Recruiting for CARL III
We are very excited to announce the formation of the third CARL cohort! Applications for fellows are now open.
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Edmonton 2024 Residential
In August 2024, the CARL II cohort met for the final time at the University of Alberta, Canada.
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Principles of CARL
The Chiropractic Academy of Research Leadership (CARL) Program is a grassroots initiative about positive, forward-looking, credible academic leadership within chiropractic. It aims to link promising early/mid stage career researchers who are dedicated to developing high-quality evidence regarding chiropractic as well as a global research network. CARL facilitates training on a range of mentoring, leadership, networking and research-specific skills relevant to early/mid-career researchers.
Research
CARL fellows coordinate their research efforts to build an evidence base to inform practitioners, patients, and policymakers, through development of new collaborative projects and project funding and dissemination via peer-review publications, conferences and community-based engagement.
MULTi-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION
CARL fellows have a broad range of perspectives beyond the chiropractic profession. CARL aims to foster this multi-disciplinary collaboration in chiropractic research.
MEntoring
CARL provides a supportive and productive environment for early career researchers. Three senior health researchers act as CARL mentors providing direct mentorship, support and advice to CARL fellows regarding their research focus, strategic development and career pathway.
STRATEGY
CARL fellows and mentors work to develop an infrastructure to facilitate strategic research direction, growth and sustainability for future investigators.
CARL Fellows
The second cohort of the CARL program were selected in 2019 and include 14 early career researchers and leaders from 7 countries with a range of research interests relevant for the chiropractic profession.
CARL Activity
Research Projects
CARL fellows collaborate on a range of multi-disciplinary research projects, with over 10 project ongoing and more planned.
LEADERSHIP Activities
CARL fellows take part in numerous leadership activities to promote chiropractic research and strategy.
research outputs
CARL projects are disseminated via peer-review publications, and professional
and research conferences.
RECENT RESEARCH FROM CARL
September 2023
“This study aimed to describe how frequently different interventions are used for patients presenting for chiropractic care, and patient and provider characteristics associated with intervention selection.”
“Data were obtained from the Chiropractic Observation and Analysis STudy (COAST) and Ontario (O-COAST) studies: practice-based, cross-sectional studies in Victoria, Australia (2010–2012) and Ontario, Canada (2014–2015).”
“In more than 10,000 diagnostic encounters, manipulation was the most common therapeutic intervention for spine-related problems, whereas soft tissue therapies were more common for extremity problems. Different patient and provider characteristics were associated with intervention selection.”
Jenkins HJ, Downie A, Wong JJ, Young JJ, Roseen EJ, Nim CG, McNaughton D, Øveras CK, Hartvigsen J, Mior S, French SD. Patient and provider characteristics associated with therapeutic intervention selection in a chiropractic clinical encounter: a cross-sectional analysis of the COAST and O-COAST study data. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies. 2023;31:39.
August 2023
“We investigated the gender of presenters at conferences hosted by chiropractic organisations from 2010 to 2019 that utilised an abstract submission process.”
“Overall, women gave approximately one-third of presentations at the included conferences, which gradually increased from 2010 to 2019. However, the disparity widens for the most prestigious class of keynote/invited presenters.”
Aspinall SL, Nim CG, Harsted S, Miller A, Øverås CK, Roseen EJ, Young JJ, Søgaard K, Kawchuk G, Hartvigsen J. Presenters at chiropractic research conferences 2010–2019: is there a gender equity problem? Chiropractic & Manual Therapies. 2023;31:28.
August 2023
“The aim of the current study is to determine the cross-sectional and prospective association between stressful life events and low back pain reporting in the Osteoporotic Fracture in Men Study, a cohort of older men aged ≥65 years.”
“In this cohort of men, the presence of stressful life events increased the likelihood of reporting past and future low back pain.”
McNaughton DT, Roseen EJ, Downie A, Jenkins H, Øverås CK, Young JJ, Fink HA, Stone KL, Cawthon P, Hartvigsen J. Stressful life events and low back pain in older men: A cross‐sectional and prospective analysis using data from the MrOS study. European Journal of Pain. 2023.