Dr. Carolyn Emery
Positions
Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
Chair
Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre
Child Health & Wellness Researcher
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
Full Member
McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health
Full Member
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Full Member
O'Brien Institute for Public Health
Contact information
Web presence
Phone number
Office: +1 (403) 220-4608
Location
Office: KNB3300C
Background
Credentials
Physiotherapist, College of Physiotherapists of Alberta, 1993
Physiotherapist, College of Physical Therapists of BC, 1988
Educational Background
PhD Epidemiology, University of Alberta, 2004
MSc Epidemiology, The University of Calgary, 1999
BScPT Honors Physiotherapy, Queen's University at Kingston, 1988
Biography
In her role as Scientific Director for Transdisciplinary Scholarship, Carolyn oversees research, innovation, collaboration, and scholarship activities to advance transdisciplinary research and scholarship at UCalgary. She is a physiotherapist and epidemiologist with a research program focused on injury prevention in youth sport and recreation, concussion, and rehabilitation. She holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Concussions, is Chair of the Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre (1 of 11 International Olympic Committee Research Centres in Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport), and Co-Leads the Integrated Concussion Research Program at the University of Calgary. Carolyn is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow and Royal Society of Canada.
Central to Carolyn’s research program is injury and concussion prevention in the developing youth athlete. Her research program includes a focus on female/woman/girl athlete safety, Para sport, equity deserving youth sport communities, and rehabilitation aimed to reduce the public health burden of musculoskeletal injuries and concussions and their consequences. Carolyn has led large research teams including the Alberta Program in Youth Sport Injury Prevention, Canadian Team in Pediatric Sport-related Concussion Safe 2 Play, Surveillance in High School and Community Sport to Reduce Injuries and their Consequences (SHRed Injuries), and the National Football League Play Smart Play Safe pan-Canadian Program (SHRed Concussions), all large multisite longitudinal cohort and experimental studies in adolescent school and community sport. She also leads training and career committees across national and international research networks (Canadian Concussion Network, Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium, and IOC Research Centres Network).
Carolyn has published over 370 peer-reviewed papers and recently co-led the IOC Female, women and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) Consensus (>100 global collaborators) and led the Concussion Prevention component as an expert group member for the 6th International Consensus for Concussion in Sport. Her research program influences best practice and policy through evidence-informed sustainable solutions that have significant public health impact in reducing the risk of adolescent sport injury and concussion and their consequences. Carolyn aims to keep youth participating in the sports they love.
Awards
- Presidential Coin, Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine . 2022
- Medal of Distinction, Canadian Physiotherapy Association. 2021
- Killam Annual Professor Award, Killam Laureates. 2021
- Awarded the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Concussion, in recognition of her pioneering work and leadership., Canadian Institutes of Health Research Canada. 2020
- Excellence in Research Award, JOSPT. 2019
- Medical Research Network Chair Sport Injury , International Olympic Committee. 2019
- Christensen Visiting Fellowship , St. Catherine’s College, Oxford. 2018
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research Foundation Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 2018
- Editor’s Choice Manuscript for July 2018 Journal Issue (Free Full Text) and Editor’s Pick for Online CME Module, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. 2018
- Carol L. Richards Lectureship , 3e Conférence scientifique Carol L. Richards. 2018
- Best Poster, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute Symposium. 2018
- Tom Pashby award for best research presentation, Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine. 2017
- Distinguished Achievement Award (best oral presentation) , Cummings School of Medicine/Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute. 2017
- IJSPT Achievement of Distinction: Best Original Research Manuscript (2017) , The International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. 2017
- Canadian Academy Health Sciences Fellowship , Canadian Academy Health Sciences. 2016
- R. Tait McKenzie and Kinematics award for best paper written and presented, Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine. 2016
- Peak Scholar Recognition Award – Eyes High (Research impact and knowledge translation) , University of Calgary. 2015
- Distinguished Achievement Award , Cummings School of Medicine. 2015
- Distinguished Alumni Award , Queen’s University. 2014
- Excellence in Safety, USA Hockey. 2014
- 2012 - Roger Jackson Centre Faculty Research Award , Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary. 2012
- Faculty of Kinesiology Research Award, Faculty of Kinesiology. 2011
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Faculty Award, University of Calgary. 2024
- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada. 2023
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