Dr. Sander Hitzig is the Program Research Director of the St. John’s Rehab Research Program (Sunnybrook Research Institute) and is an assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute at the University of Toronto. In 2009-2010, he did his post-doctoral fellowship at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute’s Brain and Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program (Lyndhurst Centre) under Dr. Katz’s supervision. Sander’s work was focused on understanding factors that contributed to the maintenance and development of chronic pain following spinal cord injury.
At St. John’s Rehab, his program of research examines the long-term outcomes of persons aging with a disability and/or other vulnerabilities, which includes: (1) evaluating the impact of primary and secondary impairments on health and quality of life; (2) identifying factors that promote health and social wellbeing in the community; and (3) using implementation science to optimize the delivery of hospital and community models of care.
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