Dr. Ben Mortenson has been an occupational therapist since 1991. He is a professor and head of the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and a former Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator. He is a principal investigator at the Centre for Aging SMART and International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD). He is an experienced mixed-methods researcher with over 200 peer-reviewed publications. He served as a section editor for the journals Assistive Technology and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He was the 2021 recipient of the Award for Innovative Practice from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy (CAOT). In 2022 he was inducted as a CAOT Fellow.
Dr. Mortenson’s work is centered on four main populations: assistive technology users, informal and formal caregivers, individuals with spinal cord injury, and residents in long-term care. His research focuses on four overlapping areas: assistive technology, social participation, caregiving and outcome measurement.”
