2018 SMA CONFERENCE 2018 SMA CONFERENCE: MEET THE SPEAKERS Professor Nancy Edwards (Canada) Professor Evert Verhagen research methodology. Professor (Netherlands) Verhagen is also an associate editor Professor Nancy Edwards is based at of the Journal of Science and Medicine the School of Nursing at the University Professor Evert Verhagen is a human in Sport (JSAMS), a senior associate of Ottawa. She completed an eight-year movement scientist and epidemiologist. editor of the British Journal of Sports term as Scientific Director, Institute of He is employed as an associate professor Medicine (BJSM), and is also on the Population and Public Health, Canadian at the Department of Public and editorial board of the Journal of Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Occupational Health of the VU University Athletic Training. in July 2016. Medical Centre and the EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research in Obtaining her undergraduate nursing Amsterdam. He chairs the Amsterdam For full presenter bios, and for degree from the University of Windsor, Collaboration on Health and Safety updates on the latest speaker she completed graduate studies in in Sports (one of the 10 IOC research announcements, visit epidemiology at McMaster University centres, and the department’s research the conference website: and McGill University. She is the recipient theme ‘Sports, Lifestyle and Health’. www.smaconference.org.au of numerous honours, including three honorary doctoral degrees. His main research topics are in the Click here to secure your prevention of sports and physical activity Earlybird discount. Available Professor Edwards’ clinical and research related injuries (including cost- until the 31st of July. interests are in the fields of public and effectiveness and implementation issues); population health. Her research has and physical activity promotion integrated informed the design and evaluation in everyday life. of numerous complex, multi-level and multi-strategy community He supervises several PhD students health programs. As a Scientific and post-doctoral scholars. Within Director at CIHR, she led a number the department he also fulfills teaching of implementation science responsibilities for the faculties of funding initiatives. Medicine, Human Movement Sciences and Health Sciences. She has worked on the issue of fall prevention for seniors for nearly 20 years, He has (co)authored over 180 peer- with a focus on the built environment. reviewed publications and has She has contributed to National Research contributed to a number of books in Council technical review committees, the disciple. He is the co-editor of the tasked with reviewing and making first ever handbook on sports injury recommendations on building codes. 36 VOLUME 36 • JUNE ISSUE 2018