Stephanie Nixon, PT, PhD
Associate Professor
SGS Status: Full Member
Primary Graduate Appointment: Department of Physical Therapy
Graduate Appointment(s): Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Program: Collaborative Specialization in Bioethics
Available to Supervise CSB Students: Yes
Research Interests
HIV, global health, rehabilitation, disability, allyship
Current Research Projects
www.physicaltherapy.utoronto.ca/research/icdr-lab
Education & Training History
- 2005 - 2007 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- 2000 - 2006 PhD, Public Health Sciences and Collaborative Program in Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Supervisors: Solomon Benatar and Ross Upshur
Thesis: Canada’s International Response to HIV/AIDS: A Public Health Ethics Inquiry - 1997 - 2000 MSc, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Supervisors: Rebecca Renwick and Jack Ivan Williams
Thesis: Return-to-Work?: The Experience of People Living with HIV/AIDS - 1993 - 1995 BHSc, Physiotherapy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- 1988 - 1992 BA, Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Honours & Awards
- 2015 Graduate Teaching Award for Early Career Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
- 2015 Dean’s Rising Star Award, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
- 2014 Global Health Award, Canadian Physiotherapy Association
Other Affiliations
- Director, International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation (ICDR), Canada