Judith Eileen Soicher
Associate Professor (Professional)| Associate Director, School of Physical & Occupational Therapy
BSc (Phys Ther); MSc (Rehabilitation Science); PhD (Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
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POTH 401: Research Methods
POTH 612: Applied Clinical Research Methods
POTH 630 Measurement II
Prof. Soicher’s expertise is in chronic disease self-management and pulmonary rehabilitation. Her research has focused on the use of advanced regression and structural modeling techniques to evaluate physical activity behaviour and its psychosocial and disease-related predictors among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Other research areas include program evaluation and health outcomes.Ìý
Research Areas:Ìý
clinical research
health behaviour
physical activity
program evaluation
pulmonary disease
rehabilitation
self-management
statistical modeling
Ibrahim, M., Cardiff, K., Nhan, I., Savarimuthu, V., Yao, K., Kasai, S., Posel, N., Soicher, J. (2022). Development of an evidence-based educational resource in oncology: Living safely with bone metastases. Patient Education and Counselling Innovation, 1, 1-9.
Mak, S., Bourbeau, J., Mayo, N.E., Wood-Dauphinee, S., Soicher, J. (2019). Psychometric testing of the CHAMPS questionnaire in French Canadians with COPD. Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2019.
Mak, S., Soicher, J.E., Mayo, N.E., Wood-Dauphinee, S., Bourbeau, J. (2016). Cross-cultural adaptation of the CHAMPS questionnaire in French Canadians with COPD. Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2016.
Soicher, J.E., Mayo, N.E., Gauvin, L., Hanley, J.A., Bourbeau, J. (2012). Trajectories of endurance activity in COPD patients following pulmonary rehabilitation. European Respiratory Journal, 39(2), 272-278.
