staff
Jessica Bennet
Academic Advisor
780.492.3184
jessica.bennet@ualberta.ca
Alysha Ambrosio
Department Coordinator
780.492.0399
otadmin@ualberta.ca
Clinical Education Administrator
780.492.6968
otclined@ualberta.ca
Martha Roxburgh
Program & Accreditation Services Officer
780.492.9595
mjr3@ualberta.ca