Vader, Kyle

Kyle Vader is a physiotherapist in an interprofessional chronic pain program at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Science at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He completed a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) from McMaster University and a Master of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of Toronto. He has completed further training through the Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research-Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC) Program at Western University and Emerging Health Leaders Program at McMaster University. His research focuses on pain, rehabilitation, primary health care, and health services. He is currently supported by a Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-D) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He is actively involved in his community, currently serving as the 2SLGBTQIA+ Learner Representative on the Executive of the Dean's Action Table on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University, District President of the Quinte-St. Lawrence District of the Ontario Physiotherapy Association, Communications Officer for the Pain Science Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, and member of the Institute Advisory Board of the Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.