Dr. Patterson is a physiotherapist, an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and a Scientist at the KITE Research Institute (University Health Network). She practiced clinically as a physiotherapist in the neurological field in Canada and the US before completing her PhD at the University of Toronto and postdoctoral training at McGill University. Dr. Patterson leads the RELEARN lab (http://www.relearnlab.ca/) which strives to advance neurorehabilitation practice in order to improve mobility outcomes for people living with neurological conditions and in particular stroke. Her research interests include understanding how balance and gait are altered after stroke and the development of novel rehabilitation strategies including rhythm-based interventions and dance. Dr. Patterson holds a Heart and Stroke Foundation Clinician Scientist award and her work is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
