• overview

 

My primary research interests involve exploring the impact that nature and the natural environment have on our perceptions of health, disability, and quality of life (QOL). To this end, my research explores human-nature relationships, and how these relationships manifest during times of heath, disability, and rehabilitation.

 

 

• about restorative environments

 

Research exploring restorative environments is highly interdisciplinary, drawing from a number of areas including psychology, geography, environmental sciences, biology, health sciences, and more. Essentially, research in this area explores human experiences with nature relative to how we perceive natural environments, and how these settings influence human behaviour, emotion, health, and wellbeing.

 

 

• other research

 

Secondary to my doctoral work, I lead and collaborate on projects in the Laboratory for Well-Being and Quality of Life in Oncology, and the Voice Production and Perception Laboratory at the University of Western Ontario. As a VPPL associate, I am involved in research that investigates voice and quality of life issues in individuals who have been treated for head and neck cancer. As well, I work with faculty and residents in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery on a number of projects related to health and well-being in individuals during treatment and rehabilitation for head and neck cancer.

 

 

• selected publications

 

Yeung, J., Fung, K., Bornbaum, C.C., Day, A.M.B., Parsa, V., Levee, T., Doyle, P.C. (2011). A clinical approach to monitoring variability associated with adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD). Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 40(4), 343-349.

 

Moukarbel, R.V., Doyle, P.C., Yoo, J.H., Franklin, J.H., Day, A.M.B., Fung, K. (2011). Voice-related quality of life (V-RQOL) outcomes in laryngectomees. Head and Neck, 33(1), 31-36. doi: 10.1002/hed.21409

 

Day, A.M.B. & Doyle, P.C. (2010). Assessing self-reported measures of voice disability in tracheoesophageal speakers. Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 39(6), 762-768.

 

Bechard, D., Day, A.M.B., Dufour, S., Dzioba, A., McCabe, C., Rasmussen, S., & Doyle, P.C. (2010). How medical students conceptualize health and disability: implications for interprofessional practice and education. Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education, 1(2). Available from http://jripe.org/index.php/journal/article/view/10

 

Doyle, P.C., Day, A.M.B., Whitney, H.W., Myers, C., & Eadie, T.L. (2009). The utility of symptom checklists in long-term postlaryngectomy follow-up.  Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 33(4), 174-182.