Post Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Dana Anaby, (905)-525-9140 ext. 27847

Dana is a post-doctoral research fellow with CanChild and the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University. Dana has a Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from Tel-Aviv University and worked clinically in Israel for 9 years with children and youth who have Cerebral Palsy. Dana completed her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of British Columbia. For her dissertation she developed and tested a conceptual model for explaining well-being by looking at the way individuals balance their everyday occupations. Currently, her research is focused on participation and well-being of children living with disabilities and their families.

Dr. Wenonah Campbell, (905)-525-9140 ext. 27847

Wenonah is a post-doctoral research fellow with the McMaster Child Health Research Institute. She has a Master's degree in speech-language pathology from Dalhousie University and completed her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science at the University of Western Ontario. Her dissertation research explored factors that impact the social participation and peer relationships of children who have language-based learning disabilities. As a member of CanChild, Wenonah will be working closely with Dr. Cheryl Missiuna on interdisciplinary research activities involving school-aged children who have difficulties in language, motor coordination, and/or attention. She is especially interested in learning more about these children's social relationships and their ability to participate and learn in classroom settings.

Dr. Sonia Gulati, (905) 521-2100 ext. 76955 

Sonia is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University. Sonia has a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy and a PhD in Rehabilitation Science from Queen's University. Sonia's primary research interest is in the area of international health working with adolescents with disabilities who live in highly marginalized and under-resourced areas. Sonia is currently working with Dr. Anne Klassen on a multi-centred Canada-wide study that is exploring the caregiving experiences of South Asian and Chinese immigrant parents who have a child with cancer. Sonia is an Occupational Therapist with clinical experience in geriatric rehabilitation, complex continuing care, acute care, vocational rehabilitation and community-based rehabilitation.

Dr. Adrienne Harvey, (905) 525-9140 ext. 27660

Adrienne is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at McMaster Child Health Research Institute. For 10 years prior to this she worked as a physiotherapist in the Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory of the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia in rehabilitation and monitoring of children with cerebral palsy following orthopaedic and neurosurgical interventions and gait analysis. Adrienne's PhD was titled "The Functional Mobility Scale for children with cerebral palsy: reliability and validity". Her post-doctoral research has involved examining longitudinal changes in mobility status of children and adolescents following single-event multilevel surgery.