Research At CMCC
The foundation of CMCC’s research agenda includes two centres – one which studies the biomechanics of treatment and outcome, and the other to study implications on health policy and patient access to treatment. With these two areas as the institution’s primary focus, chiropractic research at CMCC will contribute to the body of chiropractic knowledge, elevate the quality of CMCC’s education program, and improve patient care.
CMCC faculty and students conduct research across far reaching topics that extend from the biological sciences, such as disc regenerative biology, cellular inflammatory mechanisms and models of joint disease; to applied mechanics such as joint biomechanics, spinal manipulation and elastography of soft tissues. As well, CMCC’s research into interprofessional health dynamics has earned international respect. Faculty research in this area has included using systems dynamics to explore jurisdictional control in health care delivery, a topic of widespread appeal.
To ensure students continue the tradition of excellence as consumers of research, translating evidence to patient centred practice, the completion of a research related literature synthesis is a requirement. An elective research project is available to those students who have special interest or are considering a research track in their career. CMCC student investigations have achieved outstanding success in international research competitions with awards in topics ranging from biomechanics to interprofessional collaboration.
In support of this culture of research promotion, CMCC campus boasts research laboratories, including a Biomechanics and Elastography Laboratory, a Tissue Testing Laboratory, a Materials Fabrication Laboratory, a Neurophysiology Laboratory, and a Cellular and Molecular Biology and Histology Laboratory. Recently, CMCC established the McMorland Family Research Chair in Mechanobiology, a first for an independent chiropractic institution.
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