CRE-MSD funds three new seed grants

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Three new seed grants have been awarded funding from CRE-MSD:

Determining the prevalence of occupational musculoskeletal disorders in practicing Ontario chiropractors
Researchers: Samuel Howarth, Silvano Mior, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson (Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College)

Evaluation of a participatory approach to decrease musculoskeletal disorder injury risk in the core-shack at a northern Ontario mine
Researchers: Tammy Eger, Alison Godwin, Sandra Dorman, Kelsey Whelan (Laurentian University)

Predicting biomechanical load and MSD risk capability for nurses using simulation
Researchers: Sadeem Qureshi, Patrick Neuman, Nancy Purdy, Michael Greig (Ryerson University) and Helen Kelly, Jonas Eriksson (University Health Network)