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Karen Yoshida

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Professor EmeritaSocial & Behavioural Health Sciences DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Karen Yoshida

Professor Emerita

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 SSHRC), most recently in 2018.

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Publications

180

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Grants

Publications by year

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Latest papers

Untold Stories of Black and Racialized Immigrants with Disabilities During COVID-19 in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
Aotearoa New Zealand Deaf women's perspectives on breast and cervical cancer screening.
The New Zealand medical journal · 2023
Patient Perspectives on Transitions from Acute to Community-Based Physiotherapy Care Following Total Knee Replacement Surgery Within the Context of a Bundled Care Model.
Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2023

All 22 publications

Latest funding

Mobilizing Disability Studies Scholarship in non-Disability Studies academic spaces: Developing the foundation for knowledge sharing and research collaborations
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$23,966
Exploring the causes and consequences of falls across the continuum of care in Canadians with spinal cord injury
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$195,075
Bodies in translation: activist art, technology, and access to life
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$2,499,684

All 11 grants and awards

22 publications.

Untold Stories of Black and Racialized Immigrants with Disabilities During COVID-19 in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

Niles C, Yoshida K, Vickers K, Anderson J, El-Lahib Y, Hamdy R, Al Awamry N

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2026

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare14020205 PMID: 41595341

Aotearoa New Zealand Deaf women's perspectives on breast and cervical cancer screening.

Payne DA, Terraschke A, Yoshida K, Osasah VA

The New Zealand medical journal2023

DOI: 10.26635/6965.5995 PMID: 37230088

Patient Perspectives on Transitions from Acute to Community-Based Physiotherapy Care Following Total Knee Replacement Surgery Within the Context of a Bundled Care Model.

Chen E, Brownell S, DiBrita T, Green A, McPherson L, Ragos R, Jones C, Bonnyman A, Kastrati G, Yoshida K, Smart A

Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada2023

DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2021-0053 PMID: 37736383

Access to and engagement with cervical and breast screening services for women with disabilities in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Pearson J, Payne D, Yoshida K, Garrett N

Disability and rehabilitation2022

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1817158 PMID: 32931340

Capturing the psychosocial impacts of falls from the perspectives of wheelchair users with spinal cord injury through photo-elicitation.

Singh H, Scovil CY, Yoshida K, Oosman S, Kaiser A, Jaglal SB, Musselman KE

Disability and rehabilitation2021

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1709911 PMID: 31906734

Key informants' perspectives on implementing caregiver programs in an organized system of stroke care.

Tseung V, Jaglal SB, Salbach NM, Yoshida K, Cameron JI

Disability and rehabilitation2021

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1652704 PMID: 31424961

Getting on with life: a qualitative evaluation of an independent living skills education program for people with physical disabilities.

Goettl T, Buren T, Graham S, Streich B, Waterman E, Ho S, Self H, Bulatao M, Yoshida K

Disability and rehabilitation2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1604820 PMID: 31074661

Factors that influence the risk of falling after spinal cord injury: a qualitative photo-elicitation study with individuals that use a wheelchair as their primary means of mobility.

Singh H, Scovil CY, Yoshida K, Oosman S, Kaiser A, Craven C, Jaglal S, Musselman KE

BMJ open2020

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034279 PMID: 32102820

Spinal cord injury rehabilitation and pressure ulcer prevention after the 2005 South Asian Earthquake: a CBR case study from Pakistan.

Chishtie J, Chishtie F, Yoshida K, Balogh R

Disability and rehabilitation2019

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2018.1445783 PMID: 29513051

Meaning of Staring and the Starer-Staree Relationship Related to Men Living With Acquired Spinal Cord Injuries.

Renwick R, Yoshida K, Eacrett E, Rose N

American journal of men's health2018

DOI: 10.1177/1557988316632297 PMID: 26873341

Mobilizing Disability Studies Scholarship in non-Disability Studies academic spaces: Developing the foundation for knowledge sharing and research collaborations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Yoshida, Karen K.

