Jennifer O'Neil

PT, PhD

Affiliate Investigator 

Associate Professor

School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa

About:

Jennifer O’Neil, PhD, is a physiotherapist and assistant professor at the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa. As a physiotherapist, her main interests are to improve the effectiveness of rehabilitation care for people living with neurological conditions and facilitate access to community-based rehabilitation.

Her research has focused on the use of technology and the implementation of intensive home-based telerehabilitation programs for people living with moderate or severe traumatic brain injuries. She has done work in capacity building and telerehabilitation implementation across Canada, including implementing a telehealth fall prevention program for francophone communities living in minority situations. From a health equity perspective, using a person-centred approach, Jennifer aims to improve health equity and access to rehabilitation services for all.

Research Interests:

Global health, health equity and access to rehabilitation services, innovation, digital health, sensors, wearables, telehealth, mobility, balance, falls, neurology, clinical research and implementation.

Select Publications:

O'Neil J, Barnes K, Morgan Donnelly E, Sheehy L, Sveistrup H. (2023). Identification and description of telerehabilitation assessments for individuals with neurological conditions: A scoping review. Digital Health.

van Ierssel J, O'Neil J, King J, Zemek R, Sveistrup H. (2022). Clinician perspectives on providing concussion assessment and management via telehealth: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.

O'Neil J, Egan M, Marshall S, Bilodeau M, Pelletier L, and Sveistrup H. (2023). The impact of two telerehabilitation schedules for physical activity, mobility, and balance among survivors of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: A mixed-method approach. Physiotherapy Canada.

O'Neil J, Pelletier L, Bilodeau M, Egan M, Marshall S, Sveistrup H. (2023). A physiotherapist's perception of their own behavior compared to the perception of their behavior by persons with TBI within the context of telerehabilitation: A self-determination theory perspective. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice.

O’Neil J, van Ierssel J, Sveistrup H. (2020). Remote supervision of rehabilitation interventions for survivors of moderate or severe traumatic brain injury: A scoping review. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare.

Contact:

joneil@uottawa.ca