Meaghan Adams
Registered Physiotherapist / PhD candidate, Department of Kinesiology University of Waterloo
- Kitchener ON
PhD candidate in neuroscience, studying sensory changes after concussion. Sports & vestibular physiotherapist working in concussion rehab.
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Biography
I'm a physiotherapist trained in sports medicine and vestibular rehabilitation, with a clinical focus on concussion rehabilitation.
I began my PhD becuase I wanted to answer questions about how concussion affects the brain. My main interest is in understanding how concussion affects cortical processing of sensory stimuli, especially when the stimuli are conflicting.
I also feel that, as a clinician-scientist, it is my responsibility to move science out of the lab and into the hands of other clinicians. This was my goal when I started my business, OneBrain, which provides high-quality, evidence-based concussion and neuroscience education to health care providers and fitness professionals. I went into health care because I wanted to help people, and teaching concussion best practices and explaining the amazing power of the brain to guide movement, I am able to help many more people than I can in my clinical practice alone.
I began my PhD becuase I wanted to answer questions about how concussion affects the brain. My main interest is in understanding how concussion affects cortical processing of sensory stimuli, especially when the stimuli are conflicting.
I also feel that, as a clinician-scientist, it is my responsibility to move science out of the lab and into the hands of other clinicians. This was my goal when I started my business, OneBrain, which provides high-quality, evidence-based concussion and neuroscience education to health care providers and fitness professionals. I went into health care because I wanted to help people, and teaching concussion best practices and explaining the amazing power of the brain to guide movement, I am able to help many more people than I can in my clinical practice alone.
Industry Expertise
Health and Wellness
Health Care - Services
Health Care - Providers
Education/Learning
Research
Sport - Amateur
Sport - Professional
Areas of Expertise
Concussion Rehabilitation
Neuroscience
Vestibular System
Physiotherapy
Concussions
Education
Queen's University
BScH
Life Sciences
2006
Queen's University
MScPT
Physiotherapy
2008
University of Waterloo
PhD
Neuroscience
2016
Expected graduation in Fall of 2017
Event Appearances
Concussion Neuroscience: Emerging Tests
Sport Physiotherapy Canada Concussion Symposium Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON
2016-11-26
Poster: Attentional gating at early cortical processing stages is associated with changes in behavioural peformance on a motor task with sensory conflict
Society for Neuroscience Conference San Diego, CA
2016-11-21
Poster: Changes in early visual and tactile processing after recovery fron concussion
Canadian Physiotherapy Association Congress Victoria, BC
2016-05-16
Articles
Modulation of early modality-specific cortical potentials by attention, and associated changes in task performance
Behavioural Brain Research2017-09-01
Adams, MS; Popovich, C; Staines, WR.
Early modality-specific cortical regions are modulated by attended visual stimuli: interaction of vision, touch, and behavioural intent
Frontiers in Psychology2014-04-01
Staines, WR; Popovich, CM; Legon, JK; Adams, MS.
