Amira Tawashy

Education

• BSc, University of British Columbia
• MSc, University of British Columbia
• MSc OT, Dalhousie University
  

Research interests

• Wheeled mobility provision in under-resourced settings
• Wheelchair Skills Training
• Knowledge Translation
• Spinal cord injury/traumatic brain injury and Occupational Therapy
  

Invited presentations and selected publications

• Wheelchair Provision & Skills Training in Kenya. International Seating Symposium (Workshop), Canada; March 2020
• Wheelchair Provision & Skills Training in Nepal and Uganda. International Seating Symposium (Plenary Lecture), Canada; March 2018
• Wheelchair Provision & Skills Training: An International Perspective. Latin American Seating Symposium, Argentina; September 2017
• Wheelchair Provision & Skills Training in Uganda. Medical Grand Rounds, NS Health Authority; Halifax, October 2016
• Tawashy AE, Eng JJ, Krassioukov AV, Miller WC, Sproule S. Aerobic Exercise During Early Rehabilitation for Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Physical Therapy 2010; 90(3):427-37.
• Tawashy AE, Eng JJ, Lin KH, Tang PF, Hung CH. Physical activity is related to lower levels of pain, fatigue, and depression in individuals with spinal cord injury: A correlational study. Spinal Cord 2009; 47(4):301- 306
• Tawashy AE, Eng JJ, Hung C, Krassioukov AV et al. Screening and Habituation of FES-Cycling for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy 2008;32(4):164-70.