Diana is a tenured full Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen's University and a physiotherapist at the Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Diana was awarded the designation of Clinical Specialist in Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy in Canada in 2012, University of Toronto Alumni Achievement Award in 2013, the 2014 Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Award in Knowledge Transfer and the Canadian Physiotherapy Association’s Life Membership Award, June 2015. Diana's research portfolios include simulation in interprofessional education, professional practice in physiotherapy, and behavioural modification, best practices and development and validation of a risk triage tool in cardiovascular rehabilitation and cardiovascular rehabilitation as a chronic disease prevention and management paradigm. Diana has over a hundred peer-reviewed podia and numerous peer reviewed publications as well as being a book author, contributor to the Canadian Guidelines for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario Standards for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.
Research Interests
Cardiac Rehabilitation and Chronic Disease Prevention & Management