Farnoosh Farahani

SCI-High Project Manager

Primary Affiliations:

• Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Interests:

Farnoosh Farahani, HSBc, CCRP, is a working member of the Neural Engineering and Therapeutics Team at Toronto Rehab’s Lyndhurst Centre within University Health Network. Farnoosh has obtained an Honors Bachelor in Science from University of Toronto in 2004, specializing in human biology. During her undergraduate studies, Farnoosh participated in various independent research projects and developed a keen interest in clinical research. Since then, she has worked in several research settings including pharmaceutical, contract research organization, as well as acute and rehabilitation hospitals. Since December 2009, Farnoosh has been working as a research coordinator under the supervision of Dr. Cathy Craven in the area of spinal cord injury rehabilitation. During her employment at Toronto Rehab, she has managed qualitative and quantitative research projects, national registries, participated in conferences and report out meetings, as well as collaborated with other acute and rehab sites across Canada. Her research interests include 1) improving the quality of rehabilitation care for people living with a spinal cord injury 2) implementation of best practices that improve patient outcomes 3) knowledge mobilization activities.