Abstract

Dr. Mollayeva’s research aims to understand the effects of biological sex and social gender phenomena on traumatic brain injury outcomes, and their relevance to rehabilitation. The presentation will cover recent works from the Acquired Brain Injury & Society team at the KITE Research Institute University Health Network, which highlight inequity between men and women with traumatic brain injury (i.e., biological, social, and behavioural) and how this reflects on health and functional outcomes.

Biography

Tatyana Mollayeva, PhD, MD is an Affiliate Scientist at the KITE Research Institute University Health Network and an Assistant Professor (Status) in the Department of Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health of the University of Toronto. She is currently an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health with the Global Brain Health Institute, Institute of Neuroscience, Dublin.

Dr. Mollayeva received her Medical Degree in Preventive Medicine from Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, followed by a specialization in Epidemiology at the Turkmen State Medical University. In 2015 she obtained PhD at the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute and completed Collaborative Program of Neuroscience at the University of Toronto. Her PhD and post-doctoral research programs on topics of sleep, traumatic brain injury, and dementia were funded by the Banting and Best Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the National Institutes of Health, and the Alzheimer’s Association among others. Dr. Mollayeva’s contributions have been recognized by the 2015 Deborah L. Wilkerson Early Career Award from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2017 Elio Lugaresi Award for Education from the World Sleep Congress, and 2019 Robert D. Voogt North American Brain Injury Society Founders Award.

Dr. Mollayeva is highly dedicated to disseminating knowledge and mentoring trainees across a broad range of professional and research-based programs.

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