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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 both 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. She completed her Doctor of Speech-Language Pathology degree at Northwestern University, Master of Science in Human Communication Disorders (S-LP) at Dalhousie University, and undergraduate degrees in Neuroscience and French at Dalhousie University.


Her research interests have evolved from exploring the neurophysiological underpinnings of speech processing and literacy development to applying implementation science and operations and process improvement approaches to improve the delivery of evidence-based interventions and services. She recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the CHILD-BRIGHT Network at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, examining factors and processes influencing the adoption and scale-up of psychosocial interventions for children and youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities across Canada. Her interests also include implementing interdisciplinary play-based and group interventions for individuals with social communication difficulties, using digital health solutions for home practice and remote monitoring, and strengthening connections between clinicians and researchers to advance evidence-based care.

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