Keywords: disability studies; research collaborations; knowledge translation; interdisciplinary studies; community-based research

$23,966

Exploring the causes and consequences of falls across the continuum of care in Canadians with spinal cord injury

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Musselman, Kristin E

Keywords: Falls; Lived Experience; Participation; Photovoice; Quality Of Life; Spinal Cord Injury

$195,075

Bodies in translation: activist art, technology, and access to life

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: disability arts and culture; research creation and arts based methods; knowledge translation; technological innovation; accessibility and vitality

$2,499,684

Bodies in translation: activist art, technology, and access to life

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: disability arts and culture; research creation and arts based methods; knowledge translation; technological innovation; accessibility and vitality

$20,000

Precarious bodies, precarious work: episodic disabilities in the global economy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Lightman, Ernie S.

Keywords: social policy; disability; precarious employment; poverty; social welfare; episodic disability

$234,251

Women and Traumatic Brain Injury: Advancing the agenda for health

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Gender, Sex and Health

Principal investigators: Colantonio, Angela; Harris, Jocelyn E

Keywords: Traumatic Brain Injury; Women'S Health

$14,502

Becoming Men: Advancing methods and frameworks for understanding the intersection of gender and disability for disabled young men

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Catalyst Grant: Methods and Measures for Gender, Sex and Health

Principal investigators: Gibson, Barbara E

Keywords: Disability; Gender; Masculinities; Muscular Dystrophy; Qualitative Methods; Youth

$78,915

Canadian HIV and Disability Research in a Global Context: Mobilizing Leadership and Innovation

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Catalyst Grant: Health Equity

Principal investigators: Nixon, Stephanie A

Keywords: Disability; Health Equity; Hiv/Aids; Intersectionality; Qualitative Methods; Zambia

$74,983

Voicing Canadian disability history: oral histories of Canadians living with polio 1927-1955

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Yoshida, Karen K.

Keywords: disability studies; disability history; social and cultural impact of polio; activism; health; social movements

$58,121

Barriers to physical activity for Canadian youth

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Society, Culture and the Health of Canadians

Principal investigators: Allison, Kenneth

Keywords: Barriers; physical activity; exercise; youth; survey; interviews; policy; context; determinants

$394,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on July 30, 2025 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Karen Yoshida

Latest papers

Latest funding

Untold Stories of Black and Racialized Immigrants with Disabilities During COVID-19 in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

Aotearoa New Zealand Deaf women's perspectives on breast and cervical cancer screening.

Patient Perspectives on Transitions from Acute to Community-Based Physiotherapy Care Following Total Knee Replacement Surgery Within the Context of a Bundled Care Model.

Access to and engagement with cervical and breast screening services for women with disabilities in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Capturing the psychosocial impacts of falls from the perspectives of wheelchair users with spinal cord injury through photo-elicitation.

Key informants' perspectives on implementing caregiver programs in an organized system of stroke care.

Getting on with life: a qualitative evaluation of an independent living skills education program for people with physical disabilities.

Factors that influence the risk of falling after spinal cord injury: a qualitative photo-elicitation study with individuals that use a wheelchair as their primary means of mobility.

Spinal cord injury rehabilitation and pressure ulcer prevention after the 2005 South Asian Earthquake: a CBR case study from Pakistan.

Meaning of Staring and the Starer-Staree Relationship Related to Men Living With Acquired Spinal Cord Injuries.

Mobilizing Disability Studies Scholarship in non-Disability Studies academic spaces: Developing the foundation for knowledge sharing and research collaborations

Exploring the causes and consequences of falls across the continuum of care in Canadians with spinal cord injury

Bodies in translation: activist art, technology, and access to life

Bodies in translation: activist art, technology, and access to life

Precarious bodies, precarious work: episodic disabilities in the global economy

Women and Traumatic Brain Injury: Advancing the agenda for health

Becoming Men: Advancing methods and frameworks for understanding the intersection of gender and disability for disabled young men

Canadian HIV and Disability Research in a Global Context: Mobilizing Leadership and Innovation

Voicing Canadian disability history: oral histories of Canadians living with polio 1927-1955

Barriers to physical activity for Canadian youth

Frequent collaborators

Rebecca Renwick

Angela Colantonio

Michael Cusimano

Nora Cullen

Diana Velikonja

Nazilla Khanlou

Sarah Oosman

Nora Cullen

Anita Kaiser

Hardeep Singh

Michael Escobar

Jocelyn Harris

Lynn Cockburn

Lynn Cockburn

Catharine Craven

Pia Kontos

Chavon Niles

Susan Jaglal

Virginia Bond