Sandra M Winter

Sandra M Winter, PhD, OTR/L

Research Assistant Scientist

Business Phone: (352) 273-7486
Business Email: smwinter@ufl.edu

About Sandra M Winter

Sandra Winter, PhD, OTR/L is a Research Assistant Scientist in the Department of Occupational Therapy. She is also part of Institute for Driving, Activity, Participation, and Technology (I-DAPT) and the affiliated Mobility, Activity, and Participation (MAP) Lab. She graduated in 2009 with a PhD in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Florida. Dr. Winter studies driver screening and simulator-based driving interventions, alternative transportation, aging road users, and child passenger safety. Her research interests include qualitative research, health promotion and wellness, community mobility, and caregiving. Her clinical expertise includes work with older adults addressing driving safety, dementia, caregiving and pediatrics, through her work with children who have multiple disabilities and sensory processing disorders. She mentors undergraduate and graduate students in UF’s College of Public Health and Health Professions, including mentees in the Bachelor in Health Science program, the Masters in Occupational Therapy program, the Doctorate in Occupational Therapy program and the Rehabilitation Science Doctoral Program.

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2019-2021
RSD7979 Advanced Research
2019
OTH6156 Seminars Driving Reha
2013-2019
HSC4970 Public Health and Health Professions Senior Honors Thesis
2018
RSD6905 Individual Work
2018
RSD6910 Supervised Research
2013-2018
OTH5722 Professional Devt Ot
2018
CGN7979 Advanced Research
2021-2022
RSD7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2021-2022,2024
OTH6911 Capstone
2023
OTH6905 Individual Work

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-0317-241X

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-7486
Emails:
Business:
smwinter@ufl.edu