The CSB/SCB is excited to announce that Sylvie Nadeau will be awarded the 2024 Career Award. The CSB/SCB Career Award is the highest honour conferred by the Society and is reserved to those individuals who have given exemplary contribution to the field of biomechanics and its promotion in Canada.
Professor Nadeau completed her training in Physiotherapy (1985) and doctorate (1996) in the School of Rehabilitation at the Université de Montréal (UdeM). She joined the School of Rehabilitation at UdeM in 1999 as a professor. Professor Nadeau rapidly emerged as one of Canada’s leading researchers in clinical research. Her initial work focused on laboratory-based biomechanical assessment of walking among individuals who have sustained a stroke, with special attention on the determinants and predictors of walking performance. More recently, Professor Nadeau has provided evidence of the determinants and predictors of mobility-related functional tasks using new instrumented biomechanical evaluation systems developed at the Pathokinesiology Laboratory. Professor Nadeau has obtained over 70 operating grants and 4 major infrastructure grants, having secured over $38 million in research and network grants. She has authored more than 380 podium and poster presentations and published 171 peer-reviewed articles.
Professor Nadeau has been a member of the CSB/SCB since 1999 and was on the executive from 2004-2010. She has also contributed to other research organizations. She chaired the Scientific Committee of the Provincial Rehabilitation Research Network (REPAR: 2005-2009) before becoming its Scientific Director (2009-2016). She developed a partnership with the Société Francophone Posture, Équilibre et Locomotion (SOFPEL) and welcomed their annual congress in Montreal in 2019. She sits on the Editorial board of the journal Annals of Physical Rehabilitation Medicine since 2017. She is a fellow from Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec and from the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
We would to congratulate Professor Nadeau on the award. Come see her presentation at CSB-SCB 2024 in Edmonton.