Pierre Côté, DC, PhD

IDRR Director
Professor and epidemiologist

Professor Côté is an epidemiologist and the Hann-Kelly Family Chair in Disability and Rehabilitation Research.  He also holds the Ontario Tech University Research Excellence Chair in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. He held the Canada Research Chair in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation from 2013-2023. His clinical training was in the field of chiropractic, he completed his Master of Science degree in Surgery from the University of Saskatchewan and his PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto. Côté is a Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Director of the Institute for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation at Ontario Tech University.  He is also appointed as a Professor of Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Adjunct Professor of Disability Research at Southern Denmark University, and Honorary Professor of Physiotherapy at the MGM School of Physiotherapy, Navi Mumbai, India.

Dr. Côté is actively involved in several international research, rehabilitation, and health policy initiatives. He previously led the development of the Common Traffic Injury Treatment Protocols for the Government of Ontario. He is a member with the World Health Organization (WHO) World Rehabilitation Alliance and has contributed to several WHO projects including the WHO Development Group for program of rehabilitation interventions for low back pain. Côté currently serves as Chair of the Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodology Committee, Chair of the EUROSPINE Diploma in Interprofessional Spine Care (EDISC), and co-Chair of the Spine20 scientific committee. Professor Côté has published more than 375 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals.

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