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Dr. Sonia Gulati is also the Undergraduate Field Placement Advisor.<\/em><\/p>\n

Primary Fields of Specialization:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Disability, Global Health, Children & Youth with Disabilities, and Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR)<\/p>\n

Courses taught: <\/strong><\/p>\n

HLTH1001: Principles of Health
\nHLTH3101: Global Health
\nHLTH3503: Disability and Chronic Health Conditions
\nHLTH4503: Trauma-related Disability and Impairments
\nHLTH4906: Capstone-Research Essay
\nHLTH4909: Capstone-Field Placement and Research Project<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Academic Interests: <\/strong><\/p>\n

I value being in a position that provides me the opportunity to work with a dynamic student body in order to shape the learning environment. I teach in the\u00a0Global Health<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Disability & Chronic Illness Concentrations<\/em>.\u00a0 I am also responsible for developing research-based field placements locally, nationally, and internationally for undergraduate students. As a faculty member in a new and growing department, I have a strong interest in curriculum design, classroom instruction, and experiential learning. I have designed and implemented courses on global health, disability and illness, determinants of health, psychosocial aspects of aging, health communication, population trends & international development, and research methods.<\/p>\n

I am also a registered Occupational Therapist.\u00a0 Clinically, most of my experience has been in hospital settings working with adults\/older adults in acute care, complex continuing care, geriatric rehabilitation, and outpatient vocational rehabilitation.\u00a0 I value the therapist-client relationship and feel that it makes a significant contribution to my understanding of health conditions and the challenges that people face when living with an illness or a disability.<\/p>\n

My primary research interests are in the following broad areas: global health, community-based rehabilitation in underserved areas, children\/youth with disabilities, therapeutic communication, and action research methodologies. To date, my global health work has involved collaborating with organizations in India, Trinidad, Guyana, and Belize. I have also conducted multi-centered\/multi-province research that focused on immigrant health and health service delivery in pediatric oncology.<\/p>\n

My current research activities align well with my teaching responsibilities, research experience, and clinical training. I am working on a project where the overall aim of the research is to develop a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for children\/youth with hypospadias. I am also a member of the Researchers in Accessibility<\/em><\/a> initiative at Carleton. I am interested in exploring how to make field placement education \u2013 in undergraduate\/graduate health sciences programs \u2013 more accessible for students with chronic health conditions or disabilities.<\/p>\n

Currently, I serve on Carleton\u2019s Senate<\/em><\/a> and I am a member of the Carleton\u00a0Committee on\u00a0Community Engaged Pedagogy<\/em><\/a>. I am the Carleton delegate for the Eastern Ontario Academic Health Sciences Network<\/u><\/em>. I also serve on the Board of Directors of Mental Health Without Borders<\/em><\/a>, a non-profit organization based in Waterloo.<\/p>\n

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Carleton Honours\/Awards: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Professional Achievement Award
\nNew Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award<\/p>\n

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Selected Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wiley, B., Cameron, D., Gulati, S.<\/strong>, & Hogg, A. (2014). Exploring the use of tablets (iPads) with children and young adults with disabilities in Trinidad. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology<\/em>. doi:10.3109\/17483107.2014.914251\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gulati, S.<\/strong>, Klassen, A., & Dix, D. (2014). Demands and rewards of working within multidisciplinary teams in pediatric oncology: The experiences of Canadian health care providers. The Qualitative Report, 19<\/em>(36), 1-15.<\/p>\n

Klassen, A., Gulati, S.<\/strong>, & Dix, D. (2012). Health care providers\u2019 perspectives about working with parents of children with cancer: A qualitative study. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, <\/em>29<\/em>(2), 92-97.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gulati, S.<\/strong>, Watt, L., Shaw, N., Sung, L., Poureslami, I., Klaassen, R., Dix, D. B., & Klassen, A. F. (2012). Communication and language challenges experienced by Chinese and South Asian immigrant parents of children with cancer in Canada: Implications for health services delivery. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 58<\/em>(4), 572-578.<\/p>\n

Watt, L., Gulati, S.<\/strong>, Shaw, N., Sung, L., Dix, D., Poureslami, I., & Klassen, A. (2012). Perceptions about complementary and alternative medicine use among Chinese immigrant parents of children with cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer<\/em>, 20<\/em>(2), 253-260.<\/p>\n

Klassen, A., Gulati, S.<\/strong>, Watt, L., Banerjee, A., Sung, L., Klaassen, R., Dix, D., Poureslami, I., & Shaw, N. (2012). Immigrant to Canada, newcomer to childhood cancer: A qualitative study of challenges faced by immigrant parents. Psycho-Oncology, <\/em>21<\/em>(5), 558-562.<\/p>\n

Klassen, A., Gulati, S.<\/strong>, Granek, L., Rosenberg-Yunger, Z., Watt, L., Sung, L., Klaassen, R., Dix, D., & Shaw, N. T. (2012). Understanding the health impact of caregiving: A qualitative study of immigrant parents and single parents of children with cancer. Quality of Life Research, <\/em>21<\/em>(9), 1595-1605.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gulati, S.<\/strong>, Paterson, M., Medves, J., & Luce-Kapler, R. (2011). Adolescent group empowerment: Group-centred occupations to empower adolescents with disabilities in the urban slums of North India. Occupational Therapy International, <\/em>18<\/em>(2), 67-84.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gulati, S.<\/strong>, Paterson, M., Medves, J., & Luce-Kapler, R. (2011). Reflecting on the methodological aspects of a critical ethnographic approach used to inform change for adolescents with disabilities. 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