Angela Colantonio
{{Short description|Canadian occupational scientist}}
Angela Colantonio is a Canadian occupational scientist whose work involves improving screening, managing and treating people with traumatic brain injury, with a focus on people belonging to underserved populations. Colantonio is a professor of occupational science and occupational therapy at the University of Toronto, where she leads the Acquired Brain Injury Research Lab, and has a cross-appointment with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She is also the director of the University of Toronto's Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, and a senior scientist at the University Health Network's KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.{{Cite web |title=Researcher discusses brain injury and 'shadow pandemic' of intimate partner violence |url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/researcher-discusses-brain-injury-and-shadow-pandemic-intimate-partner-violence |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=University of Toronto News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=At U of T's Faculty of Medicine, leaders take part in blanket exercise that teaches Indigenous history and trauma |url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-s-faculty-medicine-leaders-take-part-blanket-exercise-teaches-indigenous-history-and-trauma |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=University of Toronto News |language=en}} In 2020, Colantonio was appointed as a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Traumatic Brain Injury in Underserved Populations.{{Cite web |title=Angela Colantonio |url=https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=4810 |website=Canada Research Chairs}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2014-07-17 |title=Nearly half of Ontario inmates have suffered brain injury |url=https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2014/07/17/nearly_half_of_ontario_inmates_have_suffered_brain_injury.html |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=thestar.com |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last1=Colantonio |first1=Angela |last2=Kim |first2=Hwan |last3=Allen |first3=Stefan |last4=Asbridge |first4=Mark |last5=Petgrave |first5=Josian |last6=Brochu |first6=Serge |date=2014-10-01 |title=Traumatic Brain Injury and Early Life Experiences Among Men and Women in a Prison Population |url=https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/1078345814541529 |journal=Journal of Correctional Health Care |volume=20 |issue=4 |pages=271–279 |doi=10.1177/1078345814541529 |pmid=25033995 |issn=1078-3458|url-access=subscription }} 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.{{Cite news |last=Duhatschek |first=Paula |date=16 October 2019 |title=Domestic violence causes brain injuries, and advocates say not enough people are talking about it |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/domestic-violence-causes-brain-injuries-and-advocates-say-not-enough-people-are-talking-about-it-1.5316654}}
In 2020, Colantonio was appointed as a Canada Research Chair (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.{{Cite web |title=From astrophysics to literature: 29 researchers at U of T awarded Canada Research Chairs |url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/astrophysics-literature-29-researchers-u-t-awarded-canada-research-chairs |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=University of Toronto News |language=en}}
Colantonio co-chairs an international task force on girls and women with acquired brain injury, titled the Girls & Women with ABI Task Force.{{Cite news |last=Wright |first=Julia |date=20 April 2017 |title=Abuse changes women's brains — but exactly how isn't known |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/women-brain-injury-1.4077333}}
Selected academic publications
- Mollayeva, Tatyana, Shirin Mollayeva, and Angela Colantonio. "Traumatic brain injury: sex, gender and intersecting vulnerabilities." Nature Reviews Neurology 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.
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