Stefanie Blain-Moraes
PhD (University of Toronto)
Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Sciences and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Member, Royal Society of Canada
Full Member
Stefanie Blain-Moraes is a biomedical engineer and rehabilitation scientist. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Toronto and completed two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Michigan. She joins the University of British Columbia after 10 years as a professor in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University.
Contact Info
2215 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Research Information
Broadly, her research focuses on:
1) developing tools to detect levels of and capacity for consciousness across altered states of consciousness (e.g., anesthesia, disorders of consciousness); and
2) creating technologies to support arts-based interactions (e.g., music, dance, therapeutic clowning) that build relationship and connection with minimally communicative persons.
Her research program has involved persons in disorders of consciousness and palliative care; adults with dementia, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; and children with autism and severe and multiple disabilities.
Publications
Keywords
- disorders of consciousness
- electroencephalography
- minimally communicative persons
- physiological signals
- interpersonal connection
- arts-based interventions