Linda Carroll
Dr. Linda Carroll is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Canada, with a PhD in Clinical Psychology and post-doctoral training in epidemiology and biostatistics. Until her retirement, she was a professor of epidemiology and Associate Dean of Education in the School of Public Health; prior to her university appointment in 2000, she practiced as a Clinical Health Psychologist. Throughout course of her academic appointment at the University of Alberta, she was supported by Health Scholar and Health Senior Scholar awards, which were competitive salary awards granted by the Alberta Heritage Fund for Medical Research. Her research expertise includes quantitative, qualitative, and systematic review methodologies with a research focus on musculoskeletal disorders and the psychological and social aspects of chronic health conditions.
Dr. Carroll has over 120 publications in peer reviewed journals in addition to books and book chapters. She was co-PI, executive committee member and scientific secretariat member of the international, transdisciplinary Bone and Joint 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders, whose mandate was to systematically search, critically review and integrate/synthesize the world literature on neck pain and whiplash-associated disorders in order as to make evidence-informed recommendations for the control and management of neck pain and whiplash. She was also a member of the Guideline Expert Panel and Core Scientific Team member on the subsequent Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration, whose mandate was to define the scope of minor traffic injuries and to develop evidence-based guidelines for treatment of these injuries. Guideline recommendations from this work were submitted to the Government of Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Carroll is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Canada, with a PhD in Clinical Psychology and post-doctoral training in epidemiology and biostatistics. Until her retirement, she was a professor of epidemiology and Associate Dean of Education in the School of Public Health; prior to her university appointment in 2000, she practiced as a Clinical Health Psychologist. Throughout the course of her academic appointment at the University of Alberta, she was supported by Health Scholar and Health Senior Scholar awards, which were competitive salary awards granted by the Alberta Heritage Fund for Medical Research. Her research expertise includes quantitative, qualitative, and systematic review methodologies with a research focus on musculoskeletal disorders and the psychological and social aspects of chronic health conditions.
Dr. Carroll has over 120 publications in peer reviewed journals in addition to books and book chapters. She was co-PI, executive committee member and scientific secretariat member of the international, transdisciplinary Bone and Joint 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders, whose mandate was to systematically search, critically review and integrate/synthesize the world literature on neck pain and whiplash-associated disorders in order as to make evidence-informed recommendations for the control and management of neck pain and whiplash. She was also a member of the Guideline Expert Panel and Core Scientific Team member on the subsequent Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration, whose mandate was to define the scope of minor traffic injuries and to develop evidence-based guidelines for treatment of these injuries. Guideline recommendations from this work was submitted to the Government of Ontario, Canada.
