Cathy Lysack
(313) 577-2297
c.lysack@wayne.edu
Biography
Associate Professor in Gerontology and Occupational Therapy, Dr. Lysack earned her PhD in Community Health Sciences from the University of Manitoba in 1997. Her occupational therapy education was completed in Canada as well, receiving her BMR(OT) at the University of Manitoba and her MS at Queen's University. She teaches research methods and supervises graduate students in both the MOT and MS programs. Cross-appointed to the Institute of Gerontology at WSU, she is also responsible for training doctoral and post-doctoral students in other disciplines (anthropology, sociology, psycology, health economics, etc.) who share an interest in aging and disability. Dr. Lysack's current research focuses on the social and environmental factors that influence rehabilitation outcomes for people with disabilities. She is currently funded by the National Institute of Health to study the social and cultural factors that facilitate and limit community participation after physical disability.
See also http://www.iog.wayne.edu/bio.php?id=194
See also http://www.iog.wayne.edu/bio.php?id=194
Education Training
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada B.A. 1984 Philosophy
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada B.M.R.(O.T.) 1988 Occupational Therapy
Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada M.Sc. 1992 Rehabilitation Therapy
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Ph.D. 1997 Community Health Sciences
Awards and Honors
1999 Appreciation Award, Detroit Occupational Therapy Association.
2000 College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions Teaching Excellence Award, Wayne
State University
2004 AOTA Service Award, American Occupational Therapy Association
2007 Academy of Research, American Occupational Therapy Foundation/American Occupational Therapy Association
2007 Career Development Chair Award, Wayne State University
Recent Publications
1. Lysack, C., Krefting, L. (1993). Community based rehabilitation cadres and their motivation for volunteerism. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 16, 133-141.
2. Lysack, C., Krefting, L. (1994). Qualitative methods in field research: An Indonesian experience in community based practice. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 14, 93-110.
2. Lysack, C., Krefting, L. (1994). Qualitative methods in field research: An Indonesian experience in community based practice. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 14, 93-110.
3. Lysack, C., Kaufert, J. (1994). Comparing the origins and ideologies of the independent living movement and community based rehabilitation. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 17, 231-240.
4. Lysack, C. (1995). Community participation and community-based rehabilitation: An Indonesian case study. Occupupational Therapy International, 2, 149-65.
5. Lysack, C., Stadnyk, R., Krefting, L., Paterson, M., McLeod, K. (1995). Professional expertise of occupational therapists in community practice: Results of an Ontario survey. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62, 138-147.
6. Lysack, C., Kaufert, J. (1996). Some perspectives on the disabled consumers’ movement and community based rehabilitation in developing countries. ACTIONAID Disability News, 7, 5-9.
7. Lysack, C. (1996). Critical reflections on the meaning of community. ACTIONAID Disability News, 7, 43-47.
8. Lysack, C. (1997). Modernism, postmodernism and disability in developing countries. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 20, 121-128.
9. Lysack, C., Boyce, W. (1997). Understanding the community in Canadian community based rehabilitation: Critical lessons from abroad. Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation, 10, 261-271.
10. Lysack, C. (1998). Community: A refuge from global culture (Guest Editorial). Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, 9(2), 44-47.
11. Lysack, C. (1998). The use of community language and imagery in the North American disability movement: Implications for the South. Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, 9(2), 68-73.
12. Zakus, D., Lysack, C. (1998). Revisiting community participation. Health Policy & Planning, 13, 1-12.
13. Lysack, J., Lysack, C., Kvern, B. (1998). A severe adverse reaction to mefloquine and chloroquine prophylaxis. Australian Family Physician, 27(12), 1119-1120.
14. Lysack, C., Kaufert, J. (1999). Disabled consumers’ perspectives on provision of community rehabilitation services. Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation, 12(3), 157-166.
15. Klompenhouwer, P., Lysack, C., Dijkers, M., Hammond, A. (2000). The Joint Protection Behavior Assessment: A reliability study. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54(5), 516-524.
16. Lysack, C. Lichtenberg, P, MacNeill, S. (2001). The functional performance of elderly urban African-American women who return home alone after medical rehabilitation. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 55(4), 433-440.
17. Lysack, C., McNevin, N., Dunleavy, K. (2001). Job choice and personality: A profile of Michigan occupational and physical therapists. Journal of Allied Health, 30(2), 75-82.
18. Lysack, C., Zafonte, C., Neufeld, S., Dijkers, M. (2001). Self-care independence after spinal cord injury: Patient and therapist expectations and real life performance. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 24(4), 257-265.
19. Duggan, C. Lysack, C., Dijkers, M., Jeji, T. (2002). Daily life in a nursing home: Impact on perceived quality of life after a recent spinal cord injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Rehabilitation, 7(3), 112-131.
