Sandra Fucile
Assistant Professor
PhD OT Reg. (Ont.)
Department of Occupational Therapy (OT) and Rehabilitation Science (RHBS)
School of Rehabilitation Therapy
Faculty of Health Sciences
Sandra Fucile is a registered Occupational Therapist and Assistant Professor at the School of Rehabilitation Therapy with a cross-appointment in the Department of Pediatrics at Queen’s University. She obtained her PhD in Rehabilitation Science in the area of Neonatal Feeding & Development from the School of Occupational and Physical Therapy at McGill University in association with Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX. She then went on to complete two research fellowships in Leadership and Education Neurodevelopmental Disabilities at the Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, Golisano Children’s Hospital, Rochester, NY, and in Neonatal Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Development at Shands Children's Hospital, Florida, FL.
Sandra is passionate about giving every infant a bright start and has dedicated her research towards enhancing the health and development of infants born with complex medical conditions, with a particular focus on infants born preterm. She leads the I.N.F.A.N.T. lab located at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, which is supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation, Queen’s Health Sciences, and University Hospitals Kingston Foundation.
The I.N.F.A.N.T. Lab consists of an enthusiastic, collaborative, and keen interdisciplinary team of students, clinicians, researchers, and families conducting clinical investigations aimed at promoting the well-being of infants born with complex medical conditions and their families.
When Sandra is not working on research or teaching on campus, she will likely be strolling along downtown Kingston or hiking on one of the many trails in the South Frontenac area.