Carolyn Emery
Carolyn Emery is a physiotherapist and epidemiologist. She completed her BSc in Physiotherapy at Queens University in 1988 and after several years of practice in pediatric rehabilitation and sport medicine, Carolyn completed her MSc in Epidemiology (Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine) at the Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà in 1999 and obtained her PhD in Epidemiology (Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine) from the University of Alberta in 2004. She was recruited to the Faculty of Kinesiology at the Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà in 2004.ÌýCarolyn is aÌýProfessor (with tenure)Ìýin the Faculty of Kinesiology at the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ. She holds joint appointments in Pediatrics and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ. Carolyn is a member of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, O’Brien Institute of Public Health, Hotchkiss Brain Institute and the McCaig Institute of Bone and Joint Health. The focus of her research program is in injury prevention and concussion in youth sport and recreation and pediatric rehabilitation, aimed to reduce the public health burden of injury including long-term consequences (e.g. overweight/obesity, post-traumatic osteoarthritis, consequences post-concussion). Carolyn holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) ConcussionÌýand is Chair of the Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre (International Olympic Committee) at the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ. She leads SHRed Injuries: PreventingÌýInjuriesÌýandÌýtheirÌýConsequences in Youth Sport and RecreationÌý(Canadian Institutes for Health Research) and SHRed Concussions - Surveillance inÌýHighÌýSchools and Community Sport to Reduce the Risk ofÌýConcussionsÌýand their Consequences (NFL Scientific Advisor Board). Dr. Emery is a Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow and is a Royal Society of CanadaÌýNew Scholar.ÌýCarolyn has supervised 45 graduate students and 16 post-doctoral scholars during her career at the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ.Ìý
Projects:
SHRed Injuries: Preventing Injuries and their Consequences in Youth Sport and Recreation
Graduate trainees:ÌýAsh Kolstad, Jocelyn McCallum, Lauren Muitz,ÌýJason Tabor, Patrick Pankow, Isla Shill,ÌýNajratun Pinky, Heather Shepherd, Reid Syrydiuk, Kenzie Vaandering, Courtney Kennedy, Linden Penner
Postdoctoral Scholars:ÌýDr. Anu Räisänen, Dr. Stephen West
Staff:ÌýÌýShane Esau,ÌýTanya Childs, Elysa Sandron,ÌýStacy Sick, Vineetha Warriyar,ÌýKimberley Beefus, Lisa Loos, Carla van den Berg
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Contact:Ìýcaemery@ucalgary.ca