20. Lysack, C., MacNeill, S., Neufeld, S., Lichtenberg, P. (2002). The functional recovery of elderly urban inner city women. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 22(2), 59-69.
21. Lysack, C., Neufeld, S., Lichtenberg, P., MacNeill, S. (2002). At risk in old age: Elderly men who live alone. Clinical Gerontologist, 24(3/4), 77-92.
22. Lysack, C. Seipke, H. (2002). Communicating the occupational self: A qualitative study of oldest-old American women. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 9, 130-139.
23. Lichtenberg, P.A., MacNeill, S.E., Lysack, C.L., Bank, A.L., Neufeld, S.W. (2003). Predicting discharge and long term outcome patterns for frail elders. Rehabilitation Psychology, 48(1), 37-43.
24. Lysack, C., Neufeld, S., Mast, B., MacNeill, S., Lichtenberg, P. (2003). After rehabilitation: An 18-month follow-up of elderly inner-city women. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57(3), 298-306.
25. Lysack, C., Neufeld, S. (2003). Occupational therapist home evaluations in the inner city: Inequalities, but doing the best we can? American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57(4), 369-379.
26. Neufeld, S., Lysack, C. (2004). Allocation of rehabilitation resources: Who gets a home evaluation. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 58(6), 630-638.
27. Siporin, S., Lysack, C. (2004). Quality of life and supported employment: A case study of three women with developmental disabilities. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 58(4), 455-465.
28. Lysack, C., Dama, M., Neufeld, S., & Andreassi, E. (2004). Compliance and satisfaction with home exercise: A comparison of computer-assisted video instruction and routine rehabilitation practice. Journal of Allied Health, 34, 76-82.
29. Neufeld, S., & Lysack, C., MacNeill, S., & Lichtenberg, P. (2004). Living arrangement decisions at hospital discharge and later: Differences in criteria and outcomes. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 23(4), 29-47.
30. Helfrich, C, Finlayson, M., & Lysack, C. (2005). Using a mentoring community to build programs of research: Lessons learned and recommendations from the CORE experience. Journal of Allied Health, 34(2), on-line.
31. Neufeld, S., & Lysack, C. (2006). Investigating differences among older adults' access to specialized rehabilitation services. Journal of Aging and Health, 18(4), 584-603.
32. Cross, K., Kabel, A., & Lysack, C. (2006). Images of self and spinal cord injury: Exploring drawing as visual method in disability research. Visual Sutides, 21(2), 183-193.
33. Byrnes, M., Lichtenberg, P., & Lysack, C. (2006). Environmental press, aging in place, and residential satisfaction of urban older adults. Journal of Applied Sociology, 50-77.
34. Lysack, C., Komanecky, M., Kabel, A., Cross, K., & Neufeld, S. (2007). Environmental factors and their role in community integration after spinal cord injury. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74, 243-254.
4. Lysack, C. (1995). Community participation and community-based rehabilitation: An Indonesian case study. Occupupational Therapy International, 2, 149-65.
5. Lysack, C., Stadnyk, R., Krefting, L., Paterson, M., McLeod, K. (1995). Professional expertise of occupational therapists in community practice: Results of an Ontario survey. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62, 138-147.
6. Lysack, C., Kaufert, J. (1996). Some perspectives on the disabled consumers’ movement and community based rehabilitation in developing countries. ACTIONAID Disability News, 7, 5-9.
7. Lysack, C. (1996). Critical reflections on the meaning of community. ACTIONAID Disability News, 7, 43-47.
8. Lysack, C. (1997). Modernism, postmodernism and disability in developing countries. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 20, 121-128.
9. Lysack, C., Boyce, W. (1997). Understanding the community in Canadian community based rehabilitation: Critical lessons from abroad. Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation, 10, 261-271.
10. Lysack, C. (1998). Community: A refuge from global culture (Guest Editorial). Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, 9(2), 44-47.
11. Lysack, C. (1998). The use of community language and imagery in the North American disability movement: Implications for the South. Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, 9(2), 68-73.
12. Zakus, D., Lysack, C. (1998). Revisiting community participation. Health Policy & Planning, 13, 1-12.
13. Lysack, J., Lysack, C., Kvern, B. (1998). A severe adverse reaction to mefloquine and chloroquine prophylaxis. Australian Family Physician, 27(12), 1119-1120.
14. Lysack, C., Kaufert, J. (1999). Disabled consumers’ perspectives on provision of community rehabilitation services. Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation, 12(3), 157-166.
15. Klompenhouwer, P., Lysack, C., Dijkers, M., Hammond, A. (2000). The Joint Protection Behavior Assessment: A reliability study. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54(5), 516-524.
