Current Activities
Marc White PhD, is Vice-President, and Research Chair for the Canadian Pain Coalition which is creating resources for people with back pain and other chronic pain conditions.
Past Educational Conference and Workshops
Back Pain and Disability Congress
In 2000, CIRPD held a conference on Back Pain and Disability: Unravelling the Puzzle. This conference brought together experts on the management and treatment of disability related to back pain injuries.
Clinical Approaches to Spinal Disorders: Ergonomics in the Workplace, Systems of Rehabilitation, Comparing Standards for Compensation and Disability
In 1997, CIRPD held a conference to look at research on how to handle spinal disorders within the workplace that would best benefit the employers and the injured employees.
Low Back Pain: A Changing Paradigm
In 1988, CIRPD (then called the Physical Medicine Research Foundation) was working on bringing awareness to the changes in back pain research.
Research on Back Pain | CIRPD's Current Projects | Get Involved
Last Updated: June 15, 2011
Reviewed by: Marc White PhD, Scientific & Executive Director, CIRPD