Canadian Chiropractic Convention 2010 Researchers David Cassidy, DC, PhD, Dr Med Sc Dr. Cassidy is an epidemiologist and a senior scientist at the Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research at the Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network. He is a professor in the division of epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and in the clinical epidemiology program at the department of health policy management and evaluation at the University of Toronto. Originally trained as a chiropractor, he went on to obtain doctoral degrees in pathology at the University of Saskatchewan and injury epidemiology at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He is currently the director of the Centre of Research Expertise in Improved Disability Outcomes (CREIDO) at UHN-Rehabilitation Solutions and research director of Artists’ Health at the Toronto Western Hospital. He has published more than 200 research papers and chapters in textbooks. His research focus includes injury epidemiology and workplace disability prevention. Mark Erwin, DC, PhD Dr. Erwin graduated from CMCC in 1984. He obtained a PhD from the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto in 2004. Currently a scientist within the Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Centre he is also an assistant professor in the department of surgery, division of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital with a cross-appointment to The Spine Programme. Dr. Erwin has a private practice and assists with assessing patients referred for neurosurgical consultation in the complex Spine Clinic at Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Erwin has developed a multidisciplinary disc biology research group including the disciplines of neurosurgery, rheumatology, and cellular and molecular biology. His research has been funded by peer-reviewed grants from CIHR, the Canadian Arthritis Network, AO-Spine North America; as well as industry and non-profit funders, and he has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Spine, Arthritis and Rheumatism, Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine and others. Dr. Erwin’s current work centers on the role(s) played by notochordal cells within the intervertebral disc; as well as restorative/ regenerative strategies with a focus on degenerative disc disease. John Z. Srbely, DC, PhD Dr. Srbely graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1992 and received his PhD degree in 2008 from the University of Guelph. He was awarded the CCA Young Investigator Award in 2005. Dr. Srbely is an assistant professor at the University of Guelph, department of human health and nutritional science and holds a CCRF professorship in spine mechanics and neurophysiology. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association and a network investigator for the Canadian Arthritis Network. His primary research interests include the study of the neurophysiologic mechanisms of pain, especially pain of myofascial origin. BIOGRAPHIES 32 Delegate Guide
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