Rehabilitation and Participation Science
Program in Occupational Therapy
Stroke rehabilitation; evidence-based rehabilitation practice; rehabilitation of functional cognition after neurological injury
Dr. Connor’s research interests include barriers and facilitators to participation in daily life after stroke, particularly for people with aphasia, and understanding the nature of participation.
Dr. Connor is a mentor in PhD program in Rehabilitation and Participation Sciences (RAPS). She teaches RAPS Theory, Models and Classifications (M01 650) and RAPS Biopsychosocial Factors Affecting Performance (M01 660). She serves as research mentor for OTD students and MSOT students who take a research elective sequence.
2013: MS Occupational Therapy, Washington University, Program in Occupational Therapy
1992: PhD Experimental Psychology, Washington University
1990: MA Psychology, Washington University
1986: BA Psychology, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Connor earned her PhD in experimental psychology and her master's degree in occupational therapy at Washington University. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at Georgia Institute of Technology in Cognitive Aging and at the Boston VA Medical Center in Adult Communicative Disorders. She has been co-investigator on numerous interdisciplinary stroke recovery grants, and continues research on determinants of successful community reintegration and participation after stroke, especially in people with aphasia.
Willroth, E. C., Rule, P. D., Graham, E. K., Nicholas, M. L., Hattori, R., Thompson, T. & Connor, L. T. (2024). A longitudinal investigation of the association between stroke and loneliness. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 79(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae048
Anthony, M., Hattori, R., Nicholas, M. L., Randolph, S., Lee, Y., Baum, C. M. & Connor, L. T. (2024). Social support mediates the association between abilities and participation after stroke. OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492241249446
Lee, Y., Nicholas, M. L., & Connor, L. T. (2024). Mental health mediators for subjective, not objective, cognition and community participation poststroke. OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492241238949
Lee, S. J., Randolph, S. B., Baum, C. M., Nicholas, M. L., & Connor, L .T. (2024). Social participation mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and loneliness among people with stroke during COVID-19: A cross-sectional study. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2024.2312639
Randolph, S., Lee, Y., Nicholas, M. L., & Connor, L. T. (2023). The mediating effect of anxiety on the association between residual neurological impairment and post-stroke participation among persons with and without post-stroke depression. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 1-15. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2023.2165115
Baum, C. M., Lau, S. C. L., Heinemann, A., & Connor, L. T. (2023). Functional cognition: Distinct from fluid and crystallized cognition. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2023.050010
Lau, S. C. L., Connor, L. T., Heinemann, A. W., & Baum, C. M. (2022). Cognition and daily life activities in stroke: A network analysis. OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492221111730
Lee, Y., Fritz, K., Dagli, C., Nicholas, M.L., & Connor, L. T. (2022) Social support fully mediates the association between communication abilities and social participation among persons with post-stroke aphasia. Aphasiology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2022.2063792
2021: Outstanding Faculty Award, Graduate Student Senate, Washington University
2018: Centennial Emerging Leader Alumni Award,
Washington University School of Medicine Occupational Therapy Program
2017: Partners in Excellence Award (Teamwork),
Interprofessional HealthCare Partnership for Chronic Care
2017: Partners in Excellence Award (Teamwork),
IMPACT Practice Center Design Team
2010: ERRIS Intensive Workshop on Grant Writing, Preparation, and Submission in Rehabilitation Research, selected as a participant
2008: Pi Theta Epsilon, the Occupational Therapy Honor Society, inducted as Honorary Member, voted by student members
1994: Southeastern Center for Applied Aging Research Seed Grant
1991: Sigma Xi Dissertation Grant-in-Aid of Research
Connor, Lisa Tabor, PhD, MSOT, OTR/L
Associate Dean and Director of Occupational Therapy
Elias Michael Professor of Occupational Therapy and Professor of Neurology
Phone: (314) 286-1619
Fax: (314) 286-1601
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