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PhD Candidate
Parkwood Institute, Canada
Merna is a research assistant at Parkwood Institute. She is currently a PhD Candidate in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Western University. Merna’s area of research is sexual health after Spinal Cord Injury and other neurological disabilities. Specifically, she is interested in developing and implementing sexuality interventions that would contribute to sexual satisfaction and intimacy for women and couples.She has been involved in quality improvement initiatives and implementing Sexual Health Practice in SCI, ABI, and stroke rehabilitation as well as the Transitional and Lifelong Care program at Parkwood. She completed a Masters of Science in 2019 at Brock university which focused on the impact of a mindfulness-based intervention on sexual satisfaction among couples living with neurological disabilities.