Canadian Chiropractic Convention 2010 Researchers Research sessions: Groundbreaking Canadian Research: leading the world Friday, November 12; 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. with: Paul Bruno, DC, PhD; Pierre Côté, DC, PhD; Greg Kawchuk, DC, PhD; John Triano, DC, PhD; Groundbreaking Canadian Research: leading the world Saturday, November 13; 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. with: Jason Busse, DC, PhD; David Cassidy, DC, PhD; Mark Erwin, DC PhD; John Srbely DC, PhD Paul Bruno, DC, PhD Dr. Bruno recently joined the University of Regina in a new research position as an assistant professor and clinician scientist. Dr. Bruno’s primary responsibility will be to facilitate research and scholarship in the clinical aspects of neuromusculoskeletal health. He received his bachelor of human kinetics degree in 1999 at the University of British Columbia. In 2004, he graduated magna cum laude from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto. Dr. Bruno has received the distinguished Elsevier International Post-Graduate Research Prize in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2008, Dr. Bruno received his doctorate from the University of Portsmouth in the UK. Prior to his appointment with the University of Regina, he was a faculty member at the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic in Bournemouth England where he maintained clinical practice. Dr. Bruno’s research interests are primarily focused on the fields of motor control and rehabilitative exercise therapy for low-back pain patients. Pierre Côté, DC, PhD Dr. Côté is an associate professor of epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and a scientist at the Toronto Western Research Institute at the University Health Network. He graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1989. In 1996 he obtained a master’s degree in surgery from the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Côté completed a PhD in epidemiology at the University of Toronto in 2002. In 2003, he was awarded a 5-year New Investigator Award from CIHR. His primary research interests include the burden and determinants of disability related to musculoskeletal disorders. Dr. Côté is currently conducting the University Health Network Whiplash Intervention Trial, a large randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of three programs of care for the treatment of whiplash injuries in Ontario. He is also a co-principal investigator of the Centre of Research Expertise in Improved Disability Outcomes. BIOGRAPHIES 30 Delegate Guide
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