CRE-MSD’s Scientific Committee
CRE-MSD's seed grant applications and position paper grant applications are reviewed by a Scientific Committee made up of the following people:

	Jack Callaghan Dr. Jack Callaghan is a Professor in the Kinesiology Department at the University of Waterloo. He is CRE-MSD's Associate Director, Research and holds the Canada Research Chair in Spine Biomechanics and Injury Prevention. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Ottawa and his Masters and Doctorate degrees at the University of Waterloo where he specialize in spinal biomechanics. His area of research focuses primarily on spine injuries from cumulative loading exposure. His research is concerned with the etiology of spine injuries at the tissue level from exposure to cumulative loading scenarios and is currently funded by NSERC, CIHR, WSIB and AUTO21.
	Janessa Drake Janessa D.M. Drake received her PhD in Kinesiology from the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo in 2008. She was a faculty member in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Windsor from 2007-2009. She has taught at the undergraduate level (ergonomics and injury prevention, advanced biomechanics, and research concepts) and at the graduate level (signal processing, instrumentation, modelling, and applied biomechanics of human movement). As of July 2009 she will be moving to the Faculty of Health, School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University. Currently, her research is focused on understanding the acute and time varying responses of the spine, associated injury mechanisms, and resulting pain pathways due to combined loading (multi-axis) exposures. To gain this understanding she uses primarily an in-vivo biomechanical testing approach. Research quantifying the spine's responses to these exposures is crucial in the effort to increase the ability for biomechanical models to represent biological responses, thus enabling injury prediction and prevention. Dr. Drake has received funding from the Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders (CRE-MSD). She is an author on eight peer reviewed journal articles, has presented over 20 papers at conferences, and has supervised two undergraduate students.
	Andrew Laing Dr. Andrew Laing is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo. His general field of interest is musculoskeletal biomechanics related to human health and injury prevention, and the role that advancing age has on these relationships. He uses a systematic approach to guide his research which involves: i) identifying the injury of interest, ii) determining the biomechanical age-related differences that may influence injury risk, and iii) developing and testing age-specific interventions to prevent or treat the injury. Within this framework, his current research program focuses on two injury categories: 1) workplace musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD); and 2) fall-related tissue trauma including hip fractures, spinal cord injuries, and traumatic brain injuries. His workplace research interests involve the development and implementation of participatory ergonomics processes in industry, assessment of potential age-related differences in knowledge capital and physical work capacity associated with manual materials handling, and the effects of flooring designs/properties on risk factors for WMSD in staff working in residential care facilities. This work will support interventions to promote healthy aging and work ability across the lifespan.
	Nancy Theberge Dr. Nancy Theberge is a professor at the University of Waterloo, where she teaches in the Department of Kinesiology and is cross appointed to the Department of Sociology. Early in her career she was appointed to the sociology of sport program in the Department of Kinesiology and in conjunction with this, established an extensive record of scholarship and granting support in gender and sport. In recent years, she has turned her attention to issues of work and health and the sociology of health professions. In 1999 she began working with the Ergonomics Intervention Research Group at the University of Waterloo and has contributed to research on ergonomics interventions to reduce injuries carried out in several settings, taking a lead role in the qualitative component of this research. Her current research is directed to an analysis of the professional work and relationships of ergonomists and industrial engineers. She is the coordinator for the Collaborative Doctoral Program in Work and Health in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo.

Past Members
Sylvain Grenier, Laurentian University
Monica Maly, McMaster University
Joan Stevenson, Queen's University
Clark Dickerson, University of Waterloo
Ted Haines, McMaster University
Jim Potvin, McMaster University