Melissa M. Park, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Research Associate, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences & Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, Researcher, CRIR - Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital of the CISSS de Laval
Phone: 514 398-4400 # 09670
Fax: 514 398-8193
Email: [email protected]
Education
- B.A., History of Art, Yale University, New Haven CT, USA, 1988
- Certificate, Exhibition Design, Universitá Internationale dell’Arte, Venise, Italie, 1991
- M.A., Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA, USA, 1995
- Ph.D., Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA, USA, 2005
- Postdoctorate, Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA, USA, 2007
- Postdoctorate, Ethnographic Research, Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA, USA, 2008
- Postdoctorate, Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009
Research interest
Health and social care in individuals with sensorimotor and social challenges.
Recent publications
Johansson, K., Laliberte Rudman, D., Mondaca, M., Park, M., Luborsky, M., Josephsson, S. & Asaba, E. (2013). Moving beyond ‘Aging in Place’to understand migration and aging: Place making and the centrality of occupation. Journal of Occupational Science, 20(2), 108-119.
Schwartz, R., Estein, O., Komaroff, J., Myers, M., Stewart, J., Vacaflor, L. & Park, M. (2013). Mental health consumers and providers dialogue in an institutional setting: A participatory approach to promoting recovery-oriented care. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 36(2), 113-115.
Park, M.M. (2012). Pleasure, throwing breaches and embodied metaphors: Tracing transformations-in-participation for a child with autism to a sensory integration-based therapy session. OTJR: Occupation, Paticipation and Health, 32(1), 34-47.
Park, M., Cherry, D. & Decker, S.L. (2011). Nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and physician assistants in physician offices. NCHS Data Brief, August 2011(69):1-8
Erickson, A., Park, M.M. & Tham, K. (2010). Belonging: A qualitative, longitudinal study of what matters for persons after stroke during the one year of rehabilitation. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 42(9), 831-838.
Johansson, K., Lilja, M., Park, M. & Josephsson, S. (2010). Balancing the good – a critical discourse analysis of home modification services. Sociology of Health & Illness, 32(4) 563-582.
Park, M.M. (2010). Beyond calculus: Apple-apple-apple-ike and other embodied pleasures for a child diagnosed with autism in a sensory integration based clinic. Disability Studies Quarterly, 30(1). http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/1066/1232.
Park, M. (2008). Making scenes: imaginative practices of a child with autism in a sensory integration-based therapy session. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 22(3), 234-256.
Research orientation
Axis 2
Research topic
Thème 1 - The person, their entourage and the community
Research Site
CRIR – Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital of the CISSS de Laval
University Affiliation
