Ian Shrier

Biography

Dr. Ian Shrier has been a practicing sport medicine physician for over 25 years. He has doctoral training in physiology and post-doctoral training in epidemiology. He is a past President of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine. He has over 190 peer-reviewed publications and 13 book chapters on topics related to the effects of exercise and sport medicine injuries, as well as methodological research papers about injury epidemiology, causal inferences, and meta-analyses. He is currently the co-Editor in Chief of Review Synthesis Methods, an editorial board member of four international sport medicine journals (Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, British Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal for Science in Medicine and Sport, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine, and Science in Sports), and is a member of the Cochrane Collaboration Statistical and Bias Methods Group.

Research Interest

Dr. Shrier has two main areas of research: sport medicine and biostatistics/general epidemiology. In sport medicine research, he was the first author to suggest that stretching prior to exercise does not prevent injury (subsequently supported by a moderate body of research and expert opinions). More recently, he studied injury patterns and risk in Cirque du Soleil artists, return to activity decision making by sport medicine health professionals, the effects of exercise on the health of those with different diseases, and how best to stabilize the cervical spine in pre-hospital patients with suspected neck injuries.