Vida
Alizad
Visiting Scholar
Institution: Queensland University of Technology
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Primary Research Interests
- Ageing
- Improving Independence
- Improving Quality of Life of Older People
- Movement Neuroscience
- Exploring Optimal Stimulation Site and Electrode Size
- Application of non-invasive brain stimulation in improving gait parameters in older people and people with Parkinson’s disease
Primary activities relating to ACT Assess & Connect
Vida is a movement neuroscientist with an occupational therapy background and joined the ACT research network (Previously known as EASY-Care research network) in 2009. Vida has conducted a number of validation studies to evaluate psychometric properties of ACT Assess & Connect tool (EASY-Care Standard Instrument) based on the Classic Test Theory and Item-Response Theory. She has used this information to better understand the concept of functional independence from perspectives of older people across different cultures.
Alongside a network of five universities in Iran, Vida is in the currently planning a feasibility study using the ACT Assess & Connect tool in Iran. Vida has also collaborated with colleagues to develop the Farsi translation of the digitised Assess & Connect tool.