Jack P. Callaghan, PhD, CCPE, FCSB

Jack P. Callaghan holds the rank of Professor at the University of Waterloo. He received his PhD from the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo in 1999. From 1998 to 2003 he was a faculty member in the Department of Human Biology at the University of Guelph. In 2003, he was awarded a Canada Research Chair in Spine Biomechanics and Injury Prevention (Tier 2, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) and returned to the Kinesiology department at the University of Waterloo. He has also received an Ontario Distinguished Researcher Award and Canada Foundation for Innovation infrastructure grants. His Tier 2 Canada Research Chair was renewed for a second term from 2008-2103 and in 2012 he was advanced to a Tier 1 NSERC Canada Research chair. He has acted as a project leader in the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence and holds NSERC, CIHR and WSIB research funding. Dr. Callaghan is a Canadian Certified Professional Ergonomist (CCPE), is cross-appointed to Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, and sits on the steering committee of the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WATCAR). He is currently the Associate Director of The Ontario Ministry of Labour funded Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders (CRE-MSD). Jack has also served as president of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics and is currently on the editorial boards of 7 journals. He has collaborated and consulted with a wide range of industrial partners including automotive and office furniture manufacturing companies on design and component testing projects resulting in over 25 technical reports. His main research interest is injury mechanisms in the intervertebral disc and lumbar spine from exposure to cumulative loading exposure including the development of low back pain. He is an author on over 200 peer reviewed journal articles, has over 400 conference abstracts and has supervised more than 40 graduate students.