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Name of Researcher: Joyce Magill-Evans, U of Alberta
Degrees and Professional Qualifications (including fel-
lowships): PhD, MSc, BOT
Area of Research: My research program focuses on chil-
dren/youth and their families with concurrent interests in
research utilization by service providers and the role of the-
ory in practice. My goal has always been to do research
that matters to practice. I have used both qualitative and
quantitative methods and have done a number of longitu-
dinal studies.
Research Related Awards and Honours:
J. Warren Perry Distinguished Author Award for article •
“Effects of profession and facility type on research uti-
lization by rehabilitation professionals”
CAOT Fellowship award •
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine Mentoring award •
Grants / Funding History (examples):
Family life experiences: Transitions with adolescents •
with disabilities (A collaboration with a physical thera-
pist, parent, and psychologists based in a rehabilitation
hospital. Results were disseminated throughout the
province to caregivers, policy makers, & service
providers.). SSHRC.
Longitudinal evaluation of the stability of preschool •
gross motor, fine motor and speech development and
prediction of children’s performance at seven years of
age. (A collaboration with a physical therapist, occu-
pational therapy and speech language therapists that
changed our understanding of development with im-
plications for assessment). CIHR.
Maternal-Fetal-Newborn Health Strategic Training Pro- •
gram Grant (A multi-year collaboration with nursing,
medicine and rehabilitation that mentored the next
generation of researchers who ranged from bench sci-
entists to front-line clinicians). CIHR.
Research Collaboration: I have been strongly committed
to research collaborations my entire career. Each member
of the team brings expertise and a unique body of knowl-
edge to the project which strengthens the quality of re-
search and increases research uptake during
dissemination. My commitment is reflected in that I am
rarely sole author or sole investigator and have published
a guest editorial and made presentations on collaboration.
My collaborations are at the end of the collaboration con-
tinuum where research team members participate in the
design, implementation, and dissemination of the project.
These collaborations are within and across disciplines, in-
cluding faculty members, practising clinicians, and con-
sumers (e.g., parents, person with disability). Choice of
journals for publications is influenced by where they will
have the greatest impact and where the information will
be available to team members’ colleagues as well. These
collaborations have been invaluable to my research career
in that team members carry projects forward despite a
member having to take a lesser role due to personal cir-
cumstances (e.g., parental leave, serious illness, caregiving
during the end of life of a parent). I have learned to appre-
ciate the contribution of basic bench research to clinical
practice and the importance of learning what words like
“function” mean within other disciplines. Developing
strong collaborations takes time to nurture and can begin
intentionally or through conversations in hallways or at
conferences, clinicians/other researchers reading my pub-
lications, and students
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