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7Name of Researcher:

Cheryl Missiuna, McMaster Univer-

sity

Degrees and Professional Qualifications (including fellow-

ships):

PhD (Special Education); MSc (Educational Psychol-

ogy); BSc (OT); OT Reg OT)

Area of Research:

My program of research focuses on im-

proving service delivery and quality of life for children with

developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and their fam-

ilies. This work is broad ranging from: increasing awareness

of DCD through knowledge translation efforts

(http://dcd.canchild.ca/en/dcdresources/workshops.asp

);

facilitating earlier identification of children with DCD in pri-

mary care and early childhood education settings; longitu-

dinal studies of the secondary physical and mental health

consequences of DCD; and health services studies with

provincial Ministries to develop, implement and evaluate an

OT service delivery model (Partnering for Change) that will

hopefully transform school health support services in On-

tario for children with DCD.

Research Related Awards and Honours:

John andMargaret Lillie Chair in Childhood Disability

Research (awarded, 2014-19)

Director, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability

Research (2006-13)

Dr. John Whittaker Memorial Award for Contribu-

tions in Childhood Disability (2012)

Recent Grants/Funding History:

Cairney, J., Missiuna, C., Timmons, B.W., (Co-PIs),

Howard, M., Kwan, M., Price, D., Rivard, L., Veld-

huizen, S., Wade, T., Wahi, G. (2013-18). Impact of

developmental coordination disorder on the physical

health of young children: A five-year study of motor

coordination, physical activity, physical fitness and

obesity. Canadian Institutes of Health Research

($1,579,006).

Missiuna, C. (PI), Pollock, N., Bennett, S., Camden,

C., Campbell, W., McCauley, D., Gaines, R., Cairney,

J. (2013-15). Implementation and evaluation of Part-

nering for Change, an innovative model that will

transform health service provision for school-aged

children with developmental coordination disorder.

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

($994,600).

Missiuna, C. (PI), Hecimovich, C. (Principal Decision

Maker), Pollock, N., Russell, D., Cairney, J., Bennett,

S., Ruttan, B. (Decision Maker), Gaines, R., & Rosen-

baum, P. (2008-11). Partnering for change (Demon-

stration Project): Promoting health and participation

of school-aged children with developmental condi-

tions in their communities. Canadian Institutes of

Health Research ($199,994).

Research Collaboration:

One of the main reasons I ac-

cepted a faculty position at McMaster University was the

presence of CanChild, Centre for Childhood Disability Re-

search

(www.canchild.ca

). CanChild is an internationally

renowned education and research centre that broadly ad-

dresses the issues and concerns of children and youth with

disabilities and their families. When I joined CanChild, there

were only a few scientists but they were progressive, had

shared values and varied perspectives and were tremen-

dous mentors. It was my privilege to serve as CanChild’s Di-

rector from 2006-13, a time in which we were able to build

capacity and strengthen our knowledge translation efforts.

CanChild now has over 50 scientists and research associates

and our evidence-based website is accessed thousands of

times each week. My personal programof research has ben-

efitted tremendously frommy close research collaborations

with Nancy Pollock, a McMaster faculty member and OT

clinician scientist, and Cathy Hecimovich, a decision-maker

in the Ontario health system, as we have developed and im-

plemented Partnering for Change, a newmodel of OT serv-

ice delivery in schools. I have also worked closely with Dr.

John Cairney, who holds a Professorship in Child Health Re-

search and this has resulted in a new research collaborative,

the Infant and Child Health (INCH) Lab

(www.inchlab.ca

).

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