Jacquelyn Maciukiewicz

Jacquelyn (Jackie) is a postdoctoral fellow in the Mobilize Lab. She previously completed her BSc, MSc and PhD at the University of Waterloo. Her PhD (completed in 2021, under the supervision of Dr. Clark Dickerson) was entitled “Breast cancer survivor functional changes immediately following treatment: quantifying mechanisms of strength deficits and compensatory kinematic and muscular strategy adaptations”. She is interested in identifying biomechanical factors that accelerate the pathway to illness experienced by individuals across a variety of chronic diseases and applying this information to implement strategies to maintain or even improve illness outcomes (such as physical function and quality of life). Previously her work focused on breast cancer survivors, but she will be focused on individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA) during her post-doctoral fellowship.

Jackie’s role with the Mobilize lab includes a leadership role in a CIHR funded project that began in 2022, supervising an undergraduate thesis on the use of accelerometers, contributing to the lab-wide systematic review examining the relationship between exercise dosage and knee/hip OA, and completing a secondary analysis on previously collected data. As a PDF, Jackie looks forward to mentoring students of all levels, expanding her knowledge on knee OA and clinical applications of research, and exploring new teaching strategies.