Dr. Virginia Wright

Virginia Wright is a physiotherapist with graduate training in health research. She is a Scientist in the Bloorview Research Institute in Toronto. She completed her PhD at McMaster University in Health Research Methodology. She is supported by a Career Development Award (2007 to 2011) through the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program, a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Training Initiative. Her primary research interests are in the design and validation of outcome measures for children with physical disabilities, evaluation of change within the context of the ICF, and in promoting use of these measures both clinically and in research to evaluate the effects of rehabilitation interventions.