16. Lysack, C. Lichtenberg, P, MacNeill, S. (2001). The functional performance of elderly urban African-American women who return home alone after medical rehabilitation. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 55(4), 433-440.
17. Lysack, C., McNevin, N., Dunleavy, K. (2001). Job choice and personality: A profile of Michigan occupational and physical therapists. Journal of Allied Health, 30(2), 75-82.
18. Lysack, C., Zafonte, C., Neufeld, S., Dijkers, M. (2001). Self-care independence after spinal cord injury: Patient and therapist expectations and real life performance. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 24(4), 257-265.
19. Duggan, C. Lysack, C., Dijkers, M., Jeji, T. (2002). Daily life in a nursing home: Impact on perceived quality of life after a recent spinal cord injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Rehabilitation, 7(3), 112-131.
20. Lysack, C., MacNeill, S., Neufeld, S., Lichtenberg, P. (2002). The functional recovery of elderly urban inner city women. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 22(2), 59-69.
21. Lysack, C., Neufeld, S., Lichtenberg, P., MacNeill, S. (2002). At risk in old age: Elderly men who live alone. Clinical Gerontologist, 24(3/4), 77-92.
22. Lysack, C. Seipke, H. (2002). Communicating the occupational self: A qualitative study of oldest-old American women. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 9, 130-139.
23. Lichtenberg, P.A., MacNeill, S.E., Lysack, C.L., Bank, A.L., Neufeld, S.W. (2003). Predicting discharge and long term outcome patterns for frail elders. Rehabilitation Psychology, 48(1), 37-43.
24. Lysack, C., Neufeld, S., Mast, B., MacNeill, S., Lichtenberg, P. (2003). After rehabilitation: An 18-month follow-up of elderly inner-city women. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57(3), 298-306.
25. Lysack, C., Neufeld, S. (2003). Occupational therapist home evaluations in the inner city: Inequalities, but doing the best we can? American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57(4), 369-379.
26. Neufeld, S., Lysack, C. (2004). Allocation of rehabilitation resources: Who gets a home evaluation. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 58(6), 630-638.
27. Siporin, S., Lysack, C. (2004). Quality of life and supported employment: A case study of three women with developmental disabilities. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 58(4), 455-465.
28. Lysack, C., Dama, M., Neufeld, S., & Andreassi, E. (2004). Compliance and satisfaction with home exercise: A comparison of computer-assisted video instruction and routine rehabilitation practice. Journal of Allied Health, 34, 76-82.
29. Neufeld, S., & Lysack, C., MacNeill, S., & Lichtenberg, P. (2004). Living arrangement decisions at hospital discharge and later: Differences in criteria and outcomes. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 23(4), 29-47.
30. Helfrich, C, Finlayson, M., & Lysack, C. (2005). Using a mentoring community to build programs of research: Lessons learned and recommendations from the CORE experience. Journal of Allied Health, 34(2), on-line.
31. Neufeld, S., & Lysack, C. (2006). Investigating differences among older adults' access to specialized rehabilitation services. Journal of Aging and Health, 18(4), 584-603.
32. Cross, K., Kabel, A., & Lysack, C. (2006). Images of self and spinal cord injury: Exploring drawing as visual method in disability research. Visual Sutides, 21(2), 183-193.
33. Byrnes, M., Lichtenberg, P., & Lysack, C. (2006). Environmental press, aging in place, and residential satisfaction of urban older adults. Journal of Applied Sociology, 50-77.
34. Lysack, C., Komanecky, M., Kabel, A., Cross, K., & Neufeld, S. (2007). Environmental factors and their role in community integration after spinal cord injury. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74, 243-254.
Primary Research Title
Community Living after Spinal Cord Injury: Models and Outcomes
Primary Research Interest
R01#1HD43378 Lysack (PI) 6/1/03 - 5/31/07
NIH / NICHD / NCMRR
Community Living after Spinal Cord Injury: Models and Outcomes
The goal is to extend basic knowledge of longer term spinal cord injury outcomes by evaluating competing social-ecological hypotheses about community (both desired forms of community and modes of valued participation) by comparing adult Caucasian and African Americans (n=160) with spinal cord injury across a range of age of onset and duration beyond 5 years post injury.
Role: PI
Secondary Research Title
Community Participation after Spinal Cord Injury: Idioms of Beliefs and Behaviors
Secondary Research Interest
H133G020151 Lysack (PI) 10/1/02 - 9/30/05
NIDRR-National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Community Participation after Spinal Cord Injury: Idioms of Beliefs and Behaviors
The goal of this practice-focused study (n=72) is to identify individual and environmental level barriers and resources to community independence and re-integration among teenagers and younger adults in the early years post spinal cord injury.
Role: PI