Carol Dematteo

Biography

Professor Carol DeMatteo has a dual background as an occupational therapist and physiotherapist with graduate training in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. She has practiced Occupational Therapy internationally covering all areas from pediatric rehabilitation to acute pediatrics. Her areas of clinical focus coincide with her areas of research which are: neurotrauma in childhood, specifically all severities of acquired brain injury including concussion.  As a clinician scientist, Carol DeMatteo had led many research projects and is consistently invited to participate in research collaborations, scientific meetings and presentations, provincially, nationally and internationally. In 2012, building on previous longitudinal studies in pediatric brain injury, she led her team to develop what has become a care changing initiative of pediatric-specific Return to Activity and Return to School Guidelines and many other educational materials as part of a Knowledge Translation Strategy and Community Education program for children/youth with concussion. These guidelines have now been translated into French, Norwegian and Swedish and implemented in other countries as well as Canada. They are now part of the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation Pediatric mTBI Guidelines, and are used regularly in some Ontario emergency departments, sports clinics, public health education and family health teams.

Research Interest

Pediatric brain injury