Dr. Julia Schmidt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of British Columbia. She completed her BSc(OT) at the University of Alberta and spent over 10 years working clinically in brain injury rehabilitation. She earned her PhD at the University of Queensland, Australia, where she studied the effectiveness of video-based feedback interventions to improve self-awareness after traumatic brain injury. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia’s Brain Behaviour Lab, exploring changes in the brain’s physiology in youth who had concussions. Dr. Schmidt is interested in understanding life after brain injury. Her goal is to learn more about changes in the brain after injury and throughout life, changes in daily life and social roles after brain injury, and programs that support people with brain injury to lead lives that are personally meaningful.
Dr. Jade Witten is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the CEDAR Brain Injury Lab at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada. She earned her PhD at Bangor University in North Wales, UK, where she developed and delivered an emotion management program for anger after brain injury. Dr. Witten also trained as a neuropsychologist in South Africa, where she gained invaluable experience working with individuals with chronic neurological and mental health conditions. At UBC, Dr. Witten is interested in developing and implementing community-based programs to support the long-term wellbeing and quality of life of people and families living with brain injury in British Columbia.
