Professor
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
University of British Columbia

Dr. Jill Zwicker is a Professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of British Columbia and an Investigator at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. She holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Brain Development and Rehabilitation and is one of the few occupational therapists world-wide with expertise in pediatric brain imaging. As an internationally recognized scholar for her work with children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), Dr. Zwicker’s research program aims to better understand potential causes of DCD, to evaluate the effect of rehabilitation on motor skill and brain development, and to inform evidence-based care to improve outcomes for children with DCD.