Education

• B.Sc Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, McGill University (1988)
• M.Sc Biomedical Sciences (Rehabilitation Option), Université de Montréal (2005)
• Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences (Rehabilitation Option), Université de Montréal (2009)
• Postdoctorate, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Clinical and Health Informatics Research Group, McGill University (2010-2012)
• Postdoctorate, Rehabilitation Sciences, CanWheel Research Group, University of British Columbia (2010-2012)

Current research projects

• Computerized monitoring tools to follow-up older adults with mobility limitations through self-report or proxy-report.
• Ethical and technological acceptability of complex assistive technologies (electronic decision aids, robotic audition, communication aids).
• Natural history of power wheelchair users aged 50 years and above.

Selected publications

• Auger, C., Boisvert, A.-C., Jobin, K., Houde, J., Grondin, F. Brodeur, D., Michaud, F. (2015). Exploration des besoins en robotique interactive dans les activités quotidiennes pour les personnes atteintes de conditions neurologiques et neurodégénératives : protocole du volet qualitatif. Recueil des communications affichées du 13^e Carrefour des connaissances. Montréal, QC.
• Auger, C., Ahmed, S., Nadeau, C., Swaine, B. (2015). Monitoring mobility outcomes for older wheelchair users with cognitive or communicative impairments: Reliability of proxy respondents. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Canadian Association on Gerontology, Calgary, AB.
• Auger, C., Miller, W.C., Jutai, J., & Tamblyn, R. (2015). Development and feasibility of an automated call monitoring intervention for older wheelchair users: the MOvIT project. BMC Health Services, 15(1),
• Auger, C., Readman, J., Dominique, A., Thibault, F., Jobin, E., Beauregard, S. (2015). Impact d’un suivi systématique par appels automatisés sur l’adhésion aux recommandations ergothérapiques suite à l’attribution d’un fauteuil roulant chez des utilisateurs de plus de 50 ans. Revue Francophone de Recherche en Ergothérapie, 1(2), 2-17.
• Auger, C., Leduc, E., Labbé, D., Guay, C., Fillion, B., Bottari, C., Swaine, B. (2014). Mobile Applications for Participation at the Shopping Mall: Content Analysis and Usability for Persons with Physical Disabilities and Communication or Cognitive Limitations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(2), 12777-12794.

Research interests

• Adoption and outcome measurement of assistive technology with regards to functioning, subjective well-being and the social environment.
• Transcultural validation of rehabilitation outcome measures (classical theory; item response theory; computer adaptive testing).