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College of Medicine School of Rehabilitation Science

Research Area(s)

  • Implementation science, and the spread and scale of innovations in healthcare, education, and social services
  • Mental health and psychosocial supports for individuals with speech-language and neurodevelopmental conditions
  • Patient-oriented research and co-design
  • Operations and process improvement
  • Play-based interventions to support social communication and belonging
  • Speech sound perception, phonological awareness, and their relationship to literacy development and dyslexia
  • Event-related brain potentials (ERPs)

Bio

Dr. McIvor is a speech-language pathologist with over two decades of clinical experience in Canada and Bermuda. She has broad expertise in the assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders across the lifespan, including speech, language, literacy, swallowing, voice, laryngeal airway, fluency, neurodevelopmental, and social communication difficulties.

Her research has evolved from investigating the neurophysiological foundations of speech processing and literacy development to applying operations and process improvement, implementation science, and patient-oriented research approaches to improve evidence-based care and strengthen community–researcher partnerships. She recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the CHILD-BRIGHT Network at the IWK Health Centre, where she examined factors that influence the adoption and scale-up of psychosocial interventions for children and youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities. She is also a member of the Kids Brain Health (KBH+) Programs Advisory Committee. Some of her other clinical and research interests include implementing interdisciplinary, play-based, and group interventions for individuals with social communication difficulties and using digital health solutions to support home practice and remote monitoring.

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