Nancy Mayo
James McGill Professor, Department of Medicine and School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Dr Nancy Mayo is a James McGill Professor in the Department of Medicine and the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ (Division of Geriatrics and Division of Clinical Epidemiology). She is also Research Scientist at the Center for Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Hospital Center Research Institute. Originally from Ottawa, Dr. Mayo is a graduate of Queen’s University in Physical Therapy and Ï㽶ÊÓƵ with a Master’s degree in Rehabilitation Science and a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Dr. Mayo leads a research program on Function, Disability and Quality of Life for vulnerable populations. Her research is conducted from rehabilitation, health services, health outcomes, and epidemiological perspectives. Dr. Mayo has had a preoccupation with generating evidence about how to improve outcomes for people with disabling health conditions and translating this knowledge directly to patients. She is an honorary life member of the International Society of Quality of Life (ISOQOL) and is the author of the Dictionary of Quality of Life and Health Outcomes Measurement for this organization.
Dr. Mayo is a committed educator having supervised over 100 students in Rehabilitation Science, Epidemiology, Experimental Surgery and Experimental Medicine, 40 at the doctoral level. She has more than 300 life-time publications and has presented at scientific venues on every continent.
Function, Disability and Quality of Life in Vulnerable Populations
1.  Mate KKV, Abou-Sharkh A, Morais JA, Mayo NE. Putting the best foot forward: Relationships between indicators of step quality and cadence in three gait vulnerable populations. NeuroRehabilitation. 2019 Mar 7. doi: 10.3233/NRE-182595. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30856128.
2.  Appau A, Lencucha R, Finch L, Mayo N. Further validation of the Preference-Based Stroke Index three months after stroke. Clin Rehabil. 2019 Mar 5:269215519834064. doi: 10.1177/0269215519834064. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30834774.
3.  Mascarella MA, Richardson K, Mlynarek A, Forest VI, Hier M, Sadeghi N, Mayo N. Evaluation of a Preoperative Adverse Event Risk Index for Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Cancer Surgery. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 Feb 21. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.4513. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30789650.
4.  Gobbi G, Atkin T, Zytynski T, Wang S, Askari S, Boruff J, Ware M, Marmorstein N, Cipriani A, Dendukuri N, Mayo N. Association of Cannabis Use in Adolescence and Risk of Depression, Anxiety, and Suicidality in Young Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry. 2019 Feb 13. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.4500. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30758486.
5.  Kuspinar A, Mayo NE. Validation of the preference-based multiple sclerosis index. Mult Scler. 2018 Aug 2:1352458518792423. doi: 10.1177/1352458518792423. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30070613.