Hardeep Singh

Dr. Hardeep Singh is a registered occupational therapist and the March of Dimes Paul J. J. Martin Early Career Professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto and an Affiliate Scientist at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network. She holds a PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences from the University of Toronto and has completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Sinai Health System and Trillium Health Partners.

Dr. Singh’s research aims to improve equity within the design and delivery of rehabilitation and recovery services for individuals living with neurological disease. Dr. Singh applies an equity-informed lens and research methodologies, such as participatory action research (e.g. photovoice), scoping and rapid reviews and co-design methods to generate meaningful research knowledge.

Recent Publications

1. Singh, H., Tang, T., Armas, A., Thombs, R., Heffernan, M., Cunningham, H., Ellen, M., Law, S., Jarach, C. M., Plett, D., Nie, J. X., Thavorn, K., Steele Gray, C., Nelson, M. (In Press). Recommendations for the design and delivery of transitions focused digital health interventions: Results of a rapid review. JMIR Aging. doi:10.2196/35929
2. Singh, H., Armas, A., Law, S., Tang, T., Steele Gray, C., Cunningham, H., Thombs, R., Ellen, M., Sritharan, J., Nie, J. X., Plett, D., Jarach, C. M., Thavorn, K., Nelson, M. (2021). How digital health solutions align with the roles and functions that support hospital to home transitions for older adults: A rapid review study protocol. BMJ Open. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045596
3. Singh, H., Tahsin F., Nie, J. X., McKinstry, B., Thavorn, K., Upshur, R., Harvey, S., Wodchis, W., Steele Gray, C. (2021). Exploring the perspectives of primary care providers on use of the electronic Patient Reported Outcomes tool to support goal-oriented care: A qualitative study. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 21:366. doi: 10.1186/s12911-021-01734-0
4. Kokorelias, K., Nelson, M., Cameron, J., Colquhoun, H., Munce, S., Hitzig, S., Salbach, N., Martyniuk, J., Steele Gray, C., Tang, T., Wang, R., Lindsay, P., Bayley, M., Kaur, N., Singh, H. (In Press). Exploring the poststroke experiences and unmet needs of South Asian groups communities: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open.
5. Kokorelias, K., Nelson, M., Plett, D., Tang, T., Steele Gray, C., Ellen, M., Law, S., Jarach, C. M., Nie, J. X., Thavorn, K., Singh, H. (In Press). Who is Included in Digital Health Technologies to Support Hospital to Home Transitions for Older Adults? A Secondary analysis of a Rapid Scoping Review and Equity-Informed Recommendations. JMIR Aging. doi:10.2196/35925
6. Nelson, M. L. A., Armas, A., Thombs, R., Singh, H., Fulton, J., Cunningham, H., Munce, S., Hitzig, S., Bettner Prvu. (2021). Synthesising evidence regarding hospital to home transitions supported by volunteers of third sector organisations: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 11(7):e0504479. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050479 Preprint available: doi: 10.1101/2021.02.20.21251514
7. Singh, H., Flett, H., Silver, M. P., Craven, B. C., Jaglal, S. B., & Musselman, K. E. (2020). Current state of fall prevention and management policies and procedures: the Canadian rehabilitation hospital context. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), 299. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05168-8
8. Singh, H., Scovil, C., Bostick, G., Kaiser, A., Craven, B. C., Jaglal, S. B., & Musselman, K. E. (2020). Perspectives of wheelchair users with spinal cord injury on fall circumstances and fall prevention: a mixed methods approach using photovoice. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238116
    

Honours and Awards

• Fellowship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Peter Rappolt Family Scholarship in Occupational Performance & Wellbeing, University of Toronto
• Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Scholarship, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
• OSOTF Unilever/Lipton Graduate Fellowship in Neuroscience, University Health Network