Angela Colantonio is a Canadian occupational scientist whose work involves improving screening, managing and treating people with

traumatic brain injury A traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as an intracranial injury, is an injury to the brain caused by an external force. TBI can be classified based on severity (ranging from mild traumatic brain injury TBI/concussionto severe traumatic b ...

, with a focus on people belonging to underserved populations. Colantonio is a professor of

occupational science Occupational science is a discipline dedicated to the study of humans as "doers" or "occupational beings". As used here, the term "occupation" refers to the intentional or goal-directed activities that characterize daily human life as well as the c ...

and

occupational therapy Occupational therapy (OT) is a global healthcare profession. It involves the use of assessment and intervention to develop, recover, or maintain the meaningful activities, or ''occupations'', of individuals, groups, or communities. The field of ...

at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, where she leads the Acquired Brain Injury Research Lab, and has a cross-appointment with the

Dalla Lana School of Public Health Dalla Lana School of Public Health is the school of public health at the University of Toronto. It was founded in 1927, and was home for 50 years to Connaught Laboratories, a manufacturer of vaccines, insulin, and many other pharmaceutical produc ...

. She is also the director of the

's Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, and a senior scientist at the

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's KITE-

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (TRI or commonly Toronto Rehab) is the largest rehabilitation hospital in Canada. Owned and operated by the University Health Network (UHN), Toronto Rehab provides patients with rehabilitation care, helping people ...

. In 2020, Colantonio was appointed as a

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(Tier 1) in Traumatic Brain Injury in Underserved Populations.

Research

Colantonio's lab analyzed data from three men’s correctional facilities and one female facility, finding that almost half (43%) of Ontario prisoners have suffered at least one traumatic brain injury. Of those, 62% were men, while 37% were women. Colantonio's lab has also surveyed frontline workers, finding that even those who work directly with survivors may be unaware of the signs of traumatic brain injury. In 2020, Colantonio was appointed as a

(Tier 1) in Traumatic Brain Injury in Underserved Populations, where her research team is using gender-based analysis to improve traumatic brain injury screening, management and treatment for people exposed to partner violence, interacting with the justice system, or experiencing housing instability. Colantonio co-chairs an international task force on girls and women with acquired brain injury, titled the Girls & Women with ABI Task Force.

Selected academic publications

* Mollayeva, Tatyana, Shirin Mollayeva, and Angela Colantonio. "Traumatic brain injury: sex, gender and intersecting vulnerabilities."

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14.12 (2018): 711-722. * Steadman-Pare, D., Colantonio, A., Ratcliff, G., Chase, S., & Vernich, L. (2001). Factors associated with perceived quality of life many years after traumatic brain injury. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, ''16''(4), 330-342. * Cohen, C. A., Colantonio, A., & Vernich, L. (2002). Positive aspects of caregiving: rounding out the caregiver experience. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, ''17''(2), 184-188.

References

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