Marla Beauchamp

Overview

Marla Beauchamp is a physical therapist and Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, and an Associate Member in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. She is also the inaugural Scientific Director of the MIRA | Dixon Hall Centre in Toronto. Dr. Beauchamp holds a tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Mobility, Aging and Chronic Disease and an Early Researcher Award from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities focusing on mobility and technology.

The overarching aim of Dr. Beauchamp’s research is to identify ways to keep older adults mobile and healthy in their homes and communities for as long as possible. She is leading several major interdisciplinary projects on fall risk assessment and prevention, wearable technology for mobility monitoring, and studies on recovery after COVID-19 and respiratory infection. Her ongoing work is funded by CIHR, AGE-WELL, and the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging.

Affiliations

• Associate Professor and Scientific Director MIRA | Dixon Hall Centre
• Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
• Associate Scientific Director, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) | Dixon Hall Centre, McMaster University
• Associate Member, Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
• Member, Father Sean O’Sullivan Research Centre, Research Institute of St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton
• Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences

Education

• BSc, University of Waterloo
• MSc (Physical Therapy), University of Toronto
• PhD (Rehabilitation Science), University of Toronto
• PDF, Harvard Medical School