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The UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport (UKCCIIS) is an IOC Research Centre and part of the global research network on injury and illness prevention in sport and athlete health protection.In the run-up to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games, UKCCIIS's inaugural conference will bring together sports injury and illness prevention researchers, sport scientists, sport and exercise medicine doctors, orthopaedic surgeons, physiotherapists and wider health professionals to network and engage with speakers and renowned experts in sports injury and illness prevention research. The event will provide delegates with the most up-to-date research, providing new insights into sports injury prevention research from world-leading experts across numerous summer and winter Olympic sports.
Participating organisations
Speakers will include those working with:
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
World Rugby
United States Olympic and Paraplympic Committee (USOPC)
Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre
Scottish and English Rugby Unions (SRU, RFU)
UEFA
Scottish Football Association (SFA)
Scottish Institute of Sport (SIS)
International Ski Federation (FIS)
International Cycling Union (UCI)
British Olympic Association (BOA)
Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU)
Confirmed Speakers
Speakers include:
Dr Will Adam (United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee)
Dr Karen Barclay (Scottish Rugby Union)
Dr Xavier Bigard (UCI)
Dr Paul Dijkstra (Aspetar)
Dr Niall Elliott (British Olympic Association)
Dr Rachel Faull-Brown (Rugby Football Union)
Dr Emma Lunan (SIS, SFA)
Dr John Maclean (SFA)
Dr Carrie McRae (Scottish Institute of Sport)
Dr Carly McKay (UKCCIIS)
Dr Debbie Palmer (UKCCIIS/IOC)
Professor Babette Pluim (Royal Netherlands Tennis Association)
Professor Jörg Spörri (Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, FIS)
Professor Keith Stokes (UKCCIIS, RFU)
Dr Jane Thornton (Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Centre)
Professor Ross Tucker (World Rugby)
Professor Evert Verhagen (Amsterdam IOC Centre, UEFA
Dr Tom Comyns (Irish Rugby Football Union, University of Limerick
Dr Jackie Whittaker (Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia)
More to come…
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
University of Edinburgh, Pollock Halls, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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