October 2006

UBC awards chiropractic research professorship

The Faculty of Education and the School of Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia (UBC) appointed of Dr. Jean-Sebastien Blouin as Assistant Professor in Human Kinetics in the named position, Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation Professorship in Spine Biomechanics and Neuro-Physiology.

The British Columbia Chiropractic Association (BCCA), the School of Human Kinetics, other UBC professionals, and the Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation, cooperatively evolved this landmark education and research advance.

Blouin received his doctor of chiropractic degree from the Université of Quebec in 1999 and his MSc and PhD degrees in kinesiology from Université Laval in 2001 and 2004 respectively. His doctoral research focused on the control mechanisms underlying head and neck stabilization during forward seated perturbations.

He has held a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and Canadian Institutes of Health Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Neurophysiology and Biomechanics at UBC since April, 2004, during which time he has conducted research on the mechanisms of head and neck stabilization and their effects on posture and whiplash injuries.

Source: CNW Group, www.newswire.ca

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