Judith Eileen Soicher
Associate Professor (Professional)| Associate Director, School of Physical & Occupational Therapy
BSc (Phys Ther); MSc (Rehabilitation Science); PhD (Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
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.
Research Areas:
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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecinn.2022.100064
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. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2185207
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. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/9304505
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. https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00026011
