Program
- 13.00: Welcome to OsloMet by Professor Vibeke Telle-Hansen, leader of Intelligent Health at OsloMet
- 13.10: A brief introduction to Centre for Intelligent Musculoskeletal Health (CIM) at OsloMet by Professor Britt Elin Øiestad
- 13.20: Breaking the Cycle: How Causal Thinking Can Transform Back and Neck Pain Research by Professor Pierre Coté
- 14.00: Possibilities and challenges by using large real-time data in Norway – An example from the COVID pandemic by Karin Magnussen, Institute of Public Health
- 14.30: The AID-Spine Project: Principal findings and lessons learned using large survey, clinical and public registry data to inform treatment trajectories and outcomes of spinal disorders by Professor Margreth Grotle, Institute of Rehabilitation Science and Health Technology, Faculty of Health Science at OsloMet
- 15.00: Coffee and discussion: Where next for research on musculoskeletal disorders
- 15.25: Sum up and goodbye
About Pierre Côté
Pierre Côté is a Professor of Epidemiology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ontario Tech University, where he holds the Hann-Kelly Family Chair in Disability and Rehabilitation Research. From 2013 to 2023, he held the prestigious Canada Research Chair in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation.
Côté is the founding Director of the Institute for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (IDRR), a leading international research hub that aims to improve the functioning and quality of life of people with disabilities or rehabilitation needs. He is also the inaugural Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Health. Professor Côté currently serves as Lead of the Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological Group.
Dr. Côté holds appointments at several international universities. He is a Professor of Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Adjunct Professor of Disability Prevention at the University of Southern Denmark; Honorary Professor of Physiotherapy at MGM Institute of Health Sciences, India; and Visiting Professor of Health Promotion Sciences at Sophiahemmet University, Sweden.
