Kate Einarson
Dr. Kate Einarson works in the research institute at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto, Canada. Her specialty is ensuring that child development research achieves the greatest possible impact for children, families, service providers, and across systems. She also conducts music pedagogy research as co-coordinator of the International Research Symposium for Talent Education (IRSTE). She has taught instrumental and early childhood music for over 15 years, and currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Suzuki Association of Ontario.
Kate holds a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour at McMaster University, where she conducted research as part of the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind. Her research interests include human development through infancy, childhood, and adolescence, with attention to the effect of environment on skill acquisition, prosocial behaviour, and health. She is an award-winning speaker and teacher, a dog lover, and co-host of the “art project disguised as a podcast” called Music for PhDs.