Dr. Adam Dubrowski obtained his PhD in kinesiology in 2001 from the University of Waterloo. His dissertation work focused on four main issues:

1. Manual interception of moving objects,

2. Anticipatory control of finger forces,

3. Effects of visual illusions on force control,   

4. How learning effects the integration of visual and haptic information for force control  

Dr. Dubrowski also completed an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. P.  Servos. Their collaborative work aimed at the identification of neural  structures responsible for the perception of touch using fMRI techniques.

Since joining the University of Toronto Dr. Dubrowski's research career has focused on studying how simulation techniques and learning-enabled technologies can accelerate the acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes in health care professionals. He commenced at the Surgical Skills Centre, Mt. Sinai Hospital by studying factors influencing the acquisition of technical skills for surgery and particularly methods of optimizing simulation-based practice, factors influencing retention, maintenance and transfer of skills and the validation of innovative assessment methods to measure these effects. More recently, through his work at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, and the SickKids Learning institute his interests have evolved to study the acquisition of complex clinical skills, behaviours and attitudes by contextualizing the simulated experiences.  Dr. Dubrowski has been a  Scientist of the Wilson Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto since 2002.