Vicki J Scott

Biography

 Dr. Vicky Scott is a Clinical Associate Professor with the School of Population and Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia; a researcher with Centre for Hip Health and Mobility (CHHM) and Director of the Centre of Excellence on Mobility Fall Prevention and Injury in Aging (CEMFIA) at CHHM. Dr. Scott is an Osteoporosis Canada Advisory Board member and sits on the Osteoporosis Scientific Advisory Committee. For the past fourteen years Dr. Scott served as the Senior Advisor on Fall and Injury Prevention with the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit and Ministry of Health. She is also the National lead for the Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum.   Dr. Scott’s key objectives are to conduct original research at National and Regional levels, to facilitate evidence-based best practices for reducing falls and related injuries in all health care delivery settings. She has lead or co-lead numerous studies on seniors’ mobility, fall and injury prevention, including as Co-PI of a CIHR-funded controlled trial on fall prevention in home care; and co-lead on the development of the Primary Care Fall Prevention program. Most recently, she is leading a project for fall and fire prevention for First Nations elders in BC with the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility. B.C. Injury Research & Prevention Unit BC Ministry of Health   CIHR Knowledge Translation Award

Research Interest

Dr. Scott’s key objectives are to conduct original research at the National and Regional level, to facilitate evidence-based best practices for reducing falls and related injuries in all health care delivery settings and to assist the Ministry of Health in transferring knowledge from fall prevention research into policy development. She is the Co-Principal Investigator of a CIHR-funded controlled trial on fall prevention in home care; and co-lead on the development of the Primary Care Fall Prevention program and Co-Investigator on a number of studies on seniors’ mobility, fall and injury prevention. In 2007 she was awarded a CIHR Knowledge Translation Award.