Dr. Kathryn Schneider is an Assistant Professor and Clinician Scientist in the Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary and a physiotherapist. Her research focuses on the prevention and treatment of sport-related concussion, with a focus on the role of the cervical spine and vestibular systems. She works clinically at Evidence Sport and Spinal Therapy in Calgary, Alberta with a focus on sport-related concussion, vestibular and cervical spine rehabilitation. She was the lead author of a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of multimodal physiotherapy and vestibular rehabilitation in athletes who have sustained a sport-related concussion (published in the British Journal of Sport Medicine, 2014). Kathryn was an invited member of the Expert Consensus Panel at the 4th International Consensus on Concussion in Sport in Zurich, Switzerland, November 2012 as well as an author on the consensus statement. She is a member of the Scientific Committee for the upcoming 5th Consensus International Consensus Conference on Concussion in sport (Berlin, 2016). In November of 2012, she was selected one of Avenue Magazine’s “Top 40 Under 40” and was an invited speaker (video presentation) to the Sochi Olympic Winter Games Medical Meetings, February 2014.
Dr. Schneider is a Clinical Specialist in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and has completed her Advanced Diploma of Manual and Manipulative Therapy (2004) and a certification program and advances in Vestibular Rehabilitation. She has developed and taught multiple courses on Vestibular Rehabilitation, Sport Related Concussion and Whiplash Associated Disorders.