Health policy experts from around the globe have been learning plenty this summer from Ontario Tech University's Dr. Pierre Côté. A wide global audience heard the university's Canada Research Chair in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation share his latest findings on spine pain and public health policy for pain management.
In late June, Dr. Côté spoke at the G20+/N20+ (Neuroscience-20) conference in Osaka, Japan as part of the World Brain Mapping and Therapeutics Initiative, a gathering of innovators, business leaders and scientists to propose solutions to brain and spine disease.
"The purpose of this conference was to develop a series of recommendations for the G20 leadership to invest in brain mapping and the prevention and rehabilitation of spine disability," says Dr. Côté, a Professor with Ontario Tech's Faculty of Health Sciences. "I had the privilege to give a presentation on evidence-based prevention and rehabilitation. Our recommendations were delivered by our Japanese hosts to the G20 delegations."
After the G20 presentation, Dr. Côté flew to Geneva, Switzerland to co-chair the development of the first Eurospine Graduate Diploma on the conservative management of spine pain and disability.