Angela ColantonioProfessor, Saunderson Family Chair in Acquired Brain Injury Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
(416) 978-1098
angela.colantonio@utoronto.ca
Website: http://www.torontorehab.on.ca/research/colantonio.htm

Cross Appointments

Dalla Lana School of Public Health Sciences
Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, Institute for Human Development Life Course and Aging

School of Graduate Studies

Member

Biosketch

Dr. Colantonio is a Senior Research Scientist at Toronto Rehab, where she holds the Saunderson Family Chair in Acquired Brain Injury Research. She is also an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. Dr. Colantonio has studied the epidemiology of disability in older people with acquired brain injury, dementia and stroke. Her current focus in on aging and traumatic brain injury. She has a PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health from Yale University, and an MSc in Community Health and undergraduate degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Toronto.

Selected Recent Publications

Kim, H. and Colantonio, A. (In Press). Intentional traumatic brain injury in Ontario, Canada. The Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection and Critical Care.
Colantonio, A., Escobar, M., Chipman, M., McLellan, B., Austin, P., Mirabella, G. and Ratcliff, G. (In Press). Predictors of post-acute mortality following traumatic brain injury in a seriously injured population. The Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection and Critical Care.
Rossiter, K., Gray, J., Kontos, P., Keightley, M., Colantonio, A. and Gilbert, J. (2008). From page to stage: Dramaturgy and the art of cross-disciplinary translation. Journal of Health Psychology, 13(2), 277-286.
Devitt, R., Colantonio, A., Ratcliff, G., Chase, S., Dawson, D. and Teare, G. (2006). Prediction of long-term occupational performance outcomes for adults after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Disability and Rehabilitation, 28(9), 547-559.
Dunal, L., Colantonio, A. and Rappolt, S. (2006). Factors related to occupational therapy workload in a geriatric chronic care setting. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 73(4), 236-244.

Recent Thesis/Projects Supervised

“The effects of a structured aerobic exercise program on mood and depression in individuals with chronic ABI”. Marika Schwandt (MSc), in progress.
“The effect of sleep disorders on cognitive communication after traumatic brain injury”. C. Wiseman-Hakes (PhD), in progress.
"Work related traumatic brain injury". L. Engel and C. Henderson (MSc), 2007.
“Preventable Admissions and Barriers to Health Services Among Persons with an Intellectual Disability”. R. Balogh (PhD).

Research Interests

Brain injury, aging with disability, dementia, stroke.

Current Courses

CHL5403H: The Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases: Lecturer on module on Disability

OCT1220 Research Experience (supervised 7 students to date and 2 in progress)

OCT 1271H Course Director, Enabling Occupation with Older Adults: Part I

Special Lectures / Keynote Speeches

Colantonio, A. Traumatic brain injury across the health care continuum in Canada. Researcher’s Network, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, September 19, 2007. (invited)
Colantonio, A., Kontos, P., Gilbert, J., Rossiter, K., Gray, J., Keightley, M. After the crash: A research based theatre approach for knowledge translation on traumatic brain injury. 2007 Teaching and Learning Symposium Programme, Toronto, ON, October 25, 2007.
Colantonio, A., Laporte, A., Crawford, R., Coyte, P. Who receives in-patient rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury?: A population based study. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Education Conference: Achieving Evidence-Based Rehabilitation, Chicago, USA, September, 2005.
Colantonio, A. Inappropriate living environments for persons with traumatic brain injury. Acquired Brain Injury Conference, Hamilton, May, 2005. (Invited).
Colantonio, A. Pathways to Discovery in ABI Research at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Case Management in TBI Rehabilitation Workshop, Toronto, May, 2005. (Invited).