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Marina Bastawrous, PhD candidate, MSc, HonBSc


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Marina Bastawrous is a Doctoral Candidate in the Rehabilitation Science Institute (RSI) at the University of Toronto and holds a CIHR Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research (STIHR) Doctoral Fellowship with the Healthcare, Technology and Place program. Marina’s research interests center on caregiving relationships, peer support and digital health. Currently, Marina’s mixed method research focuses on understanding how adult children caring for aging parents seek and engage in peer support activity. She is particularly interested in the relationship that caregiving peers develop and how their experiences may differ while interacting online versus in person. Marina hopes that the findings of her research will inform future interventions that aim to optimize caregiver networking and support exchange.

Marina holds an Honors Bachelor of Science as well as a Masters of Science from the University of Toronto. Her Masters research qualitatively explored the experiences of adult daughters providing post-stroke care to a parent, with a focus on the parent-to-child relationship and caregiver well-being. Marina has previously held an Ontario Graduate Scholarship and has received several CIHR Travel Awards that have allowed her to present her research on the national and international stage.

Academic History

2012-Present PhD, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
[Dissertation: Peer support between caregivers of aging parents: The contribution of tie strength, peer similarity and networking modality to perceptions of support]

2009-2011, Masters of Science, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto 
[Thesis: The experiences adult daughters providing post-stroke care to a parent]

2005-2009, Honours BSc, University College, University of Toronto 
[Double major: Human Biology and Philosophy] 

Interests

When the lab isn’t the setting of Marina’s research, the kitchen usually is! She enjoys experimenting with her new Kitchenid mixer and using her colleagues, friends and family as test subjects. Marina also has a healthy love of her dog Lexi, fried food and all things Disney.

Publications

Published Refereed Papers
Bastawrous, M. Caregiver Burden- A Critical Discussion. International Journal of Nursing Studies. November 3rd, 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.10.005

Bastawrous, M; Gignac, MA; Kapral, MK; Cameron, JI. Factors that contribute to adult children caregivers’ well-being: A Scoping Review.  Health and Social Care in the Community.  Published online before print: December 4 2014. DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12144.

Bastawrous, M; Gignac, MA; Kapral, MK; Cameron, JI. Daughters providing post-stroke care: Perspectives on the parent-to-child relationship and well-being. Qualitative Health Research.  24(11), November, 2014, pp. 1527-1539. DOI: 10.1177/1049732314548689.

Cameron, JI, Bastawrous, M.; Smale, L Stroke Survivors', Caregivers', and Health Care Professionals' Perspectives on the Weekend Pass to Facilitate Transition Home. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 46(9),   October 2014, pp. 858-863(6). DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1854.

Bastawrous, M; Gignac, MA; Kapral, MK; Cameron, JI. Adult daughters providing post-stroke care to a parent: a qualitative study of the impact that role overload has on lifestyle, participation and family relationships. Clinical Rehabilitation. Published online before print: September 25 2014.  DOI: 10.1177/0269215514552035.


Abstracts
Bastawrous M; Gignac, M; Kapral, M; Cameron JI.  When daughters become caregivers to a parent who has suffered a stroke: a qualitative exploration of how the parent-to-child relationship is associated with caregiver well being.  Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association 2011; 42: e586-e622

Bastawrous, M; Gignac, M; Kapral, M; Cameron, JI. When the daughter becomes a caregiver to a parent who has suffered a stroke: The influence of the parent-child relationship on caregiver well being.  Cerebrovascular Disease 2011; 31 (Suppl 2).

Bastawrous M, Cameron JI.  The influence of the adult child caregiver to parent relationship on caregiver wellbeing: A Systematic Review.  Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association 2010; 41(7).

 

Media Appearances


  • Guest on Ottawa Morning with Hallie Cotnam. August 5th, 2014.  http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/Ontario/ID/2482926477/
  • Guest on Guest on Vancouver’s CKNW AM 980: Morning News with Philip Till.  June 14th, 2010
  • Guest on Toronto’s CP24: On Call with Dr. Karl.  June 12th, 2010

Press Releases (25+ published, selected articles presented)

CBC, August 6th, 2014. Research breaks new ground on adult caregiver support for each other

Canadian Stroke Network, June 7, 2010 Daughters caring for a parent recovering from stroke more prone to depression than sons

The Heart and Stroke Foundation, June 7, 2010 Daughters caring for a parent recovering from stroke more prone to depression than sons

The Vancouver Sun, June 6, 2010 ‘Tsunami’ of strokes imminent as population ages, experts say

Top News United Kingdom, June 7, 2010 Canadian Study: Daughters Caring For Parents Recovering from Stroke, More Prone to Depression

Bloomberg Businessweek, June 8, 2010 Female caregivers face a heavier toll: Study

Indian Express, June 7, 2010 Daughter caregivers more prone to depression

Scholarships and Awards

  • 2013-2015 CIHR Strategic Research Training Doctoral Fellowship in Health Care, Technology, & Place
  • 2013 Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Student Scholarship
  • 2010, 2012 & 2014 CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health Young Investigators Forum Travel Award
  • 2010-2011 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
  • 2011 & 2014 University of Toronto Institute for Life Course and Aging Northwater Capital Management Travel Award
  • 2010 CIHR Institute for Aging Travel Award



























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