Heather Shearer, BA (Hons), DC, MSc, FCCS(C), PhD

IDRR Scientist
Assistant Director, Research, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC)

Dr. Heather Shearer received her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from CMCC in 2004, completed the CMCC Clinical Sciences Residency Program in 2006 and became a Fellow of the College of Chiropractic Sciences (Canada) in 2007. Shearer was awarded her MSc in Medical Science from the University of Toronto in 2008. She has completed a doctoral degree in Clinical Epidemiology at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto in 2021, with a focus on the impact of pain on physical and psychological well-being in children and youth with cerebral palsy.