Katie Kowalski, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Education

  • Postdoctoral research, Physical Therapy (澳门六合彩开奖预测)
  • PhD, Kinesiology (澳门六合彩开奖预测)
  • MSc, Human Physiology (University of Oregon)
  • Doctor of Physical Therapy (University of Wisconsin – Madison)
  • BSc, Kinesiology (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

Graduate Program Supervision

  • Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: |

Research In Profile

Katie Kowalski is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Scholar in the School of Physical Therapy. As an educator, researcher and clinician, her overarching goal is to enhance musculoskeletal patient care and outcomes. Musculoskeletal disorders are the largest contributor to the global need for effective rehabilitation, and spinal pain is the leading condition. Sound clinical reasoning underpins effective and safe musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and patient outcomes are improved when clinical reasoning is advanced. Katie’s program of research is focused to optimizing the development of musculoskeletal clinical reasoning along the novice expert continuum, using mixed methods approaches with cross-sectional and longitudinal observational study designs. Katie also leads research exploring authentic and sustainable partner engagement in research and education, to enable research that is relevant and impactful, and physiotherapy education that prepares students to meet the needs of and drive change within real-world clinical practice.

Featured Publications and Projects

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Kowalski KL, Gills H, Henning K, Parikh P, Sadi J, Rushton AB. (2024). Use of the International IFOMPT Cervical Framework to inform clinical reasoning in postgraduate level physiotherapy students: A qualitative study using think aloud methodology. BMC Medical Education, 24(1), 486.
  • Maddigan K, Kowalski KL, Tawiah A, Rushton AB. (2024). The educational pathway to Advanced Practice for the physiotherapist: protocol for a systematic mixed studies review. PLoS one (accepted, in press)
  • Kowalski KL, Mistry J, Beilin A, Goodman M, Lukacs MJ, Rushton AB. (2024). Physical functioning in the lumbar spinal surgery population: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of outcome measures and measurement properties of the physical measures. PLoS one. 19(8), e0307004.
  • Vatandoost S, Kowalski K, Lanting B, Ng G, Soltanabadi S, Rushton A. (2024). Association between physical measures of spinopelvic alignment and physical functioning with patient reported outcome measures after total hip arthroplasty: protocol for a systematic review. PLoS one, 19(5): e0304382.
  • Rashed R, Kowalski K, Walton D, Niazigharemakher A, Rushton A. (2023). Physical outcome measures of physical functioning as prognostic factors to predict outcomes in low back pain: protocol for a systematic review. PLoS one, 18(12): e0295761.
  • Davis C, Noblet T, Mistry J, Kowalski K, Rushton A. (2023). Patient satisfaction with advanced physiotherapy practice internationally: Protocol for a systematic mixed studies review. PLoS one. 18(10): e0293170.

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Current Grants and Research Projects

  • Walton D, Rushton A, … Kowalski KL, … (2024 – 2026). Driving access and innovation to reduce the international burden of neck and back (spinal) pain. Bone and Joint Institute Grand Challenges Competition, 澳门六合彩开奖预测, $50,000.

Graduate Student Opportunities

Please email Katie Kowalski directly, at kkowals7@uwo.ca, for information about graduate student opportunities.

Additional Information

Academic Appointments and Research Affiliations

  • The Bone and Joint Institute, 澳门六合彩开奖预测
  • Lawson Research Institute, London Health Sciences Center

Awards

  • 澳门六合彩开奖预测 Bone and Joint Institute Transdisciplinary Research Award, Postdoctoral Fellowship (2022 – 2023)
  • American College of Sports Medicine Foundation Doctoral Student Research (2020 – 2021)
  • Nan Phillipson Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistants, School of Physical Therapy, 澳门六合彩开奖预测 (2019, 2021)
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (International student, 2019)
  • American Physiological Society Physiology Education Community of Practice Fellowship (2018)

Professional Activities

  • Member, Canadian and Ontario Physiotherapy Associations
  • Member, College of Physiotherapists of Ontario