Dr. Turkstra is Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Assistant Dean for Speech-Language Pathology in the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University. Her research and clinical focus are in cognitive-communication disorders after acquired brain injury. For the past 15 years, Dr. Turkstra has been a core member of the team that developed the RTSS; is co-author of a series of articles on the RTSS in research and clinical practice and also a cognitive rehabilitation text in which all treatments were specified using the RTSS; served as an RTSS expert on international guidelines for non-pharmacological interventions in dementia; and led three clinical trials designed using the RTSS.

Dr. Ferraro has worked at Jefferson Moss-Magee Rehabilitation and Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute for over 35 years, serving in a variety of leadership, research and direct service roles. She is a Coordinator for the advanced practice OT Fellowship Program, an Education Coordinator for the brain injury center, a Clinical Knowledge Translation Liaison for the TBI Model System and a Therapy Lead for the Care4TBI research project. She was a member of the RTSS research team at its inception in 2009.